The Fiery Angel
February 4, 20184 tracks
This music requires dissolution to exist and faith to surrender. It is the celebration of the Symbolists idea that the material reality is nothing but a distorted echo of another realm.
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Tracklist
- Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Maya Fridman): The Fiery Angel, I. The First Chapter8:34
- Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Maya Fridman): The Fiery Angel, II. The Second Chapter8:09
- Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Maya Fridman): The Fiery Angel, III. The Third Chapter4:07
- Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Maya Fridman): The Fiery Angel, IV. The Final Chapter7:26
Press
“Reverbs, decay, details, differentiation in terms of tone and dynamics are unprecedented. What attracts attention particularly is the dynamics, because only now one can hear what one’s system is capable of in this respect.”
“The music is, variously, brutal, passionate, and desperate, with the two performers negotiating these emotional hairpin curves fearlessly. Sonically, this is the first chamber music recording I’ve heard that rivals my #1 reference of over 20 years …”
“The violoncello sounds lively and dynamic on the recording, the full range of the instrument can be heard, and details are well represented. The piano, which as is said before, is a period instrument and sounds fantastic.”
“Torment and obsession, reincarnation and blood-curdling hysteria, but also a work that is filled with an extraordinary poetic beauty. Whoever can create such an arrangement has to be a great musician.”
“The transcription of Prokofiev’s opera is full of uncompromising spirituality, emotions pouring through the musicians at every step.”
“The technical staff has yet again succeeded in making the recording as if you’re right there. And also here, Fridman performs with Belogurov as though her life depends on it.”
“Fridman plays with a hardrock attitude, at times she seems to literally wish to shatter her cello. On the gothic CD cover she poses in a black leather suit, like an angel with wings of fire.”