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Prom 14: Prokofiev - The piano concertos

Recorded at the 成人快手 Proms 2015, London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev with Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin play the complete Prokofiev piano concertos.

The pianists Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin join the LSO and Valery Gergiev to perform the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos at the 成人快手 Proms.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Concerto
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major

Daniil Trifonov (piano) (Concertos 1 & 3)
Sergei Babayan (piano) (Concertos 2 & 5)
Alexei Volodin (piano) (Concerto 4)
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor

All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.

2 hours, 40 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor

    Performer: Sergei Babayan. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No.3 in C major

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No.4 in B flat major

    Performer: Alexei Volodin. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No.5 in G major

    Performer: Sergei Babayan. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re

    Concerto for soprano

    Singer: Anu Komsi. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 2015 19:00