Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Onyx
Catalogue: ONYX4147
Release: 2015
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
01. I. Andante
02. II. Allegro marcato
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Allegro giocoso
Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47 (original 1930 version)
05. I. Andante – Allegro eroico
06. II. Andante tranquillo
07. III. Moderato, quasi allegretto
08. IV. Allegro risoluto
09. Dreams Op. 6: Symphonic Poem
The eagerly awaited 3rd volume in the critically acclaimed Prokofiev Symphony cycle from Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The original version of the 4th, probably the least performed of the seven is coupled with the 5th, arguably the most performed. The 4th is based on material from the ballet ‘The Prodigal Son’. The symphony was commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky to mark the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The 5th dates from 1944 at the height of the Russian struggle against the Nazi invasion. Although considered a wartime work, the overall mood is one of optimism. Yet again music from another project was used to good effect in a Prokofiev symphony. The powerful slow movement draws on music composed in 1936 and intended for an abortive film of Pushkin’s ‘Queen of Spades’.