Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Prokofiev: The Tale of the Stone Flower (2003) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Title: Prokofiev: The Tale of the Stone Flower
- Year Of Release: 2003
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 02:27:19
- Total Size: 668 mb / 2.5 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
CD1
01. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Prologue: The Mistress of the Copper Mountain
02. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Prologue: Danilo and his work
03. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Danilo in search of the stone flower
04. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Danilo meets his fellow villagers
05. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Scene and duet of Katerina and Danilo
06. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Interlude I. Severyan and the workers
07. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Round dance
08. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Katerina bids farewell to her friends
09. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Maiden's dance
10. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Danilo's dance
11. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Unmarried men's dance
12. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Severyan's arrival
13. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Altercation over the malachite vase
14. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Scene of Katerina and Danilo
15. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Danilo's thoughts
16. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 3: Danilo enticed away by the Mistress of the Copper Mountain
17. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: The Mistress shows Danilo the treasures of the earth
18. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Duet of the Mistress and Danilo (First Temptation)
19. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Scene and Waltz of the Diamonds (Second Temptation)
20. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Dance of the Russian precious stones (Third Temptation)
21. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Waltz
CD2
01. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Danilo's monologue and the Mistress's reply
02. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: The Mistress shows Danilo the stone flower
03. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Severyan and the workers. The Mistress's warning
04. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: Scene and Katerina's dance (Thinking of Danilo)
05. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: Severyan's arrival
06. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: Where are you, sweet Danilo?
07. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: The appearance of the Mistress and Katerina's joy
08. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 6: Ural Rhapsody
09. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 6: Interlude II
10. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 6: Russian dance
11. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Gypsy dance
12. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Severyan's dance
13. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Solo of the gypsy girl and Coda
14. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Katerina's appearance and Severyan's rage
15. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: The appearance of the Mistress and Scene of Severyan transfixed
16. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Severyan follows the Mistress
17. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Severyan's death
18. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 8: Katerina sits by the fire and yearns for Danilo
19. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 8: Scene and Katerina's dance with the skipping fire-spirit
20. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 8: Katerina follows the fire-spirit
21. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: Katerina's dialogue with the Mistress
22. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: Danilo turned to stone
23. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: The joy of Katerina and Danilo's reunion
24. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: The Mistress presents gifts to Katerina and Danilo
25. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: Epilogue
Sergei Prokofiev conceived the Stone Flower as a grand ballet in the tradition of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Originally, Prokofiev had a different subject in mind - Pushkin's The Stone Guest - but chose a national ballet following the infamous Zhdanov degree of 1948. However, Prokofiev had more than a passing interest in the story, set the Urals, as he had traveled in the area as a young man and had been impressed by the beauty of the mountains. The music was composed between 1948 and 1953. Prokofiev completed the orchestration just hours before his death. The premiere was held on February 12, 1954 by the Bolshoi Ballet. The ballet takes its inspiration from folk tales by the Ural author Pavel Bazhov and centers on the stonecutter Danilo, who temporarily forsakes his betrothed, Katerina, to accompany the Mistress of Copper Mountain to her realm. There, the Mistress shows him a legendary flower made of stone. Danilo becomes determined to carve one like it in malachite, a deep green, marble-like mineral native to Russia. In the meantime, Iatarina is harassed by the story's villain, the drunken Severyan. To the rescue comes the Mistress of Copper Mountain, who captures him and compels the ground to open and swallow Severyan whole. Katarina searches for Danilo and finds him, but their reunion is spoiled when the Mistress becomes upset that he wants to leave the mountain paradise now that he has learned the secret of making the stone flower. Briefly, Danilo himself is turned to stone. In the end, however, Danilo gains the Mistress' respect through his love for and fidelity to Katarina, and the lovers depart to live happily ever after. The Stone Flower has generally been neglected with few recordings of the complete ballet. The music is usually recorded in excerpts with the Ural Rhapsody from act three, always being included as a highlight. The ballet has more of the divertissement dances of traditional full-length Russian ballets than Prokofiev included in Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, so there are memorable dances and more reworking of prior melodies. The ballet is very tuneful, with twenty or more memorable melodies. Some of the music was recycled from earlier Prokofiev works: the festive No. 7, Round Dance, is borrowed from the film score for Ivan the Terrible; Nos. 14 Katerina and Danilo, and 19, Waltz of the Diamonds, are sourceful in Music for Children, for piano, Op. 65. Prokofiev's orchestration is colorful, sometimes exotic, particularly in the Russian and Gypsy dances.
