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Prokofiev Chout (excerpts)
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 4 (for the left hand)
Prokofiev Cinderella (excerpts)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Leon Fleisher piano



‘What I wished to express above all in the music of Cinderella’, said Prokofiev, ‘was the poetic love of Cinderella and the Prince – the birth and flowering of that love, the obstacles in its path and finally the dream fulfilled.’ If Prokofiev’s score does anything, it captures precisely that: here is music above which a sprinkling of fairy dust seems to hover, so glistening are its orchestrations, so enchanting its textures. The composer’s music for the ballet Chout (or The Buffoon) was altogether different. This absurdist satire on Russian village life prompted a tight, tuneful and mischievous score from Prokofiev, with shades of Stravinsky’s Petrushka.

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Prokofiev: Chout - II. Dance of the wives
Prokofiev: Chout - VII. The Entry of the Merchant and his Welcome
Prokofiev: Chout - The Young Woman becomes a Goat
Prokofiev: Chout - XII. The Final Dance
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 - I. Vivace
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 - IV. - Vivace

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