Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonies | Complete Edition
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
James Gaffigan
Challenge Classics / HQ|NORTHSTAR
Catalogue CC79005
(Low Resolution excerpts)
The image Sergei Prokofiev seems to project, particularly when it comes to the music he wrote while living in the West from 1914 to 1935, is one of a joker and an agitator, yet a classical composer at the core. This double identity can be heard even in his earliest works, mostly for piano, written before 1914, and was sealed with his ‘Classical’ Symphony in 1917. The subtitle is the composer’s own. Indeed, Prokofiev stated, ‘I wanted to write a symphony that Haydn or Mozart would have written had they lived in the twentieth century.’
DISC 1
Symphony NO 1 Allegro
Larghetto
Gavotta Non troppo allegro
Finale Molto Vivace
Symphony NO 5 Andante
Allegro marcato
Adagio
Allegro giocoso
DISC 2
Symphony no. 6_Allegro moderato
Symphony no. 6_Largo
Symphony no. 6_Vivace
Symphony no. 7_Moderato
Symphony no. 7_Allegretto
Symphony no. 7_Andante espressivo
Symphony no. 7_Vivace
DISC 3
NO.3-I Moderato
NO.3-II Andante
NO.3-III Allegro agitato
NO.3-IV Andante mosso
NO.4-I Andante assai, Allegro eroico
NO.4-II Andante tranquillo
NO.4-III Moderato, quasi Allegretto
NO.4-IV Allegro risoluto, Moderato, Coda
DISC 4
Symphony No.2 VAR III
Symphony No.2 VAR IV
Symphony No.2 VAR V
Symphony No.2 VAR VI
Symphony No.2 Theme
Symphony No.4 Andante-Allegro eroico
Symphony No.4 Andante tranquillo
Symphony No.4 Moderato, quasi allegretto
Symphony No.4 Allegro risoluto
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