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| 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES / CHAMBER ( 1 CD ) |
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Prokofiev composed only two Sonatas for violin and piano, the betterknown
of which is unquestionably the Sonata n° 2 in D Major opus 94a.
Unlike the extroverted, festive opus 94a, the Sonata n° 1 in F minor
opus 80, written between 1938 and 1946, shows a sombre character.
In 1941, Prokofiev was transferred from Moscow to Alma-Ata, where he
also began to work on the composition of a Sonata in D major for flute
and piano. In this Sonata the composer sought to achieve a sort of distillation
of his musical art, blending “lyrical, classical, modernist and
motor” elements, as he himself would later declare.
The Sonata in D major for flute and piano opus 94 was first performed
in Moscow on 7th December 1943. One of the leading figures of the
musical life of Russia of the day was present in the hall, the violinist
David Oistrakh. Enthusiastic and impulsive, and a good friend of
Prokofiev’s, Oistrakh was immediately struck by the beauty of the
Sonata, and immediately set about convincing the composer to write an
arrangement for violin and piano. In its new version, the Sonata n° 2 in
D major opus 94a was first performed at the Moscow Conservatory on
17th June 1944, performed by its dedicatee, David Oistrakh, and his
faithful accompanist, the pianist Lev Oborin. The violin version soon
matched and even surpassed the popularity of the flute version becoming
one of the most frequently performed chamber works of the twentieth
century. The catalogue of Prokofiev’s works for violin and piano is
completed by the delightful 5 Melodies opus 35b. Here again we have a
transcription of a work initially conceived for voice and piano, the 5
Songs without words opus 35 written in 1923 for the soprano Nina
Koshits. The five pieces are dedicated to three different violinists: the
first, third and fourth are dedicated to Pawel Kochanski, the second to
Cecilia Hansen and the fifth is dedicated to Joseph Szigeti.
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