Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.1 Mvnt. 4 I Margarita Krein (violin) Asia Ahmetjanova (Piano)

Recording of Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.1 in F minor, op.80 4th Movement Allegrissimo - Andante assai, come prima.
Performed by Margarita Krein (violin) and Asia Ahmetjanova (piano).
This sonata is one of the darkest and most brooding of the composer's works. Prokofiev was awarded the 1947 Stalin prize for this composition. Composer had described the slithering violin scales at the end of the 1st and 4th movements as 'wind passing through a graveyard'. The work was premiered by David Oistrakh and Lev Oborin on October 23, 1946, under the personal coaching of the composer. During rehearsals, Oborin played a certain passage, marked forte, too gently for Prokofiev's liking, who insisted it should be more aggressive. Oborin replied that he was afraid of drowning out the violin, but Prokofiev said "It should sound in such a way that people should jump in their seat, and people will say 'Is he out of his mind?'"
The first and third movements of the sonata were played at Prokofiev's funeral by Oistrakh and Samuil Feinberg.
Margarita Krein and Asia Ahmejanova met at the Special School for the Gifted in Latvia and have been playing music together since. In October 2018 we had a recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. This recording was made in Michigan at BlueGriffin recording studio.
Margarita studied at Manhattan School of Music and now lives in United States. Asia is continuing her studies in Switzerland.
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Asia's Website: ahmetjanova.com
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