Prokofiev: Symphony No 3, Scythian Suite... / Alsop

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 12, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PROKOFIEV, SERGEY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Alsop
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 12, 2015
    • UPC
      747313345274
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573452
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. L'adoration de Veless et de Ala (The Adoration of Veless and Ala)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    2. II. Le dieu ennemi et la danse des esprits noirs (The Enemy God and Dance of the Spirits of Darkness)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    3. III. La nuit (Night)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    4. IV. Le depart glorieux de Lolly et le cortege du Soleil (The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Procession of the Sun)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    5. Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    6. I. Moderato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    7. II. Andante

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    8. III. Allegro agitato - Allegretto

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    9. IV. Andante mosso - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

      Conductor: Marin Alsop


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