Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 | Anna Vinnitskaya, Dresden Philharmonic & Marek Janowski

Russian fireworks on the piano: Anna Vinniskaya is the soloist in Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski. The concert took place in December 2019 at the Kulturpalast Dresden.

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) actually wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 twice. Because the score of the 1912/13 piano concerto had been lost during World War I, Prokofiev produced a new version in 1923, in which he mainly made changes to the instrumentation.
The premiere of the G minor concerto in 1913, at which Prokofiev himself played the piano part, created a scandal. As the audience were walking out of the hall, the composer gave an encore anyway.

Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto bristles with energy and demands the utmost virtuosity from the pianist. The different parts dazzle again and again, plunging the listener into a roller coaster of emotions, as humorous, sorrowful, but also mischievous irony alternate.

Anna Vinnitskaya interprets Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 with devotion and charisma. The Russian pianist has won numerous prizes at prestigious piano competitions. In 2019, she made her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic with the 2nd Piano Concerto by Sergei Prokofiev. She also performed with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Kirill Petrenko at the Salzburg Festival in 2021. Vinnitskaya is also a professor of piano at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre (HfMT).

(00:00) I. Andantino - Allegretto
(12:07) II. Scherzo: Vivace
(14:43) III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato
(22:09) IV. Finale: Allegro tempestoso

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