Prokofiev (1891-1953)
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RUSSIAN, SOVIET & POST-SOVIET CONCERTOS A Discography Of CDs And LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Born in Sontsovka, Yekaterinoslav Oblast, Ukraine. He was a prodigy who played the piano and composed as a child. His formal training began when Sergei Taneyev recommended as his teacher the young composer and pianist Reinhold Glière who spent two summers teaching Prokofiev theory, composition, instrumentation and piano. Then at the St. Petersburg Conservatory he studied theory with Anatol Liadov, orchestration with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and conducting with Nikolai Tcherepnin. He went on to become one of Russia's greatest composers, excelling in practically every genre of music. He left the Soviet Union in 1922, touring as a pianist and composing in Western Europe and America, but returned home permanently in 1936. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 (1911-2) Dmitri Alexeev (piano)/Mariss Jansons/Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3) LENINGRAD MASTERS LM 1312 (1997) Martha Argerich (piano)/Charles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 3 and Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3) EMI CLASSICS 556654-2) (1998) Martha Argerich (piano)/Alexander Rabinovich/Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (rec. 2005) (included in collection: "Martha Argerich - Lugano Concertos") DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4779884 (4 CDs) (2012) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)/Maurice Abravanel/Utah Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1963) ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3) KOCH SUISA INCD 7181 (1992) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5, Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Cello Concerto and Symphony- Concerto) DECCA TRIO 473259-2 (3 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6767/LONDON CS 7062) (1975) Antonio Bacchelli (piano)/Wolfgang Schmid/Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra ( + Tedeschi: Fantasia Recitativo) FSM 68211 (LP) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)/Gianandrea Noseda/BBC Philharmonic ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) CHANDOS CHAN10802 (2 CDs( (2014) Boris Berman (piano)/Neeme Järvi/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) MusicWeb International Last updated: August 2020 Prokofiev Concertos CHANDOS CHAN 10522 (2 CDs) (2009) (original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8791) (1992) Lazar Berman (piano)/András Kórodi/Hungarian State Orchestra (rec. 1956) ( + Toccata, Liszt: Transcendental Etudes Nos. 8 and 11, Funérailles, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 and Rhapsodie Espagnole) HUNGAROTON HCD 31685 (1997) (original LP release: HUNGAROTON SHLX 90048) (1970s) Michel Béroff (piano)/Kurt Masur/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5, Visions Fugitives and Overture on Hebrew Themes) EMI CLASSICS 517629-2 (2 CDs) (2008) (original release: HMV SLS 882 {3 LPs}/ETERNA 826685) (1974) Yefim Bronfman (piano)/Zubin Mehta/Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Overture on Hebrew Themes) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SB2K87953 (2 CDs) (2003) (original CD releasae: SONY CLASSICAL SK 52483) (1993) John Browning (piano)/Erich Leinsdorf/Boston Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Violin Concerto No. 1) TESTAMENT SBT 21376 (2 CDs) (2005) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LSC-2897/RCA SB 6690) (1966) Jane Coop (piano)/Mario Bernardi/Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Forsyth: Piano Concerto and Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3) CBC SMCD 5124 (1993) Lise De la Salle (piano)/Lawrence Foster/Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra, Lisbon ( + Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1) NAÏVE V5053 (2008) Nikolai Demidenko (piano)/Alexander Lazarev/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5) HYPERION CDA67029 (1998) Manana Doidzhashvili (piano)/Djansug Kakhidze/Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra ( + Poulenc:Piano Concerto and Ravel: Piano Concerto in G) HIGH DEFINITION CLASSICS 70 (2001) Pavlina Dokovska (piano)/Vladimir Ghiaurov/Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Scriabin: Piano Concerto - 3rd Movement) GEGA NEW 318 (2007) Abdel Rahman El Bacha, (piano)/Kazushi Ono/Symphony Orchestra of La Monnaie ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) FUGA LIBERA FUG 505 (2 CDs) (2005) Vladimir Feltsman (piano)/Michael Tilson Thomas/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Romeo and Juliet: Excerpt) CBS MASTERWORKS MK 44818 (1989) MusicWeb International p2 Prokofiev Concertos Andor Foldes (piano)/Jean Martinon/Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) VOX PL 12100 (LP) (1962) Nelson Freire (piano)/Yuri Ahronovitch/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1974) ( + Chopin: Piano Concerto No, 1. Schumann: Piano Concerto, Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 