WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87 (2000)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87 (2000)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 516 MB | Tracks: 50 | 115:50 min
Style: Classical | Label: CPO
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 516 MB | Tracks: 50 | 115:50 min
Style: Classical | Label: CPO
While in the midst of his "war sonata" trilogy in the early 1940s, Prokofiev found the sparkling fairy tale world of 'Cinderella' easy to approach, and despite the difficulties of those years, with numerous relocations and a divorce, he completed the score in 1944. It was simply one of those cases where the magic worked, and while not as well known as his 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Cinderella' is, if anything, even more inspired, its brilliant melody and invention so vast that the action moves forward with virtually no reliance on repetition.
Michail Jurowski leads a robust performance of the complete ballet, getting just the right mixture of romantic sweetness and tart wit, with the West German Radio Orchestra sounding very fine indeed in a recording that admirably combines fullness and natural hall atmosphere.
Prokofiev's Cinderella (1944) has never gained the same level of popularity as Romeo and Juliet. A great shame: this set affirms the greatness of this score and nobody will feel short-changed by it, despite the relatively low playing time. There is a sense of Prokofiev unbuttoning his compositional waistcoat and revelling in the opportunities this most touching of children's stories affords.
Cinderella comes very much out of the tradition of Classical ballet. Its long succession of individual movements is well characterised by Jurowski's Cologne forces, who display fleetness-of-foot in their nimble articulation (The Sisters Dress for the Ball) and delicacy (The Summer Fairy, for example). They also show a penchant for the grander gesture (the final, indulgent Waltz). Importantly, Jurowski responds well to Prokofiev's wicked sense of fun: The Four Friends of the Prince will raise a smile, as will Prokofiev's self-quotation of the March from The Love for Three Oranges in the movement entitled Fruits and Refreshing Drinks.
The longest movement, the Grand Waltz inspires the orchestra to the heights of gracefulness. The performance as a whole is well realised (notwithstanding some hints of strain in the upper strings). The excellent programme notes and synopsis with track numbers prove the ideal complement to the discs.
Competition is stiff, coming principally in the forms of Ashkenazy and the Cleveland Orchestra (Decca 410 162-2), Previn and the LSO (a classic account affordably on CZS5 68604-2) [£11.50] and finally the Russian National Orchestra under Pletnev (coupled with Summer Night, Op. 123 on DG 445 830-2). Jurowski does not displace either Previn or Ashkenazy (my preferred choices), but rather sits well alongside them on the shelf.
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Introduction
02. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Veil Dance
03. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Cinderella
04. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Father
05. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Beggar Fairy
06. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Sisters Dress for the Ball
07. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Dancing Lesson
08. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Off to the Ball
09. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Cinderella's Dream of the Ball
10. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Gavotte
11. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Second Appearance of the Beggar Fairy
12. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Spring Fairy
13. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Summer Fairy
14. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Grasshoppers and Dragonflies
15. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Autumn Fairy
16. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: The Winter Fairy
17. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Interruption of the Way
18. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Clock Scene
19. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Cinderella on Her Way to the Ball
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CD2:
01. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Court Dance
02. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Passepied
03. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Dance of the Courtiers
04. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: The First Sister's Variation
05. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: The Second Sister's Variation
06. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: The Court Dance
07. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Mazurka and Entrance of the Prince
08. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: The Four Friends of the Prince
09. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Mazurka
10. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Cinderella's Arrival at the Ball
11. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Grand Waltz
12. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Promenade
13. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Cinderella's Dance
14. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: The Prince's Solo
15. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Fruits and Refreshing Drinks
16. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: The Stepsister's Dance
17. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Pas de deux. Cinderella and the Prince
18. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Waltz-Coda
19. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act II: Midnight's Music
20. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: The Prince and the Shoemakers
21. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: The Prince's First Galop
22. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: Temptation
23. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: The Prince's Second Galop
24. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: In the Orient
25. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: The Prince's Third Galop
26. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: Cinderella Awakes
27. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: The Morning After the Ball
28. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: The Prince's Visit
29. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: The Prince Finds Cinderella
30. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: Slow Waltz
31. Cinderella, Op. 87, Act III: Amoroso
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