Suites Lt. Kijé / Love of the Three Oranges / The Ugly Duckling
Vladimir Ashkenazy
EXCL 49 - 4526977050498
This CD is part of a large "Composer Festival", featuring Prokofiev in 2009, of Sydney Symphony and Mr. Ashkenazy's. Prokofiev’s voice comes through in the Lieutenant Kije: Suite, an invented scapegoat takes on a life of his own and soprano Jacqueline Porter brings to life Prokofiev’s adaptation of the famous fairytale ‘The Ugly Duckling’.
During this Festival over three weeks and four separate programs, audiences were taken on a journey through Prokofiev’s compositional career and explore the many musical personalities of the man who wrote some of the most influential works of the 20th-century and who many called ‘the prodigal Russian’.
Mr. Ashkenazy is well-known as one of the best interpreters of Russian composers, fully involved in the project of Prokofiev as well, with huge variety of repertoire, including complete symphonies as well as orchestra works.
Innerhalb der Prokoffiev-Serie sticht diese Aufnahme mit zwei bekannten Orchester-Suiten heraus. Meisterhaft und mit leichter Hand gelingt Ashkenazy eine präzise Ausleuchtung dieser Orchester-Kleinode. Im November folgen 2 CDs mit sämtlichen Klavierkonzerten von Prokoffiev mit dem ukrainischen Pianisten Alexander Gavrylyuk.
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1Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60The Birth of Kijé04:23
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2Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60Romance03:57
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3Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60The Wedding of Kijé02:52
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4Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60Troika02:47
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5Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60The Funeral of Kijé06:00
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6Suite from The Love of the Three Oranges, op. 33aLes Ridicules03:12
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7Suite from The Love of the Three Oranges, op. 33aScène infernale03:43
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8Suite from The Love of the Three Oranges, op. 33aMarche01:46
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9Suite from The Love of the Three Oranges, op. 33aScherzo01:23
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10Suite from The Love of the Three Oranges, op. 33aLe Prince et la Princesse03:22
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11Suite from The Love of the Three Oranges, op. 33aLa Fuite02:03
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12The Ugly Duckling, op. 1812:28