Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – Prokofiev: Suites from Cinderella and Romeo & Juliet (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – Prokofiev: Suites from Cinderella and Romeo & Juliet (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:03 minutes | 792 MB | Genre: Classical
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Of the major works of Sergei Prokofiev, none (apart perhaps from Peter and the Wolf) have become so well loved by a wide audience as the ballets Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. From the stage productions, to the orchestral suites, to the piano versions, many of these pieces are universally recognised.

In the 1950s, four pieces from each ballet were arranged for clarinet and piano by Bronislav Prorvich, a clarinettist with the Bolshoi Theatre. Strangely, so far as we know, these sparkling arrangements have never previously been recorded. Ian Scott and his producer Malcolm McMillan have added a further 12 movements from the ballets, many of which strongly featured the clarinet in the original orchestral version. This has resulted in a lovely collection of pieces that are at once very familiar but also heard in a completely new light.

Tracklist:

1-01. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – I. The Dancing Lesson (03:00)
1-02. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – II. Winter Fairy (03:49)
1-03. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – III. Passepied (01:58)
1-04. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – IV. Adagio. The Prince and Cinderella Duet (04:13)
1-05. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – V. Oriental Dance (02:06)
1-06. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – VI. Kubishka Variation (01:36)
1-07. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – VII. Summer Fairy (01:55)
1-08. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – VIII. Grasshoppers (01:06)
1-09. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – IX. Spring Fairy (01:37)
1-10. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – X. Dance of the Cavaliers (01:32)
1-11. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – XI. Grand Waltz (05:07)
1-12. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – I. Juliet’s Entrance (03:59)
1-13. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – II. Masks (02:12)
1-14. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – III. Dance of the Knights (04:03)
1-15. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – IV. Mercutio (02:26)
1-16. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – V. Dance of the Girls with Lilies (02:21)
1-17. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – VI. Gavotte (01:34)
1-18. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – VII. Street Scene (01:27)
1-19. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – VIII. Letter Scene (02:08)
1-20. Ian Scott, Jonathan Higgins – IX. Death of Tybalt (01:45)