Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 'classical' & 2; Dreams

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Label
Naxos AudioVisual
Release Date
October 14, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PROKOFIEV, SERGEY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Alsop
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 14, 2014
    • UPC
      730099004466
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NBD0044
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioVisual
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    2. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    3. III. Gavotta: Non troppo allegro

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    4. IV. Finale: Molto vivace

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    5. Dreams, Op. 6

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    6. I. Allegro ben articolato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    7. II. Theme -

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    8. II. Variation 1 -

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    9. II. Variation 2 -

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    10. II. Variation 3 -

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    11. II. Variation 4 -

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    12. II. Variation 5 -

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    13. II. Variation 6 and Theme

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop


Prokofiev had written two symphonies as a student but his first numbered work in the genre was the Classical Symphony, completed in 1917. This evokes, melodically though not necessarily harmonically, the world of Haydn and Mozart, and it has remained one of his most popular works. The Second Symphony, by contrast, is a work of ‘iron and steel’ (in the composer’s words), a symphony of conscious modernity and visceral power. Dreams, a ‘symphonic tableau’, reveals the potent, early influence on Prokofiev of Scriabin. Of Marin Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra’s recording of the Fourth Symphony and The Prodigal Son [8.573186], International Record Review wrote: ‘Conductor and orchestra both shine with the excitement of a special relationship in the ascendant’.