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Anna Shelest - 12 Years Old - Rachmaninoff Concerto No.1
1 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat, Op.10 - 1. Allegro brioso  
2 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat, Op.10 - 2. Andante assai  
3 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat, Op.10 - 3. Allegro scherzando  
4 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16 - 1. Andantino  
5 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16 - 2. Scherzo (Vivace)  
6 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16 - 3. Intermezzo (Allegro moderato)  
7 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16 - 4. Finale (Allegro tempestoso)  
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Sorel Classics has released a new recording of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.1, in D flat, Op.10 and Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (SC CD006), performed by pianist Anna Shelest, with the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Niels Muus, conductor. Sergei Prokofiev began composing his Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10, in 1911 and finished it in 1912. A one-movement concerto, it is the shortest of his five complete piano concertos, lasting only around a quarter of an hour. Sergei Prokofiev began work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16, in 1912 and completed it in 1913. But this concerto was lost; the score was apparently destroyed in a fire following the Russian Revolution. Prokofiev reconstructed the work in 1923, and dedicated it to the memory of Maximilian Schmidthof, a friend of the composer's at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

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