PROKOFIEV: WORKS FOR VIOLIN & PIANO - GIL & ORLI SHAHAM

Gil Shaham violin

Orli Shaham piano


A busy virtuoso pianist, Sergei Prokofiev can be forgiven for producing considerably less music for violin the for piano. After all, he knew he could always find someone to play his piano pieces - himself.

But persuading prominent violinists to play a new sonata or concerto is not always theeasiest thing to do, especially for a young composer just starting out. For an irreverent “futurist” like Prokofiev, whose quirky personality and icon-smashing music tended to annoy and alarm members of the establishment, this was even more of a challenge. Even so, the small body of music Prokofiev did compose for violin ranks among the most provocative and appealing written since 1900.

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (TRANSCRIBED BY JASCHA HEIFETZ) March, Op.12 No.1
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.1 in F minor Op. 80 - Andante assai
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.1 in F minor Op. 80 - Allegro brusco
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.1 in F minor Op. 80 - Andante
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.1 in F minor Op. 80 - Allegrissimo - Andante assai come prima
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (TRANSCRIBED BY JASCHA HEIFETZ) 'Masks' from Romeo and Juliet
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Five Melodies, Op. 35 - Andante
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Five Melodies, Op. 35 - Lento, ma non troppo
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Five Melodies, Op. 35 - Animato, ma non allegro
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Five Melodies, Op. 35 - Allegretto leggero e scherzando
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Five Melodies, Op. 35 - Andante non troppo
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (TRANSCRIBED BY JASCHA HEIFETZ) 'March' from The Love for Three Oranges
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94 - Moderato
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94 - Scherzo - Presto
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94 - Andante
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94 - Allegro con brio