Record Review Podcast - Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor

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Ben Gernon chooses his favourite recording of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 2.

This concerto is full of glorious melodies and deserves a place in everyone's collection. Prokofiev was on a concert tour when he wrote the piece and later wrote, "the number of places in which I wrote the Concerto shows the kind of nomadic concert tour life I led then. The main theme of the 1st movement was written in Paris, the first theme of the 2nd movement at Voronezh, the orchestration was finished in Baku and the premiere was given in Madrid." The concerto is more conventional than Prokofiev's early experimental works and its romantic heart has made it a perennial favourite.

Published on Monday, 16th January 2023.

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