Russian Duos

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Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Dmitri Shostakovich

Label: Chandos

Magazine Review Date: 4/1988

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: ABTD1261

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
(24) Preludes, Movement: C	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: F sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
Elegy	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
Spanish Serenade	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
Minstrel's Song	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
(The) Tale of the Stone Flower	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Cinderella	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Dance of the girls with the lilies	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Yuli Turovsky, Cello
(The) Tale of the Buffoon, 'Chout'	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Yuli Turovsky, Cello

Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Dmitri Shostakovich

Label: Chandos

Magazine Review Date: 4/1988

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 59

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CHAN8555

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
(24) Preludes, Movement: C	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: F sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
Elegy	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
Spanish Serenade	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
Minstrel's Song	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
(The) Tale of the Stone Flower	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Cinderella	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Dance of the girls with the lilies	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Yuli Turovsky, Cello
(The) Tale of the Buffoon, 'Chout'	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Yuli Turovsky, Cello

Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Dmitri Shostakovich

Label: Chandos

Magazine Review Date: 4/1988

Media Format: Vinyl

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: ABRD1261

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
(24) Preludes, Movement: C	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: F sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor	Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Eleonora Turovsky, Violin Peter Pettinger, Piano
Elegy	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
Spanish Serenade	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
Minstrel's Song	Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Yuli Turovsky, Cello
(The) Tale of the Stone Flower	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Cinderella	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Dance of the girls with the lilies	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Yuli Turovsky, Cello
(The) Tale of the Buffoon, 'Chout'	Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Pettinger, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Yuli Turovsky, Cello

Author: Michael Oliver

There is some evidence that Dmitri Tsyganov, who made these violin and piano transcriptions of Shostakovich's Preludes with the composer's acquiescence, intended them to be played in groups or suites. That is how he published them and certainly how they should be listened to: they are mostly very short explorations of a single mood or idea, with little room for contrast and none for 'development'. They make, however, more satisfying listening than the apparently more substantial pieces (they are longer, at all events) for cello and piano in this collection. In the company of Shostakovich's pungent miniature scherzos and wistful ariettas Glazunov's salon pieces are apt to sound gross or over-extended (when heard before Shostakovich rather than after, mark you, their sentimental ardour can be agreeable), while Prokofiev's arrangers have not always been so adroit as Tsyganov. In particular the pas de deux from Cinderella, though it shows off the richness of Yuli Turovsky's tone and the smoothness of his line to great effect, has become almost unrecognizably dark, heavy and strenuous in this version, nor would you imagine from his account of it that the movement from Romeo and Juliet (the one otherwise known as ''Dance of the girls with lilies'') is marked in the ballet score con eleganza. For all Turovsky's supple phrasing and his effectively pallid tone at this point, it is balletic grace that is missing (and there is rather little of that quality to start with in the—heavily cut—waltz from Prokofiev's late and unequal ballet The stone flower). In the diminutive suite from Chout, the intention seems to have been to extract what little of that score that can fitly be arranged for the cello, framing the scraps with a page or two of the grotesque and motoric elements that are much more characteristic of it. The tunes are pretty, the faster music is taxing but will anyone other than cello-fanciers want to hear it often?
One can readily understand, however, why Shostakovich was more than willing to give his blessing to Tsyganov's arrangements. They make surprisingly convincing violin music (even the blink-and-you've-missed-it 'velocity study', which is a lot easier on the violin than the piano), and the best of them are miniaturized but undiluted Shostakovich: the wistful lyricism of No. 17 the delicate sentiment of No. 10, the gawky polka of No. 24 and the teasing tonal ambiguity of No. 16 sound almost as though full-scale movements could have been developed from them. All the more reason for listening to them in short suites of your own devising, therefore, and Eleonora Turovsky's playing, no less ardent and colourful than her husband's, will make the experience a rewarding one. The recording sets her in rather bright perspective against the sonorous richness of her excellent pianist, the cello sound is very good indeed.'

Russian Duos

(24) Preludes, Movement: C

(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: G

(24) Preludes, Movement: D

(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: F sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: B

(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor

Elegy

Spanish Serenade

Minstrel's Song

(The) Tale of the Stone Flower

Cinderella

Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Dance of the girls with the lilies

(The) Tale of the Buffoon, 'Chout'

Russian Duos

(24) Preludes, Movement: C

(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: G

(24) Preludes, Movement: D

(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: F sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: B

(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor

Elegy

Spanish Serenade

Minstrel's Song

(The) Tale of the Stone Flower

Cinderella

Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Dance of the girls with the lilies

(The) Tale of the Buffoon, 'Chout'

Russian Duos

(24) Preludes, Movement: C

(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: G

(24) Preludes, Movement: D

(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: F sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: B

(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor

Elegy

Spanish Serenade

Minstrel's Song

(The) Tale of the Stone Flower

Cinderella

Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Dance of the girls with the lilies

(The) Tale of the Buffoon, 'Chout'

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