The Prokofiev Marathon Valery Gergiev Munich Philharmonic
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THE PROKOFIEV MARATHON VALERY GERGIEV MUNICH PHILHARMONIC MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA THE PROKOFIEV MARATHON VALERY GERGIEV MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA MUNICH PHILHARMONIC For the beginning of his music directorship of the Munich Philharmonic Maestro Gergiev has chosen to complement the Prokofiev concertos Valery Gergiev came up with a truly special event: A one day Prokofiev with a wide spectrum of works by Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Reger, marathon with all five piano concertos. JoiningG ergiev, arguably today’s Shchedrin and clarinettist-composer Jörg Widmann. “A miracle leading conductor for works by Prokofiev, and his Munich orchestra was occurred in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto,” wrote the Süddeutsche his Mariinsky Orchestra from St. Petersburg as well as five outstanding Zeitung, “performed by Jörg Widmann with such insight into its essence pianists, Herbert Schuch, Denis Matsuev, Behzod Abduraimov, and structure that he might have composed it himself. And the Munich Alexei Volodin and Olli Mustonen. Each of these virtuosos performs Philharmonic, of whom Gergiev has been chief conductor for just two one of Prokofiev’s five piano concertos, and, “not least because the months, played as if enchanted by their good fortune.” interpretations were so varied,” observed Munich’s Süddeutsche Zeitung, “the result was a highly revealing Prokofiev portrait.” PART I PART II HERBERT SCHUCH, Piano DENIS MATSUEV, Piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA (Cat. no. A055505170000 – Length: approx. 80') (Cat. no. A055505180000 – Length: approx. 70') SERGEI PROKOFIEV SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 further programme: further programme: SERGEI PROKOFIEV CARL MARIA VON WEBER Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, “Classical Symphony” Overture from Der Freischütz, JOSEPH HAYDN “Aufforderung zum Tanz” (Invitation to the Dance), Op. 65, Symphony No. 82 in C major, “Bear Symphony” arr. for orchestra by Hector Berlioz PART III PART IV BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, Piano ALEXEI VoLODIN, Piano MUNICH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PELAGEYA KURENNAYA, Soprano (Cat. no. A055505190000 – Length: approx. 60') MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA (Cat. no. A055505200000 – Length: approx. 90') SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 SERGEI PROKOFIEV further programme: Piano Concerto (for the left hand) No. 4 MAX REGER in B flat major, Op. 53 Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op. 128 further programme: RODION SHCHEDRIN “Tanja – Katja”, Romance in Folk Style for Woman’s Voice PART V and String Orchestra OLLI MUSTONEN, Piano KARL AMADEUS HARtmann JÖRG WIDMANN, Clarinet Simplicius Simplicissimus, Suite MUNICH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA RODION SHCHEDRIN (Cat. no. A055505210000 – Length: approx. 85') Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 “Naughty Limericks” SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55 Produced by CLC further programme: Video Director Jean-Pierre Loisil JÖRG WIDMANN Myriam Hoyer “Con Brio”, Concert Overture for Orchestra WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major, KV 622 Shot in HDTV 1080/50i Cat. no. A 555 50037 0000 A production of CLC and Medici.tv in association with UNITEL CLASSICA World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Philharmoniker/Andrea Huber · Flyer: luebbeke.com Flyer: · Huber contractual Philharmoniker/Andrea Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitelclassica.com.