Alexandra Conunova, Michail Lifits
AP171 - 1CD - 51' - Mar 30, 2018
From shadow to light: that’s the emotional ascent traced by Sergei Prokofiev's Violin and Piano Sonatas. They were published in the 1940s, an intense period of creation for the Russian musician who then works on his ballet Cinderella and his Fifth Symphony.
The violinist Alexandra Conunova, winner of the prestigious Tchaikovski competition in 2015, and the pianist Michael Lifits are physically involved in their performance of these two scores, which are a perfect synthesis of Prokofiev’s musical style. These sonatas are characterized by a formal classicism subverted by a bold virtuosity. Their lyricism, tormented by the irony of a modern harmonic language that is the outgrowth of a critical vision of the world, is all the more poignant.
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1 in F minor op.80
1. I. Andante
2. II. Allegro brusco
3. III. Andante
4. IV. Allegrissimo
Sonata for Violin and Piano no.2 in D major op.94a
5. I. Andantino
6. II. Scherzo : Allegro
7. III. Andante
8. IV. Allegro con brio
