Prokofiev - Piano Works and Transcriptions

An essay in Viennese contrasts, persuasively played, but interleaving works that are probably best kept separate

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Composer or Director: Franz Schubert, Arnold Schoenberg

Label: ECM New Series

Magazine Review Date: 1/2000

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 64

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 465 136-2

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
(3) Klavierstücke	Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Thomas Larcher, Piano
(6) Klavierstücke	Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Thomas Larcher, Piano
Allegretto	Franz Schubert, Composer Franz Schubert, Composer Thomas Larcher, Piano

Composer or Director: Johann Pachelbel

Label: Centaur

Magazine Review Date: 1/2000

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 58

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CRC2418

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Toccata and Fugue	Johann Pachelbel, Composer Johann Pachelbel, Composer Joseph Payne, Organ
Allein Gott zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ	Johann Pachelbel, Composer Johann Pachelbel, Composer Joseph Payne, Organ
Allein Gott in der Höe sei Ehr	Johann Pachelbel, Composer Johann Pachelbel, Composer Joseph Payne, Organ
Ciacona	Johann Pachelbel, Composer Johann Pachelbel, Composer Joseph Payne, Organ
Alle Menschen müssen sterben	Johann Pachelbel, Composer Johann Pachelbel, Composer Joseph Payne, Organ
(95) Fugues on the Magnificat, Movement: Magnificat octavi toni in G (13 fugues)	Johann Pachelbel, Composer Johann Pachelbel, Composer Joseph Payne, Organ
Ricercar	Johann Pachelbel, Composer Johann Pachelbel, Composer Joseph Payne, Organ

Label: Claves

Magazine Review Date: 1/2000

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 76

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 50 9904

Composer or Director: Jeremy Filsell, Sebastian Wolff

Label: Herald

Magazine Review Date: 1/2000

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 63

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: HAVPCD229

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Fantasia and Fugue in D	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Advent Chorale	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: O come, O come Emmanuel	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Trio: Lo, he comes with clouds descending	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude on the Somerset Carol	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale Partita: Unto us is born a Son	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale on a melody by Orlando Gibbons	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: Our Father, which art in heaven	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Nocturne	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: Come, Holy Ghost	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: Most ancient of all mysteries	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Processional	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Adagio and Fugue on Liebster Immanuel	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale: O Sacred Head sore wounded	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Fanfare for Easter Day	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Processional: Jesis Christ is risen today	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Trio: At the Lamb's high feast	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale Partita: Christ the Lord is risen again	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer
(19) Organ Works, Movement: Carillon (Hommage à Mulet et Vierne)	Sebastian Wolff, Composer Jeremy Filsell, Composer Sebastian Wolff, Composer

Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev

Label: CdM Russian Season

Magazine Review Date: 1/2000

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 75

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: RUS288161

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Sonata for Piano No. 2	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Alexander Guindin, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
(10) Pieces from Romeo and Juliet	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Alexander Guindin, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Alexander Guindin, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Waltz	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Alexander Guindin, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Fantasia Improvisation on themes from Rimsky-Korsa	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Alexander Guindin, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer

Author: Arnold Whittall

Schubert and Schoenberg are the chalk and the cheese at either end of Viennese romanticism. Schoenberg was well aware of the symmetry, and paid his great predecessor homage around the time of his centenary in the String Quartet No. 3 (1927), alluding to the A minor Quartet, D804 - though without direct quotation. ECM's strategy is to relish the contrasts highlighted by juxtaposition, and despite the efforts of the booklet essays, I don't sense any subtle subtext. The main point is that most piano recitals on CD are very different from this one.
In terms of minutes, there is almost twice as much Schubert as Schoenberg, and Schubert's leisurely transitions and literal da capos (in the second D946 piece, in particular) certainly stand out. Thomas Larcher is a sensitive player, the recorded sound has excellent presence and definition, and although he risks overdoing the more reflective aspects of Schoenberg's music in places (especially in Op. 11 No. 1), perhaps in order to suggest a degree of shared poetic tone with Schubert, the programme as a whole scarcely makes out a cast-iron case for significant common ground.
The most questionable feature of the disc is the decision to alternate the three Op. 11 pieces with the D946 pieces - though with Nos. 2 and 3 of D946 coming between Nos. 2 and 3 of Op. 11: we then have Schoenberg Op. 19 complete, and the relatively brief D915 to conclude. Obviously, if you insist on separation, you can programme your listening accordingly, and I suspect that, for repeated hearing, separation will prove more appealing than alternation.'

Schönberg Piano Music

(3) Klavierstücke

(6) Klavierstücke

Allegretto

Pachelbel Complete Organ Works, Vol 8

Toccata and Fugue

Allein Gott zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Allein Gott in der Höe sei Ehr

Ciacona

Alle Menschen müssen sterben

(95) Fugues on the Magnificat, Movement: Magnificat octavi toni in G (13 fugues)

Ricercar

Turina Piano Works Vol 6

Wolff, S Organ Works

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Fantasia and Fugue in D

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Advent Chorale

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: O come, O come Emmanuel

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Trio: Lo, he comes with clouds descending

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude on the Somerset Carol

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale Partita: Unto us is born a Son

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale on a melody by Orlando Gibbons

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: Our Father, which art in heaven

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Nocturne

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: Come, Holy Ghost

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Prelude: Most ancient of all mysteries

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Processional

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Adagio and Fugue on Liebster Immanuel

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale: O Sacred Head sore wounded

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Fanfare for Easter Day

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Processional: Jesis Christ is risen today

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Trio: At the Lamb's high feast

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Chorale Partita: Christ the Lord is risen again

(19) Organ Works, Movement: Carillon (Hommage à Mulet et Vierne)