Pushkin Waltzes (Prokofiev)

Sergei Prokofiev wrote the two Pushkin Waltzes (Op. 120) in 1949.

Background

The waltzes were written to a commission from the Moscow Radio Committee, for 1949 was the 150th anniversary of Pushkin's birth.

The two waltzes (lasting around 8 minutes) are titled:

01-Jan-1952, Moscow (radio performance), conducted by Samuel Samosud.

Orchestra	Conductor	Record Company	Year of Recording	Format
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine	Theodore Kuchar	Naxos Records	1995	CD
Royal Scottish National Orchestra	Neeme Järvi	Chandos Records	1985	CD
Seattle Symphony Orchestra	Gerard Schwarz	Delos	?	CD
USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra	Fuat Mansurov	Consonance	1973	CD
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra	Samuil Samosud	Melodiya	ca. 1958	LP

Operas

Ballets

Symphonies

Concertos

Piano	No. 1 in D♭ major No. 2 in G minor No. 3 in C major No. 4 in B♭ major (left-hand) No. 5 in G major No. 6 (unfinished)
Other	Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Cello Concerto in E minor Symphony-Concerto for Cello in E minor Cello Concertino in G minor (unfinished)

Orchestral works

Film music

Vocal music

Chamber music

Piano music

Sonatas	No. 1 in F minor No. 2 in D minor No. 3 in A minor No. 4 in C minor No. 5 in C major (orig. & rev.) No. 6 in A major No. 7 in B♭ major ("Stalingrad") No. 8 in B♭ major No. 9 in C major No. 10 (unfinished)
Other	Toccata in D minor Sarcasms Visions fugitives Tales of an Old Grandmother March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges Three Pieces from War and Peace Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet Three Pieces & Six Pieces & Ten Pieces from Cinderella Fantasia on Scheherazade (1926)

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