TRACKLISTING

CD 1
1 Dreams, op.6
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam/Vladimir Ashkenazy
2 Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16
I: Andantino
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
3 Scythian Suite, op.20
IV: The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Sun’s Procession
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
4 The Gambler, op.24
Act II: The General has sent me to ask you to leave aside your intentions
Nicolai Gassiev, Vladimir Galusin, Marianna Tarassova
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
5 Symphony No.1 in D major, op.25 "Classical"
IV: Finale: Molto vivace
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Walter Weller
6 Piano Sonata No.3 in A minor, op.28 "From Old Notebooks"
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
7 Love for Three Oranges, op.33
Act III, scene 3: Smeraldina… with a pin…
Anna Netrebko, Larissa Shevchenko, Evgeny Akimov
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
8 Overture on Hebrew Themes, op.34
Keith Puddy (clarinet), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Gabrieli String Quartet
9 The Fiery Angel, op.37
Act III, scene 1: Heinrich, come back, come, come back
Galina Gorchakova, Sergei Leiferkus
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
10 Piano Concerto No.5 in G major, op.55
V: Vivo
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra/Witold Rowicki

CD 2
1 Lieutenant Kijé, op.60
IV: Troika
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
2 Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
II: Andante assai — Allegretto — Andante assai
Gil Shaham (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
3 Romeo and Juliet, op.64
No.13: The Knights’ Dance
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
4 Alexander Nevsky, op.78
No.7: Alexander’s Entry into Pskov
London Symphony Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
5 Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat major, op.83
II: Andante caloroso
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
6 Betrothal in a Monastery, op.86
Act II, tableau 4: My pretty… my pretty…
Sergei Alexashkin, Larissa Diadkova
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
7 Semyon Kotko, op.81
Act I: Introduction
Act III, scene 14: The swine!; Fire! Fire!
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
8 Cinderella, op.87
No.30: Grand Waltz
The Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
9 War and Peace, op.91
Scene 10: When, oh when was this dreadful business decided?
Nikolai Okhotnikov
Kirov Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
10 Ivan the Terrible, op.116
I: Overture
Chorus of the Kirov Orchestra/Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
11 Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra, op.125
I: Andante
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev
12 Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor, op.131
IV: Vivace
The Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy

Forthcoming releases
Berlioz Compactothèque (Autumn 2003)

RECORDING INFORMATION

The year 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sergei Prokofiev, one of the most innovative of the late Russian composers, who made his mark both as a pianist and as a composer of a variety of music for concert hall, ballet and opera as well as stage and screen.

This release is a 2-CD set, which also contains an extensive 72-page booklet with historical information about the composer and the featured works, ensuring that the compactothèque represents real value to the consumer.

The Prokofiev Compactothèque is a comprehensive 2-CD, three-label collection (Decca, DG, Philips) of many of the composer's best-known works including extracts from his ballets The Fiery Angel, Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, his operas Semyon Kotko, War and Peace and Love for Three Oranges, and his film scores for Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible. There are also excerpts from his symphonies, concertos and other works.