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Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)

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Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E minor (sometimes also called Sinfonia Concertante), is a large-scale work for cello and orchestra. Prokofiev dedicated it to Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered it on February 18, 1952 with Sviatoslav Richter conducting (the only instance of Richter conducting). After this first performance (under the title 'Cello Concerto No. 2'), it was revised and given its current title. It is itself a revised version of his earlier Cello Concerto, Op. 58, written in 19338.

Since the Central Committee decision on February 10, 1948, Prokofiev was considered a "suspect" musician. His work was disparaged as bourgeois and formalistic, and his first wife was convicted as a spy and taken to a forced-labor camp. These misfortunes and the possibility of being arrested without reason most likely affected Prokofiev's already deteriorating health.

The work, around 40 minutes long, is in three movements:

  1. Andante (11 minutes)
  2. Allegro (18 minutes)
  3. Andante con moto - Allegretto - Allegro marcato (11 minutes)

This work inspired Dmitri Shostakovich to write his Cello Concerto No. 1, also dedicated to Rostropovich.

Benjamin Britten and Ellen Zwilich have also written symphonies for solo cello and orchestra.

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[edit] History

The premiere of Prokofiev's Cello Concerto (Op. 58) was generally thought to have been very poorly interpreted by the cellist, though the blame fell on Prokofiev for writing a "soul-less" concerto. The concerto was seldom played afterwards, until Prokofiev heard Rostropovich play it at a 1947 concert at the Moscow Conservatory. The performance reawakened Prokofiev's interest in the cello, and he rewrote his concerto (with advice from Rostropovich) to create the Symphony-Concerto (Op. 125). Also dating from this period are his cello sonata of 1949, and an unfinished concertino for cello and orchestra later completed by Kabalevsky.

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[edit] Remarkable

In part 2, measure 453, Prokofiev seems to quote Dmitri Shostakovich's autograph, by letting the Violas and Celli the notes D-E flat-C-B. The E flat, stands for the letter 'S', and the B is called in German an 'H', Resulting in the initials D.Sch.)

[edit] Recordings

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.58


Cellist Orchestra Conductor Record Company Year of Recording Format
Alexander Ivashkin Russian State Symphony Orchestra Valeri Polyansky Chandos Records 2003 CD
János Starker Philharmonia Walter Süsskind EMI Classics 1995 CD
Christine Walevska Orchestre National de Monte-Carlo Eliahu Inbal Philips LP
Roger Albin Orchestre des Cento Soli Rudolf Albert Club Français du Disque LP

Note that the Ivashkin recording is the first to record the complete, uncut original score. Further information can be found in Ivashkin's notes for the recording.


Sinfonia Concertante, Op.125


Cellist Orchestra Conductor Record Company Year of Recording Format
Han-Na Chang London Symphony Orchestra Antonio Pappano EMI Classics 2002 CD
Lynn Harrell Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca Records 1994 CD
Lynn Harrell Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Chandos Records 2005 CD
Yo-Yo Ma Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel Sony Classical Records 1991 CD
Mischa Maisky Russian National Orchestra Mikhail Pletnev Deutsche Grammophon 1995 CD
Truls Mork City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Paavo Järvi Virgin Records 1998 CD
Mstislav Rostropovich Royal Philhamonic Orchestra Sir Malcolm Sargent EMI 1957 CD
Mstislav Rostropovich USSR State Symphony Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky Russian Revelation 1964 CD
Mstislav Rostropovich London Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa Warner Bros. Records 1987 CD
Alexander Rudin Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra Theodore Kuchar Naxos Records 1995 CD
Raphael Wallfisch Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Chandos Records 1986 CD
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