Prokofiev / Roslavetz / Peramenschikow / Gililov - Sonata / Ballade / Meditation - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94 - Moderato 2. Presto 3. Andante 4. Allegro Con Brio 5. Mélodies, Op. 35 - Andante 6. Lento, Ma Non Troppo 7. Animato, Ma Non Allegro 8. Andantino, Un Poco Scherzando 9. Andante Non Troppo 10. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 - Andante Assai 11. Allegro Brusco 12. Andante 13. Allegrissimo

For his latest ATMA Classique recording project, pianist David Jalbert tackles the complete cycle of Prokofiev's piano sonatas. This ambitious undertaking will be released in three separate volumes starting in September 2021. The first volume features four piano sonatas from Prokofiev's Russian period, which ended in 1918 with his departure for America. These are paired with four short pieces for piano, including the famous Suggestion diabolique (Diabolic suggestion). A virtuoso with a warm, elegant style and a wide-ranging repertoire, pianist David Jalbert has established himself among the elite of a new generation of classical musicians InchJalbert's piano playing is remarkable for it's sweep, confidence, sensitivity, power and color, what more can we ask?Inch (Fanfare). Named by the CBC as one of the 15 best Canadian pianists of all time, Mr. Jalbert performs regularly as a soloist and recitalist all over the world. His solo recordings - of the Goldberg Variations, the Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, of American, Russian and French piano music - have all garnered international praise in venues ranging from Gramophone to France-Culture. He has been a guest soloist with numerous major orchestras and is an sought-after chamber musician, collaborating over the years with artists such as Nicola Benedetti, Jean-Philippe Collard, Rachel Barton Pine, Denise Djokic, Joel Quarrington, and performing with his piano trio, Triple Forte.

Karen Buranskas, professor of cello at the University of Notre Dame, does an incredible job presenting these concertos on this recording, performing them with the appropriate combination of delicacy and passion. One of Dmitri Shostakovich's earlier works, his Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor Op. 40 was written in 1934 during an emotionally tumultuous period in his life. Shortly after it's premiere, his music was denounced by the Soviet Union. In 1948, much like Shostakovich, Sergei Prokovief's music was accused of formalism and much of his music was banned. When he penned his Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119, he did not know if it would ever be performed in public. Dmitry Kabalevsky studied under Nikolay Myaskovsky, another prolific Russian composer, at the Moscow Conservatoire. His Cello Sonata stands amongst his greatest post-war successes.