“Lush sonorities ... startling precision ...”
2013 Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko became the first-ever “Artistic Partner” with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra beginning in 2014/2015. He now concludes his complete cycle of Prokofiev piano concertos, which opened with Nos. 2 and 5. The three works heard here were composed over a span of two decades (1911 to 1930) and met with widely uneven reception, which ranged from the great popularity and critical acclaim in the case of No. 3 – to incomprehension and neglect, when it came to No. 4 (the 'other' concerto for the left hand alone).
“He rewarded the audience with a highly varied, consistently interesting and technically amazing performance” (STAR TELEGRAM, concert review)
Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Piano Concertos nos. 1, 3 & 4
"Concerto no. 1, op. 10
D-flat Major / Re bemol majeur / Des-Dur"
1. I. Allegro brioso 7'09
2. II. Andante assai 4'28
3. III. Allegro scherzando 4'29
"Concerto no. 4 for the left hand, op. 53
B-flat Major / Si bemol majeur / B-Dur"
4. I. Vivace 4'42
5. II. Andante 9'22
6. III. Moderato 8'06
7. IV. Vivace 1'35
"Concerto no. 3, op. 26
C Major / Ut majeur / C-Dur"
8. I. Andante. Allegro 9'53
9. Tema con variazioni
" 10'17
10. III. Allegro, ma non troppo 10'13 |
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