and Lisxt: Piano Concerto Np. 2) DECCA 4786772 (2 CDs) (2014) Andrei Gavrilov (piano)/Simon Rattle/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Suggestion Diabolique, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Thème Original et Variations and Balakirev: Islamey) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 86881 (2005) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3571/ANGEL SQ-34715) (1978) Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano)/Vladimir Ashkenazy/Sydney Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4) TRITON EXCL00044 (2010) Gary Graffman (piano)/George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 3, Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3) SONY GREAT PERFORMANCES 78743 (2006) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS MS-6925) (1966) Mindru Katz (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Prelude in C major, Tales of an Old Grandmother, Khachaturian: Piano Concerto and Toccata) CEMBAL D'AMOUR 109 (2000) (original LP release: PYE CCL 30151) (1958) Rudolf Kerer (piano)/Kiril Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic ( + Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto) MULTISONIC 310353 (1997) (include in collection: “Rudolf Kerer: Piano Concertos and Sonatas”) DOREMI DHR808690 (5 CDs) (2020) (original LP release: MELODIYA S 0129-30) (1961) Vadym Kholodenko (piano)/ Miguel Harth-Bedoya/Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4) HARMONIA MUNDI HMM907632 (2019) Evgeny Kissin (piano)/Claudio Abbado//Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 3 and Scriabin: 4 Pieces) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4790369 (2012) (original CD release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439898-2) (1994) Mari Kodama (piano)/Kent Nagano/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 3 and Piano Sonata No. 7) ASV CDDCA 786 (1992) Vladimir Krainev (piano)/Dmitri Kitayenko/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) APEX 4616942 (2 CDs) (2005) MusicWeb International p3 Prokofiev Concertos (original release: TELDEC 73257-2 {2 CDs}) (1993) Vladimir Krainev (piano)/Dmitri Kitayenko/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) MELODIYA MELCD1002227 (2 CDs) (2014) (original LP release: MELODIYA S10 10429-30) (1978) Aleksey Lubimov (piano)/David Oistrakh/USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1971) ( + Scriabin/Nemtin: Mysterium and 5 Preludes) RUSSIAN COMPACT DISC RCD16301 (1997) (included in collection: "Alexei Lubimov - Antology Private Collection Volume1 Concertos") ARTSERVICE ART232 (3 CDs) (2012) Nikolai Lugansky (piano)/Alexander Lazarev/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) WARNER CLASSICS 256461551-2 (2003) Moura Lympany (piano)/Walter Susskind Phlharmonia Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 3) HMV CSD 1253 (LP) (1957) ( + Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1) ANGEL 35568 (LP) (1958) Oleg Marshev (piano)/Niklas Willén/South Jutland Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) DANACORD DACOCD 584585 (2 CDs) (2005) James Mathis (piano)/John Barnett/National Orchestral Association (rec. 1962) (included in collection: "James Mathis in Concert") PIERIAN 11/12 (2 CDs) (2002) Ivan Moravec (piano)/Karel Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1960) ( + Symphony No. 1, Scythian Suite and Seven, They are Seven) PRAGA PR254004 (1992) Ivan Moravec (piano)/Yuri Simonov/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1984) ( + Grieg: Piano Concerto and Ravel: Piano Concerto in G) SUPRAPHON SU42452 (2018) Olli Mustonen (piano)/Hannu Lintu/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4) ONDINE ODE12442 (2016) Jorge Federico Osorio (piano)/Enrique Ba´tiz/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Sonata No. 5 and Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Alborada del Gracioso) ASV CD DCA 555 (1989) Jorge Federico Osorio (piano)/Dmitri Kitayenko/USSR State Symphony Orchestra ( + Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto and R. Castro: Vals Capricho) CBS (Mexico) MLS 9205 (LP) (1980s) MusicWeb International p4 Prokofiev Concertos Kun-Woo Paik (piano)/Antoni Wit/Polish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Katowice ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4) NAXOS 8.550566 (1994) Joshua Pierce (piano)/Paul Freeman/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Khachaturian: Piano Concerto and Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2) PHOENIX USA PHC 117 (1993) Mirka Pokorná (piano)/Horst Förster/Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 and A. Tcherpnin: 10 Bagatelles)) HELIODOR 80738 (LP) (1960s) Victoria Postnikova (piano)/Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1987) ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) MELODYA 74321 30645-2 (2 CDs) (1996) (original LP release: MELODYA S10 24929) (1987) Sviatoslav Richter (piano)/Karel Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 1) SUPRAPHON SU-3670-2 (2002) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON DV 5229)