Lisa Oshima & Stefan Stroissnig - Prokofiev: Violin Sonata (2017)

Lisa Oshima was born in Tokyo, Japan and began studying the violin at the age of four. She graduated with a soloist diploma from the Toho Gakuen School of Music college where she studied with Kenji Kobayashi. She continued her studies with Dr. Felix Andrievsky as a postgraduate at the Royal College of Music where she was awarded the Yehudi Menuhin Award, Ian Stoutzker Prize, and Isolde Menges Prize, and graduated with distinction in 2000. She has won numerous competitions including the 18th International Violin Competition ‘Premio Rodolfo Lipizer,” and the 20th Viotti International Music competition Valsesia. For her new release, she has brought together some of Prokofiev’s greatest compositions for violin. Each and every work on this recording has been chosen by the artist for very personal reasons- not only to show the multifaceted versatility of Prokofiev, but also because of the powerful emotions they summon. The artist writes of these selections, “These works by Prokofiev never fail to grab my heart. I hope you will enjoy…”

TRACKLIST
01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: I. Andante assai
02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: II. Allegro brusco
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: III. Andante
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: IV. Allegrissimo
05. 5 Mélodies, Op. 35bis: No. 1. Andante
06. 5 Mélodies, Op. 35bis: No. 2. Lento ma non troppo
07. 5 Mélodies, Op. 35bis: No. 3. Animato, ma non allegro
08. 5 Mélodies, Op. 35bis: No. 4. Allegretto leggero e scherzando
09. 5 Mélodies, Op. 35bis: No. 5. Andante non troppo
10. Cinderella, Op. 87 (Arr. M. Fichtengoltz): No. 1. Waltz
11. Cinderella, Op. 87 (Arr. M. Fichtengoltz): No. 2. Gavotte
12. Cinderella, Op. 87 (Arr. M. Fichtengoltz): No. 3. Passepied
13. Cinderella, Op. 87 (Arr. M. Fichtengoltz): No. 4. Winter Fairy
14. Cinderella, Op. 87 (Arr. M. Fichtengoltz): No. 5. Mazurka
15. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Arr. L. Baich & M. Fletzberger for Violin & Piano): Act I: Introduction
16. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Arr. L. Baich & M. Fletzberger for Violin & Piano): Act I: Juliet
17. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Arr. L. Baich & M. Fletzberger for Violin & Piano): Act I: Tanz der Ritter
18. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Arr. L. Baich & M. Fletzberger for Violin & Piano): Act I: Balkonszene
19. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Arr. L. Baich & M. Fletzberger for Violin & Piano): Act II: Tanz der Paare
20. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Arr. L. Baich & M. Fletzberger for Violin & Piano): Act I: Mercutio
21. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Arr. L. Baich & M. Fletzberger for Violin & Piano): Act I: Kampf and Tybalts Tod