Theodore Kuchar, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites Nos. 1-3, Scythian Suite, "On the Dnieper" (1995)

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Artist: Theodore Kuchar, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra
Title: Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites Nos. 1-3, Scythian Suite, "On the Dnieper"
Year Of Release: 1005
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:09:52
Total Size: 591 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

CD 1:
01. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - Introduction [0:02:57.25]
02. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - Pas de Chale [0:04:00.00]
03. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - The Quarrell [0:03:41.00]
04. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - Fairy Godmother and the Winter Fairy [0:05:19.00]
05. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - Mazurka [0:05:52.00]
06. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - Cinderella goes to the Ball [0:02:59.00]
07. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - Cinderella's Waltz [0:02:44.30]
08. Cinderella - Suite No.1 - Midnight [0:02:09.45]
09. Cinderella - Suite No.2 - Cinderella's Dreams [0:03:55.00]
10. Cinderella - Suite No.2 - Dancing Lesson and Gavotte [0:06:04.00]
11. Cinderella - Suite No.2 - Spring Fairy and Sumer Fairy [0:04:05.00]
12. Cinderella - Suite No.2 - Bourée [0:01:41.00]
13. Cinderella - Suite No.2 - Cinderella at the Palace [0:08:21.00]
14. Cinderella - Suite No.2 - Galop [0:05:01.22]

CD 2:
01. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: Pavane: Andante grazioso [0:04:14.25]
02. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: Cinderella and the Prince: Adagio [0:04:40.00]
03. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: Three Oranges: Moderato [0:01:24.00]
04. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: Dance of Temptation: Moderato [0:04:19.00]
05. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: Oriental Dance: Andante dolce [0:02:16.00]
06. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: The Prince finds Cinderella: Adagio passionato [0:01:50.65]
07. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: Slow Waltz: Adagio [0:04:43.10]
08. Cinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109: Amoroso: Andante dolcissimo [0:03:23.00]
09. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: Invocation to Veles and Ala: Allegro feroce [0:05:55.00]
10. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: The Evil God and Dance of the Pagan Monsters: Allegro sostenuto [0:03:08.00]
11. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: Night; Andantino - Poco più mosso [0:07:02.00]
12. Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20: Lolly's Pursuit of the Evil God and the Sunrise: Tempestoso - Allegro (quasi doppio movimento)- And [0:05:43.00]
13. On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), ballet, Op. 51: Prelude: Andante dolce (quasi andantino) [0:03:17.00]
14. On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), ballet, Op. 51: Variation of the First Dancer: Allegro vivace e ben marcato [0:03:07.00]
15. On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), ballet, Op. 51: The Betrothal: Andante [0:07:00.00]
16. On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), ballet, Op. 51: The Quarrel: Allegro precipitato [0:02:36.00]
17. On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), ballet, Op. 51: Scene: Moderato [0:04:26.00]
18. On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), ballet, Op. 51: Epilogue: Andante amoroso [0:02:01.02]

Performers:
Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar - conductor

Sumptuous and tender-hearted, voluptuous and exquisitely beautiful, Theodore Kuchar and the Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra's 1994 recording of the three suites from Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella could only be improved if there were more of it. And the only way there could be more of it would be if Kuchar and the U.S.S.O. had recorded the whole ballet. But not only are the excerpts extremely well played and supremely persuasively interpreted, they each make sense in context of the suites so that each suite forms a compelling whole rather than a collection of concert hall favorites. Besides, if Kuchar and the U.S.S.O. had recorded the whole Cinderella ballet, there wouldn't be room on the second disc for what the English so charmingly call fillers. And the fillers are just as fine in their way as the Cinderella suites are in theirs. Kuchar and the U.S.S.O.'s Scythian Suite is the first recording of the work that makes it sound lovely and lyrical, or at least as lyrical and lovely as such an ungainly and awkward work could ever sound. And Kuchar and the U.S.S.O.'s suite from On the Dnieper is far and away the most polished, passionate, and compelling performance of the work ever recorded, which would probably be true even if there were more than two other recordings of the work. Naxos' sound is superb: clear, warm, and immediate.

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