Naxos
Prokofiev: Symphony No 3, Scythian Suite... / Alsop
$9.99
Details
- Composer
- PROKOFIEV, SERGEY
- Artist
- Alsop
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- May 12, 2015
- Catalog #
- 8573452
- UPC
- 747313345274
About
This fourth volume in Marin Alsop’s acclaimed Prokofiev symphonic cycle features two of his most viscerally exciting works. Using material salvaged from his opera The Fiery Angel, the Third Symphony was hailed by Serge Koussevitzky at its 1929 première as ‘the best symphony since Tchaikovsky’s Sixth’. Originally commissioned as a ballet by Sergey Dyagilev but rejected as un-danceable, the Scythian Suite has become a popular orchestral showpiece, while Prokofiev retained a lifelong fondness for his dark-hued early symphonic sketch Autumn.
Review:
Even die-hard fans will admit that Prokofiev's seven symphonies aren't always magnificent and Marin Alsop's elegant lucidity provides only a partial solution to the problem. She gets unfailingly good string playing, often more sensitively nuanced than that of her rivals, but her Sao Paulo team does tend to 'normalize' the invention, smoothing away rough edges in a manner that not everyone will find idiomatic. Still, Alsop's reading works on its own terms, and if she makes the music sound as much like Roussel as Stravinsky one can perhaps discern why Serge Diaghilev chose to reject the Scythian Suite as insufficiently Russian.
– Gramophone
Review:
Even die-hard fans will admit that Prokofiev's seven symphonies aren't always magnificent and Marin Alsop's elegant lucidity provides only a partial solution to the problem. She gets unfailingly good string playing, often more sensitively nuanced than that of her rivals, but her Sao Paulo team does tend to 'normalize' the invention, smoothing away rough edges in a manner that not everyone will find idiomatic. Still, Alsop's reading works on its own terms, and if she makes the music sound as much like Roussel as Stravinsky one can perhaps discern why Serge Diaghilev chose to reject the Scythian Suite as insufficiently Russian.
– Gramophone
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 I. L'adoration de Veless et de Ala (The Adoration of Veless and Ala) 06:26
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. L'adoration de Veless et de Ala (The Adoration of Veless and Ala)
- Duration
- 06:26
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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2 II. Le dieu ennemi et la danse des esprits noirs (The Enemy God and Dance of the Spirits of Darkness) 02:47
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Le dieu ennemi et la danse des esprits noirs (The Enemy God and Dance of the Spirits of Darkness)
- Duration
- 02:47
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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3 III. La nuit (Night) 05:58
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. La nuit (Night)
- Duration
- 05:58
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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4 IV. Le depart glorieux de Lolly et le cortege du Soleil (The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Procession of the Sun) 05:14
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Le depart glorieux de Lolly et le cortege du Soleil (The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Procession of the Sun)
- Duration
- 05:14
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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5 Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8 06:35
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8
- Duration
- 06:35
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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6 I. Moderato 12:58
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Moderato
- Duration
- 12:58
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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7 II. Andante 07:01
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 07:01
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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8 III. Allegro agitato - Allegretto 08:09
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Allegro agitato - Allegretto
- Duration
- 08:09
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop
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9 IV. Andante mosso - Allegro moderato 06:19
- Track
- 9
- Title
- IV. Andante mosso - Allegro moderato
- Duration
- 06:19
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
- Conductor
- Marin Alsop