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Prokofiev / Shostakovich - Works & Transcriptions for Viola & Piano | Nimbus - Alliance NI6117

Prokofiev / Shostakovich - Works & Transcriptions for Viola & Piano

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Label: Nimbus - Alliance

Cat No: NI6117

Barcode: 0710357611728

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 18th January 2010

Contents

Works

Prokofiev, Sergei

Pieces (6) from the ballet Romeo and Juliet

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Preludes (24), op.34
» no.10 in C sharp minor
» no.14 in E flat minor
» no.15 in D flat major
» no.16 in B flat major
» no.17 in A flat major
» no.18 in F minor
» no.24 in D minor
Viola Sonata, op.147

Artists

Robin Ireland (viola)
Tim Horton (piano)

Works

Prokofiev, Sergei

Pieces (6) from the ballet Romeo and Juliet

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Preludes (24), op.34
» no.10 in C sharp minor
» no.14 in E flat minor
» no.15 in D flat major
» no.16 in B flat major
» no.17 in A flat major
» no.18 in F minor
» no.24 in D minor
Viola Sonata, op.147

Artists

Robin Ireland (viola)
Tim Horton (piano)

About

This CD of Russian music brings together Prokofiev’s extraordinary musical depiction of young romantic love with Shostakovich’s deeply touching musical farewell, written during his final illness. The character of the viola provides a compelling voice for both.

Who would have thought that Prokofiev’s huge orchestral score could find such convincing expression in a version for viola and piano? What is lost in orchestral colour is gained through the personal voice and warmth that the viola brings to this much-beloved music. What is more, the piano writing is equally superb and must surely have been influenced by Prokofiev’s own version for solo piano, made in 1937.

Robin Ireland is well known as the violist of the Lindsay String Quartet, with whom he played for twenty years. He now plays with the Primrose Piano Quartet and the Anton Stadler piano/clarinet/viola trio, and has a Duo with the pianist Tim Horton. As a soloist, he has broadcast on BBC Radio 3, performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Liverpool Philharmonic and the London Mozart Players, and has in his repertoire all the major works for viola.

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