Steven Isserlis, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi -
Sergei Prokofiev / Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concertos (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 65:18 minutes | 670 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
A thrilling album from Steven Isserlis couples the ground-breaking Prokofiev Cello Concerto from the 1930s with Shostakovich's eruptive response to it written for Rostropovich in 1959. These seminal works mark the cello's coming of age, enveloping its trademark rhapsodic lyricism in a newly visceral passion. Om this recording, Paavo Järvi makes his Hyperion debut, conducting an ebullient Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and providing the ideal foil to Isserlis's impassioned virtuosity.
The blurbs advertising this album have it wrong: Shostakovich's blazing Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107, was not a "response" to Prokofiev's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58, but to its reworking, the Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor, Op. 125. As cellist Steven Isserlis points out in his excellent and enthusiastic notes, it's not even clear that Shostakovich knew the earlier version, which had a rocky performance history. The original concerto and the Symphony-Concerto are very different works, with the Cello Concerto's giant final set of variations essentially sliced in half and greatly simplified. The earlier work, spiky and difficult, makes a good counterpoint to the Shostakovich, one of the works in which he most perfectly married virtuosity to the grim gloom that animates so much of Shostakovich's later work. This concerto does have a real rip-roaring finale that Isserlis manages without a hint that he's doing anything less than having fun. But the real find here is the Prokofiev, which although championed by Mstislav Rostropovich has not often been played. It's a piece that demands the cellist wrestle with its dramatic contrasts in the variation set, and here again Isserlis, with clean backing from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, excels. A strong release with a neglected Russian concerto of the 20th century.
Tracklist:
01 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 1: Andante
02 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 2: Allegro giusto
03 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 1: Tema: Allegro – Interludio: L'istesso tempo
04 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 2: Variation 1: L'istesso tempo
05 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 3: Variation 2: Vivace
06 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 4: Variation 3: Andantino tranquillo – Interludio II: Tempo I
07 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 5: Variation 4: L'istesso tempo
08 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 6: Reminiscenza: Meno mosso
09 - Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 7: Coda: Poco più sostenuto
10 - Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 1: Allegretto
11 - Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 2: Moderato
12 - Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 3: Cadenza
13 - Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 4: Allegro con moto
14 - Prokofiev/Piatigorsky: Music for children, Op 65 - No 10: March
Produced by Christoph Classen. Engineered by Rüdiger Orth.
Various recording venues.
Steven Isserlis - cello
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Paavo Järvi.
Analyzed: Steven Isserlis, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi / Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos (1-13)
Steven Isserlis / Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos (14)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -2.05 dB -22.62 dB 5:33 01-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 1: Andante
DR16 -0.60 dB -22.55 dB 11:52 02-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 2: Allegro giusto
DR13 -4.61 dB -23.09 dB 2:07 03-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 1: Tema: Allegro – Interludio: L'istesso tempo
DR12 -6.74 dB -23.72 dB 1:25 04-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 2: Variation 1: L'istesso tempo
DR12 -7.32 dB -24.43 dB 1:27 05-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 3: Variation 2: Vivace
DR17 -1.47 dB -24.95 dB 5:15 06-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 4: Variation 3: Andantino tranquillo – Interludio II: Tempo I –
DR11 -8.71 dB -24.48 dB 2:21 07-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 5: Variation 4: L'istesso tempo –
DR12 -6.15 dB -22.60 dB 2:13 08-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 6: Reminiscenza: Meno mosso
DR16 -0.60 dB -22.12 dB 4:14 09-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 7: Coda: Poco più sostenuto
DR17 -0.60 dB -21.49 dB 6:26 10-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 1: Allegretto
DR16 -0.60 dB -25.16 dB 10:33 11-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 2: Moderato
DR15 -8.04 dB -29.16 dB 5:34 12-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 3: Cadenza –
DR14 -0.60 dB -18.41 dB 4:44 13-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 4: Allegro con moto
DR12 -5.23 dB -23.41 dB 1:35 14-Prokofiev/Piatigorsky: Music for children, Op 65 - No 10: March
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1303 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Steven Isserlis / Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos (14)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -2.05 dB -22.62 dB 5:33 01-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 1: Andante
DR16 -0.60 dB -22.55 dB 11:52 02-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 2: Allegro giusto
DR13 -4.61 dB -23.09 dB 2:07 03-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 1: Tema: Allegro – Interludio: L'istesso tempo
DR12 -6.74 dB -23.72 dB 1:25 04-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 2: Variation 1: L'istesso tempo
DR12 -7.32 dB -24.43 dB 1:27 05-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 3: Variation 2: Vivace
DR17 -1.47 dB -24.95 dB 5:15 06-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 4: Variation 3: Andantino tranquillo – Interludio II: Tempo I –
DR11 -8.71 dB -24.48 dB 2:21 07-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 5: Variation 4: L'istesso tempo –
DR12 -6.15 dB -22.60 dB 2:13 08-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 6: Reminiscenza: Meno mosso
DR16 -0.60 dB -22.12 dB 4:14 09-Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 - Movement 3 Part 7: Coda: Poco più sostenuto
DR17 -0.60 dB -21.49 dB 6:26 10-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 1: Allegretto
DR16 -0.60 dB -25.16 dB 10:33 11-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 2: Moderato
DR15 -8.04 dB -29.16 dB 5:34 12-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 3: Cadenza –
DR14 -0.60 dB -18.41 dB 4:44 13-Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 - Movement 4: Allegro con moto
DR12 -5.23 dB -23.41 dB 1:35 14-Prokofiev/Piatigorsky: Music for children, Op 65 - No 10: March
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1303 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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