Rudolf Koelman / Musikkollegium Winterthur
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917273625
- Catalog number CC 72736
- Release date 10 February 2017
About the album
During the summer of 1917, whilst the first World War was raging, Sergei Prokofiev found inspiration for his first Violin Concerto, Op. 19, during walks through the fields. This concerto’s premiere in Paris did not take place until 1923. The Parisians found it “harmless” and “old-fashioned.” Despite putting all violinistic techniques to the test, the work indeed features a distinctly lyrical character. Even if Prokofiev resisted reproaches made against the style of this work, he nonetheless paid heed to them: in the works written immediately after this concerto, he adopted a markedly more modern pace. Unlike the first concerto, the second one was not written in the idyll of nature, but during Prokofiev’s nomadic phase in 1935 between Paris, Voronezh, Baku and Madrid, where it was premiered: “I wanted something completely different from the first one, in terms of both content and form.” Whereas many listeners are reminded of spring-like feelings in the first
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11Violin Concerto No.1, Op.19 I. Andantino
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12Violin Concerto No.1, Op.19 II. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
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13Violin Concerto No.1, Op.19 III. Moderato. Allegro moderato
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14Violin Concerto No.2, Op. 63 I. Allegro moderato
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15Violin Concerto No.2, Op. 63 II. Andante assai
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16Violin Concerto No.2, Op. 63 III. Allegro ben marcato
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