The Wayward Prokofiev #50. A long-running docudrama about one of the most prominent and independent composers of the 20th century.
In ‘The Wayward Prokofiev’, every two weeks an hour-long focus on the life and work of the Russian 20th-century composer Sergei Prokofiev, undoubtedly one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Today you can listen to an opera by Prokofiev and the first works of a young composer M. Weinberg, who had to run for his life in 1939.
Sergei Prokofiev. Semyon Kotko op. 81 (1939) opening movement. St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater Orchestra/Kirov Opera Choir conducted by Valery Gergiev. Viktor Lutsiuk, Ludmilla Filatova, Olga Savova, Yevgeny Nikitin, and Gennady Bezzubenkov.
Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Mazurka for piano No. 1 in F (1933). Allison Brewster Franzetti (piano).
Mieczyslaw Weinberg. String Quartet for violins, viola, and cello op. 2/141 (1937). Arcadia Quartet.
