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Itzhak Perlman - Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 [New Vinyl LP]

Artist: Itzhak Perlman

Title: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Classical Artists

UPC: 5054197447983

Release Date: 2023

Record Label: Warner Classics

Album Tracks

1. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: I. Andantino
2. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: II. Scherzo (Vivacissimo)
3. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: III. Moderato
4. Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: I. Allegro Moderato
5. Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: II. Andante Assai - Allegretto
6. Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: III. Allegro Ben Marcato

The distinctive character of each of Prokofiev's Violin Concertos seems rooted in it's genesis: the first, nervy and iconoclastic, coincided with the Russian Revolution; the second, more sober and expansively lyrical, dates from 1935, when Prokofiev was preparing a permanent return to his native country. The two concertos were written nineteen years apart - a period that coincides almost completely with the years Prokofiev spent "in exile", first in the US and then in France. He composed No. 1 shortly before leaving Russia, and No. 2 just months before his return to the Soviet Union. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the two works are so different from one another. Perlman chose to record these two concertos with Gennady Rozhdestvensky, whose experience in this repertoire he no doubt deemed second to none.