Destins tragiques Elvira Misbakhova, I Musici de Montréal & Jean-François Rivest

• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Vadim Borisovsky, Orchestration for Viola and String Orchestra by François Vallières):
• 1Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: Introduction02:36
• 2Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: The Street Wakens01:32
• 3Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: The Young Juliet03:11
• 4Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: Dance of the Knights05:45
• 5Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: Balcony Scene05:44
• 6Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: Mercutio02:29
• 7Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: Juliet’s Death07:49
• Airat Ichmouratov (b. 1973): Fantasy for Viola and Orchestra on Dmitri Shostakovich's Opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk", Op.12 (Arr. for Viola and String Orchestra by Airat Ichmouratov):
• 8Ichmouratov: Fantasy for Viola and Orchestra on Dmitri Shostakovich's Opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk", Op.1220:26
• Total Runtime49:32

Info for Destins tragiques

The viola is front-and-centre in Destins tragiques, a new album by violist Elvira Misbakhova with I Musici de Montréal conducted by Jean-François Rivest. Destins tragiques presents works that were originally composed in the 1930s based on tragic figures from Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth, who was later featured as the title character of an 1865 novella by Nikolai Leskov.These works were subsequently reinterpreted in a more contemporary key: an arrangement for viola and piano orchestrated for viola and string ensemble of Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet, and a Fantasy on themes from the opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Shostakovich, a work rearranged for viola and string ensemble by Canadian composer Airat Ichmouratov.

With Prokofiev’s approval, violist Vadim Borisovsky created thirteen arrangements for viola and piano of the ballet Romeo and Juliet. The suite based on Romeo and Juliet by composer, violist, arranger, and orchestrator François Vallières features seven of Borisovsky’s arrangements in a new orchestration for viola and string ensemble.

In 2006, Tatar-born Montréal composer, clarinettist, and conductor Airat Ichmouratov created a Fantasy for Viola and Orchestra on Themes from the Opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Shostakovich (dedicated to Eleonora Turovsky). He then reduced the orchestral part, itself based on Shostakovich’s, for viola and string ensemble.

Elvira Misbakhova, viola
I Musici de Montréal
Jean-François Rivest, conductor

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