FROLOV, Igor Music for Violin and Piano / Nicolas Koeckert

Igor FROLOV (1937-2013)

⁠George W. Meyer: For Heaven’s Sake (Arr. K. Dyubenko)  3:50

Frolov: Etude No. 1

Igor Frolov, Herminio de Almeida: Love Song (Arr. I. Frotov)  4:10

Frolov: Spanish Fantasy  4:09

George Kern, Igor Frolov: Roberta  6:29

Dym, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (Arr. I. Frolov for 2 violins)  6:29

Frolov: Scherzo-Souvenir  2:07

Frolov: Piece in blues style  5:13

Frolov: Divertissement  3:56

Frolov: Duet in Old Style  4:06

Scott Joplin, Igor Frolov: The Easy Winners (Arr. I. Frolov for 2 violins)  3:42

Igor Frolov, Herminio de Almeida: Melody (Arr. I. Frolov)  4:18

Gais: Swedish Farewell Valse (Arr. I. Frolov) 2:44

Frolov: Romance  2:45

Frolov: Concert Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Op. 19 ⁠ 14:12

 

 

Nicolas Koeckert (violin),

Rudolf Joachim Koeckert (violin)

Kristina Miller (piano)

 

 TT 62:28

Label: Naxos – 8.570583
Barcode: 747313058372
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe, Germany
Released: 2008
Genre: Classical

Recorded at Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Germany, from 14th to 16th November, 2006 (Tracks 1-13), and on 4th November, 2005 (Track 14).

The son of a violin teacher and an accompanist, Igor Alexandrovich Frolov grew up in a musically rich environment. As well as a composer, he is a violinist, a conductor, and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Although his roots are grounded in classical tradition, elements of jazz can be found in many of Frolov’s compositions, such as the witty and entertaining Divertissement and his arrangement of Jerome Kern’s Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. The Concert Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess contains various changes of mood and a multitude of virtuosic passages for the violin, before the brilliant coda concludes this challenging fantasy, popular with both performers and audiences..