Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 / The Year 1941 BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 / The Year 1941 BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
[ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Saturday 25 April 2015
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Written in 1944, Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony is one of his greatest and most complete symphonic statements. At its première he himself called it "a symphony of the grandeur of the human spirit". The first movement couples considerable strength with unexpected yet highly characteristic twists of melody. After a violent scherzo followed by a slow movement of sustained lyricism, with a fiercely dramatic middle section, the finale blazes with barely suppressed passion. The Year 1941 is another wartime work, a symphonic suite written in response to the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
24-bit, 96 kHz Stereo and Surround recordings
"This exceptional account of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony is partnered by a revelatory performance of The Year 1941, while the recording bursts out of the speakers on blu-ray." BBC Music Magazine, January 2013 *****
"Alsop seems to me to do pretty well in realising both the power and the lyricism in Prokofiev's writing...She also brings off the slow movement successfully, balancing the lyricism that informs much of the music against the moments when the skies darken. The generally high-spirited finale, with its often brittle orchestration, is done with spirit and élan." MusicWeb International, 21st March 2014
Tracks:
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
The Year 1941, Op. 90
