Prokofiev: Chamber Works Ludwig Chamber Players

• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953):
• 1 Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 08:15
• Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39:
• 2 Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39: I. Tema con variazioni 05:09
• 3 Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39: II. Andante energico 02:38
• 4 Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39: III. Allegro sostenuto, ma con brio 02:12
• 5 Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39: IV. Adagio pesante 02:50
• 6 Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39: V. Allegro precipitato, ma non troppo presto 02:40
• 7 Prokofiev: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39: VI. Andantino 04:11
• Sergei Prokofiev:
• 8 Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 134 (Completed by V. Blok) 09:02
• Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble):
• 9 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 1, Lentamente 01:18
• 10 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 2, Andante 01:19
• 11 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 3, Allegretto 01:08
• 12 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 4, Animato 01:30
• 13 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 5, Molto giocoso 00:23
• 14 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 6, Con eleganza 00:37
• 15 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 7, Pittoresco 02:04
• 16 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 8, Commodo 01:29
• 17 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 9, Allegretto tranquillo 01:12
• 18 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 10, Ridicolosamente 00:55
• 19 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 11, Con vivacità 01:13
• 20 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 12, Assai moderato 01:17
• 21 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 13, Allegretto 00:50
• 22 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 14, Feroce 01:06
• 23 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 15, Inquieto 00:49
• 24 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 16, Dolente 02:21
• 25 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 17, Poetico 01:20
• 26 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 18, Con una dolce lentezza 01:38
• 27 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 19, Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato 00:52
• 28 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. M. Ucki for Chamber Ensemble): No. 20, Lento irrealmente 01:43
• Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 115:
• 29 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 115: I. Moderato 04:51
• 30 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 115: II. Andante dolce. Tema con variazioni 03:16
• 31 Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 115: III. Con brio. Allegro precipitato 03:55
• Sergei Prokofiev:
• 32 Prokofiev: Scherzo humoristique, Op. 12bis 02:04
• Total Runtime 01:16:07

Info for Prokofiev: Chamber Works

The clarinetist Dirk Altmann came to me and asked if I would like to record Sergei Prokofiev's Quintet. Yes I would, because I know the Ludwig Chamber Players from other recordings, and know how good they are. But what to record with it? The Quintet only lasts a quarter of an hour. What other chamber music is there by Prokofiev? So we went on the search.

What came out of it is this kaleidoscope of Prokofiev's chamber music output, together with a beautiful new instrumentation of the "Visions Fugitives" for 10 instruments under the pseudonym of M. Ucki. Few composers have been so capricious, stylistically as well as compositionally. Uninhibited boldness, such as the same melody line played simultaneously on different instruments, only with different phrasing, alternating with apparently conventional elements. Places of breathtaking virtuosity and boldness on the one side contrasting with enraptured, tender and melancholic moods on the other from a man who was probably always caught between two stools and wasn't entirely at home anywhere. A cosmopolitan ahead of his time. And always these new, strange harmonies and this typically sarcastic?, resigned?, relentless? Rhythm that fits so well with 20th century Russian history. An adventure. (A. Spreer)

"Prokofiev may not have produced many chamber works compared with Shostakovich, but those that feature woodwinds are piquant and delightful." (Fanfare)

"Prokofieff wrote chamber music all through his career, though never much of it; and this illuminating album clearly shows his shifting styles. The program opens with Overture on Hebrew Themes, from the composer’s New York period." (American Record Guide)

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The Ludwig Chamber Players (LCP)
have, in a short time, become one of the leading chamber ensembles on the international concert stage. The musicians of the ensemble come from Japan, Latvia, France, Switzerland, Canadia and Germany. They are principal players with the SWR Symphonie Orchester, Stuttgart and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, as well as the Saito Kinen (Director Seiji Ozawa), Budapest and Bayreuth Festival Orchestras. In addition, the musicians are winners of prestigious competitions including ARD (German TV), the Geneva International Music Competition, the Carl Nielsen Flute Competition and many more.

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