Prokofiev

Music for cello and piano

COMPRAR

The works making up the programme on this compact disc share several common traits. On the one hand, perhaps most notably, they all form part of the catalogue of masterpieces written for the violoncello, an artistic feature to which must be added the clear chronological affinity of the first half of the twentieth century, a period of political upheaval in which the arts in general and music in particular developed exponentially in an unprecedented way. On the other hand, the profound and dazzling beauty of these compositions stands out, generated from differing sensitivities and artistic languages also manifested in opposing sentiments ranging from the serene and meditative emotion of Prokofiev’s Sonata in C major for cello and piano (written in 1947 for the very young Mstislav Rostropovich) to the Mediterranean light of Sonata “nello stile antico spagnuolo” by Cassadó (Rome, 1925) or the formal syncretism exhibited by Anton Webern in his brief Three pieces for cello and piano Op. 11 (1914).

  1. Sonata para violonchelo y piano en Do mayor, op. 119: I. Andante grave – Moderato animato – Allegro moderato (Sergei Prokofiev)
  2. Sonata para violonchelo y piano en Do mayor, op. 119: II. Moderato – Andante dolce (Sergei Prokofiev)
  3. Sonata para violonchelo y piano en Do mayor, op. 119: III. Allegro ma non troppo – Andantino (Sergei Prokofiev)
  4. Sonata «nello stile antico spagnuolo»: I. Introduzione e Allegro (Gaspar Cassadó)
  5. Sonata «nello stile antico spagnuolo»: II. Grave (Gaspar Cassadó)
  6. Sonata «nello stile antico spagnuolo»: III. Danza con Varioazioni (Gaspar Cassadó)
  7. Requiebros (Gaspar Cassadó)
  8. Intermezzo de la ópera Goyescas (de E. Granados) (Gaspar Cassadó)
  9. Dos piezas para violonchelo y piano: I (Anton Webern)
  10. Dos piezas para violonchelo y piano: II (Anton Webern)
  11. Tres piezas para violonchelo y piano, op. 11: I (Anton Webern)
  12. Tres piezas para violonchelo y piano, op. 11: II (Anton Webern)
  13. Tres piezas para violonchelo y piano, op. 11: III (Anton Webern)

Recording: Grabación realizada en Amsterdam, Holanda los días 17 y 18 de noviembre de 2009

Piano: Steinway & Sons

Sound engineer: José Luis Alcaine Bartolomé

Digital Editing and Mastering: Sonoris, Madrid

Production: José Miguel Martínez, Pilar de la Vega

Texts: Álvaro Guibert

Translation: Gordon Burt

Photos: Pedro Sagües y Adolfo Prego

Design: Pilar de la Vega

Cover: Adolfo Prego

Acknowledgments: A la Fundación Universitaria Española y especialmente al Excmo. Sr. D. Gustavo Villapalos Salas

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© 2009 Classic World Sound