Prokofiev - Works for Violin and Piano - Canary Classics: CC02 - CD

There is a great music on this disc, the two violin and piano sonatas ranking with Prokofiev's finest chamber music, the first especially. And there are brief, tuneful and mischievous ones.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th May 2007
Catalogue No: CC02
Label: Canary Classics
Length: 72 minutes

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Prokofiev: 10 Pieces, Op. 12: No. 1. Marche (arr. J. Heifetz)

Work length1:52

Gil Shaham (violin), Orli Shaham (piano)

Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Work length29:37

Gil Shaham (violin), Orli Shaham (piano)

I. Andante assai

Track length7:01

II. Allegro brusco

Track length7:06

III. Andante

Track length7:58

IV. Allegrissimo

Track length7:32

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: V. Masks (arr. J. Heifetz)

Work length2:13

Gil Shaham (violin), Orli Shaham (piano)

Prokofiev: Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35a

Work length12:26

Gil Shaham (violin), Orli Shaham (piano)

No. 1. Andante

Track length2:22

No. 2. Lento ma non troppo

Track length2:27

No. 3. Animato, ma non allegro

Track length3:23

No. 4. Allegretto leggero e scherzando

Track length1:17

No. 5. Andante non troppo

Track length2:57

Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: Suite Op. 33a: March

Work length1:38

Gil Shaham (violin), Orli Shaham (piano)

The Love for 3 Oranges Suite, Op. 33bis: III. March (arr. J. Heifetz)

Track length1:38

Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

Work length24:25

Gil Shaham (violin), Orli Shaham (piano)

I. Moderato

Track length8:10

II. Scherzo: Presto

Track length4:49

III. Andante

Track length3:57

IV. Allegro con brio

Track length7:29

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August 2007

There is a great music on this disc, the two violin and piano sonatas ranking with Prokofiev's finest chamber music, the first especially. And there are brief, tuneful and mischievous ones. The Shahams play both equally well, and the recording is stunning.

2010

The Shahams, brother and sister, make a formidable team. It's obvious throughout that they're entirely comfortable playing together, effortlessly accommodating any freedoms in timing and matching each other's tone and dynamics.
Granted that the Shahams' insistence on clearly separating each phrase sometimes results in a loss of momentum (in the opening Moderato of the Op 94 Sonata, for instance), these still emerge as brilliant, highly expressive performances.
The particularly wide dynamic range – of the recording as well as of the playing – here works decisively to the music's advantage. And, especially in the Cinq Mélodies, we hear some wonderfully subtle shades of expression: both players have clearly entered right into Prokofiev's distinctive idiom. They show the divergent natures of the two sonatas exceptionally vividly – Op 80 sombre and concentrated, Op 94 full of ebullient fantasy.

September 2007

…these… emerge as brilliant, highly expressive performances. The particularly wide dynamic range - of the recording as well as of the playing - here works decisively to the music's advantage. Both players have clearly entered right into Prokofiev's distinctive idiom. They show the divergent natures of the two sonatas exceptionally vividly - Op 80 sombre and concentrated, Op 94 full of ebullient fantasy.

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