The premiere of Prokofiev's Cello Concerto (Op. 58) was generally thought to have been very poorly interpreted by the cellist, though the blame fell on Prokofiev for writing a "soul-less" concerto.[citation needed] The pianist Sviatoslav Richter, who rehearsed the piece with Berezovsky prior to its premiere, considered the soloist ill-suited to the piece ("the music was foreign to his nature") but felt that the conductor was also responsible for the performance's failure: "Melik-Pashayev's tempi were as impossible as they were wrong. It seemed to me that he utterly failed to grasp the work's inner essence. It was a total fiasco."
Date of composition | 1938 (1933-1938) |
Premiered | 1938, November 26th in Russia, Moscow |
Type | Concerto |
Tonality | E Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 58 |
Approx. duration | 35 minutes |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Cello |
Autotranslations beta |
Sergueï Prokofiev: Concerto pour violoncelle en mi mineur, Op. 58 Sergej Sergeevič Prokof'ev: Concerto per violoncello in mi minore, Op. 58 Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew: Konzert für Violoncello e-moll, Op. 58 |