Lugansky - Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (1913, 1924) Nikolai Lugansky, soliste Marko Letonja conducting l’Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, 2019 I. [0:00] Theme 1. G minor - Andantino (narrante) [3:35] Theme 2. A minor - Allegretto (con eleganza) [6:06] Dev. - Cadenza (dolce - espressivo 6:52 - precipitato 8:39 - pesante 8:48 - con affetto 9:12 - colossale 9:30 - con tutta forza 11:12) [11:15] Recap. (Andantino) [13:00] II. Scherzo. Vivace (perpetuum mobile) [15:42] III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato IV. Finale [23:17] Allegro tempestoso [24:45] Meno mosso [25:49] Cadenza [27:14] Prolation canon [28:31] Allegro [29:35] Moderato (Cadenza) - Andante [33:33] Allegro tempestoso “What would be the ideal way to compose a concerto? It occurred to me today that it would certainly be interesting for a pianist to be presented with a concerto that had its origin in a technically challenging sonata and subsequently been transformed into a concerto. The solo part would be bound to be interesting pianistically, while the sonata itself would benefit by the reinforcement and embellishment of a skillfully added orchestral texture. Brilliant idea! … I do have a nice Sonata in A minor, also a perfectly good C minor Sonata, and suppose I were to put together a crisp little concerto from that? …” Diaries of Sergey Prokofiev, 1912