Jesus Rodolfo – Remembering Russia (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Jesus Rodolfo – Remembering Russia (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:24:08 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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Viola songs on love in the face of death and uncertainty. Violist Jesus Rodolfo makes his PENTATONE debut, accompanied by pianist Min Young Kang, with an album showcasing three iconic 20th-century Russian composers who all left their homeland: Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. Rodolfo presents selections of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata in G Minor in arrangements by Vadim Borisovsky, while Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne can be heard in his own transcription for viola and piano. The pieces performed revolve around love, decency, hope and optimism prevailing against mortality, mistrust, injustice and uncertainty. Within the context of a world slowly respiring from a severe pandemic, this has become a recording about the importance of the perseverance of hope, determination and love in the face of death and uncertainty.

Tracklist:

01. Jesus Rodolfo – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): No. 1, Introduction (02:30)
02. Jesus Rodolfo – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): No. 10, Young Juliet (03:17)
03. Jesus Rodolfo – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): No. 13, Dance of the Knights (05:53)
04. Jesus Rodolfo – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): No. 19, Balcony Scene (05:57)
05. Jesus Rodolfo – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): No. 15, Mercutio (02:18)
06. Jesus Rodolfo – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): No. 52, Death of Juliet (07:36)
07. Jesus Rodolfo – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): I. Lento – Allegro moderato (14:12)
08. Jesus Rodolfo – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): II. Allegro scherzando (07:16)
09. Jesus Rodolfo – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): III. Andante (06:11)
10. Jesus Rodolfo – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. V. Borisovsky for Viola & Piano): IV. Allegro mosso (11:23)
11. Jesus Rodolfo – Stravinsky, Piatigorsky: Suite italienne (Arr. Jesus Rodolfo for Viola & Piano): I. Introduction (02:21)
12. Jesus Rodolfo – Stravinsky, Piatigorsky: Suite italienne (Arr. Jesus Rodolfo for Viola & Piano): II. Serenata (03:36)
13. Jesus Rodolfo – Stravinsky, Piatigorsky: Suite italienne (Arr. Jesus Rodolfo for Viola & Piano): III. Tarantella (02:17)
14. Jesus Rodolfo – Stravinsky, Piatigorsky: Suite italienne (Arr. Jesus Rodolfo for Viola & Piano): IV. Gavotte con due variazioni (04:17)
15. Jesus Rodolfo – Stravinsky, Piatigorsky: Suite italienne (Arr. Jesus Rodolfo for Viola & Piano): V. Minuetto – Finale (04:57)

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