David OISTRACH violin PROKOFIEV Cinderella Suite Yampolsky piano Czech Supraphon
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A series of great Solo instrumentals - Piano Violin Cello Harp, Winds and Brass on 78 rpm records
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Great Creator Recording of Prokofiev Suite from the ballet Cinderella by
David Oistrakh and Vladimir Yampolsky on late 1940s Czech Supraphon
David Oistrakh and Vladimir Yampolsky
Prokofiev Suite from the ballet Cinderella
3 Mazurka
4 The Winter Fairy
Arranged for violin and piano by Maxim Fichtenholz
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Dmitri Shostakovich once called Alexander Gauk "a rare specimen in stupidity." However, this recording proves the great composer wrong; Gauk conducts the orchestra beautifully in these two pieces. And Oistrakh is Oistrakh, no complaints about him.
I was pleasantly surprised when I found this recording. Both concerti are unjustly ignored by today's audiences. I will tell about them one at a time.
The Khachaturian concerto has often been accused of being bombastic and loud; and it is true that the orchestral tuttis are a bit lacking in substance, but that doesn't keep this from being a thouroughly enjoyable piece. It is imbued with the spirit of Armenian folk dance (as is all of Khachaturian's music). And the solo violin writing is superb. This concerto was dedicated to Oistrakh and won the Stalin Prize in 1940. In fact, this is the premier recording. In this respect a more recent recording, such as the one by Perlman; still, collectors will take interest in having a premier recording.
There's also an interesting fact about these recordings: they are recordings of performances that were also filmed. If you've ever seen the PBS documentary on Great Violinists, remember the part were they show Oistrakh playing Khachaturian's Concerto? Same performance.
Aram Khachaturian's Violin Concerto in D minor was completed in 1940 and dedicated to the great Russian violinist David Oistrakh, who premièred the concerto in Moscow on November 16, 1940. Oistrakh advised Khachaturian on the composition of the solo part and also wrote his own cadenza that markedly differs from the one originally composed by Khachaturian. The concerto was initially well received and awarded the Stalin Prize for arts in 1941. The work became a staple of the 20th century violin repertoire, and maintains its popularity into the 21st century.[1]
French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal transcribed the piece for flute in 1968, with encouragement from Khachaturian. Rampal's transcription included a different cadenza in the first movement, but Rampal otherwise strove to adhere to Khachaturian's original.
The Violin Concerto was the second of three concertos Khachaturian wrote for the individual members of a renowned Soviet piano trio that performed together from 1941 until 1963. The others were: the Piano Concerto for Lev Oborin (1936); and the Cello Concerto for Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (1946).
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