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	?	CD
Moscow Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra	Gennadi Rozhdestvensky	Melodiya	?	LP

Operas

Ballets

Symphonies

Concertos

Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1 in D♭ major Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Piano Concerto No. 4 in B♭ major Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major Piano Concerto 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)

Orchestra works

Film music

Vocal music

Chamber music

Piano music

Sonatas	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (orig & rev) Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major Piano Sonata No. 7 in B♭ major ("Stalingrad") Piano Sonata No. 8 in B♭ major Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major Piano Sonata No. 10 (unfinished) Piano Sonata No. 11 (unrealized)

Other	Toccata in D minor Visions fugitives 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

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