CD1
01. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Prologue: The Mistress of the Copper Mountain
02. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Prologue: Danilo and his work
03. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Danilo in search of the stone flower
04. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Danilo meets his fellow villagers
05. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Scene and duet of Katerina and Danilo
06. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 1: Interlude I. Severyan and the workers
07. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Round dance
08. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Katerina bids farewell to her friends
09. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Maiden's dance
10. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Danilo's dance
11. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Unmarried men's dance
12. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Severyan's arrival
13. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Altercation over the malachite vase
14. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Scene of Katerina and Danilo
15. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 2: Danilo's thoughts
16. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act I Scene 3: Danilo enticed away by the Mistress of the Copper Mountain
17. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: The Mistress shows Danilo the treasures of the earth
18. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Duet of the Mistress and Danilo (First Temptation)
19. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Scene and Waltz of the Diamonds (Second Temptation)
20. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Dance of the Russian precious stones (Third Temptation)
21. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Waltz
CD2
01. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Danilo's monologue and the Mistress's reply
02. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: The Mistress shows Danilo the stone flower
03. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 4: Severyan and the workers. The Mistress's warning
04. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: Scene and Katerina's dance (Thinking of Danilo)
05. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: Severyan's arrival
06. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: Where are you, sweet Danilo?
07. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act II Scene 5: The appearance of the Mistress and Katerina's joy
08. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 6: Ural Rhapsody
09. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 6: Interlude II
10. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 6: Russian dance
11. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Gypsy dance
12. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Severyan's dance
13. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Solo of the gypsy girl and Coda
14. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Katerina's appearance and Severyan's rage
15. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: The appearance of the Mistress and Scene of Severyan transfixed
16. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Severyan follows the Mistress
17. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 7: Severyan's death
18. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 8: Katerina sits by the fire and yearns for Danilo
19. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 8: Scene and Katerina's dance with the skipping fire-spirit
20. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 8: Katerina follows the fire-spirit
21. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: Katerina's dialogue with the Mistress
22. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: Danilo turned to stone
23. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: The joy of Katerina and Danilo's reunion
24. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: The Mistress presents gifts to Katerina and Danilo
25. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, Act III Scene 9: Epilogue
Sergei Prokofiev conceived the Stone Flower as a grand ballet in the tradition of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Originally, Prokofiev had a different subject in mind - Pushkin's The Stone Guest - but chose a national ballet following the infamous Zhdanov degree of 1948. However, Prokofiev had more than a passing interest in the story, set the Urals, as he had traveled in the area as a young man and had been impressed by the beauty of the mountains. The music was composed between 1948 and 1953. Prokofiev completed the orchestration just hours before his death. The premiere was held on February 12, 1954 by the Bolshoi Ballet. The ballet takes its inspiration from folk tales by the Ural author Pavel Bazhov and centers on the stonecutter Danilo, who temporarily forsakes his betrothed, Katerina, to accompany the Mistress of Copper Mountain to her realm. There, the Mistress shows him a legendary flower made of stone. Danilo becomes determined to carve one like it in malachite, a deep green, marble-like mineral native to Russia. In the meantime, Iatarina is harassed by the story's villain, the drunken Severyan. To the rescue comes the Mistress of Copper Mountain, who captures him and compels the ground to open and swallow Severyan whole. Katarina searches for Danilo and finds him, but their reunion is spoiled when the Mistress becomes upset that he wants to leave the mountain paradise now that he has learned the secret of making the stone flower. Briefly, Danilo himself is turned to stone. In the end, however, Danilo gains the Mistress' respect through his love for and fidelity to Katarina, and the lovers depart to live happily ever after. The Stone Flower has generally been neglected with few recordings of the complete ballet. The music is usually recorded in excerpts with the Ural Rhapsody from act three, always being included as a highlight. The ballet has more of the divertissement dances of traditional full-length Russian ballets than Prokofiev included in Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, so there are memorable dances and more reworking of prior melodies. The ballet is very tuneful, with twenty or more memorable melodies. Some of the music was recycled from earlier Prokofiev works: the festive No. 7, Round Dance, is borrowed from the film score for Ivan the Terrible; Nos. 14 Katerina and Danilo, and 19, Waltz of the Diamonds, are sourceful in Music for Children, for piano, Op. 65. Prokofiev's orchestration is colorful, sometimes exotic, particularly in the Russian and Gypsy dances.
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