Utwory na płycie:

• Three Movements from Petrushka - I. Russian Dance
• Three Movements from Petrushka - II. Petrushka’s Room
• Three Movements from Petrushka - III. The Shrovetide Fair
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - I. Folk Dance
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - II. Scene
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - III. Minuet
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - IV. The young Juliet
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - V. Masks
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - VI. The Montagues and Capulets
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - VII. Father Lorenzo
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - VIII. Mercutio
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - IX. Lily Dance of the Maidens
• Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 - X. Romeo bids Juliet Farewell
• Nutcracker Suite - I. March
• Nutcracker Suite - II. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
• Nutcracker Suite - III. Tarantella
• Nutcracker Suite - IV. Intermezzo
• Nutcracker Suite - V. Trepak (Russian Dance)
• Nutcracker Suite - VI. The Tea (Chinese Dance)
• Nutcracker Suite - VII. Andante maestoso

Igor Stravinsky:
Three Movements from Petrushka

Sergei Prokofiev:
Ten Pieces for piano from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky:
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (arr. Mikhail Pletnev)

Esther Birringer has chosen three great Russian ballets for her recital album. All three have great stories – drama, love and tragedy in the case of Petrushka and Romeo & Juliet, and fantasy in The Nutcracker, which is based on a tale by ETA Hoffman. Tchaikovsky’s suite from ballet was arranged for piano by Mikhail Pletnev. Prokofiev, a superb pianist, arranged numbers from his ballet Romeo & Juliet for piano, and Stravinsky took three sections from his ballet Petrushka and created the Three Pieces – it is a superb showcase for any pianist and makes great demands upon the performer.

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Recording: Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany, 20–23 August 2020