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ClassicsToday.com Review Digest for Works by Sergei Prokofiev


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COMPOSER ALBUM/WORK TITLE PERFORMER LABEL CATALOG MEDIUM RATING
Works by Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Ravel, Villa-Lobos, others
Great Brazilian Pianists Vol. 1
Antonietta Rudge (piano)

Master Class 012 CD 5/2
Works for solo harp by Grandjany, Pierné, Fauré, Falla, Salzédo, Prokofiev, Tournier, Murphy, & Rota
THE ROMANTIC HARP
Judy Loman (harp)

Naxos 8.554561 CD 10/10
Works by Bolcom, Liszt, Prokofiev, Saygun, Schumann, Sculthorpe, Vasks, others
WORLD KEYS--Virtuoso Piano Music
Joel Fan (piano)

Reference Recordings 106 CD 8/9
Works by Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schubert, Mozart, & Beethoven
STEINWAY LEGENDS: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano); Malcolm Frager (piano in Mozart Sonata K. 448)

Decca 0007073-02 CD 8/8
Works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Schumann, others
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL JACKET COLLECTION
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Fritz Reiner
Arturo Toscanini
Eugene Ormandy
Sony Classical CD 10/7
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Alexander Nevsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Lili Chookasian (alto)
Westminster Choir
New York Philharmonic
Thomas Schippers
Sony Classical SS 87711 CD 9/8
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Alexander Nevsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Lili Chookasian (alto)
The Westminster Choir
New York Philharmonic
Thomas Schippers
Sony Classical SK 92753 CD 9/7
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
SERGE RACHMANINOV
Alexander Nevsky
The Bells
Phyllis Curtin (soprano); Betty Allen (alto); George Shirley (tenor); Michael Devlin (baritone)
Temple University Choirs
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
RCA 38296 CD 9/7
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Alexander Nevsky
Violin Concerto
Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano); Leonid Kogan (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner
Pierre Monteux
RCA 63708 CD 10/10
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky (cantata) Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)
Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus
Riccardo Chailly
Decca 410 164-2 CD 7/7
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky (Cantata) Op. 78; Lieutenant Kijé Symphonic Suite Op. 60; Love for Three Oranges Suite Op. 33a; Dreams, Symphonic poem Op. 6; Visions fugitives Op. 22 (arr. Barshai); The Stone Flower (excerpts) Op. 118 Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Charles Dutoit
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Neville Marriner
Silvio Varviso
Decca 473 277-2 CD 8/8
SERGE PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky (film score) Evgenia Gorohovskaya (mezzo-soprano)
Various choirs
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov
RCA 82876 60897 2 CD 9/9
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Alexander Nevsky Cantata
Symphony No. 9
Mariana Paunova (alto)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Eduardo Mata
Dorian 90169 CD 8/9
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky Op. 78; Pushkiniana (arr. G. Rozhdestvensky); Music to Shakespeare's Hamlet ("Ghost of Hamlet's Father") Op. 77; "Dance of the Oprichniks" from Ivan the Terrible Op. 116 Irina Gelahova (mezzo-soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky
Naxos 8.555710 CD 5/6
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kijé Ewa Podles (alto)
Latvian State Choir
Orchestre National de Lille
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Naxos 8.557725 CD 7/8
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky; Lt. Kijé; Ivan the Terrible Claudine Calson (mezzo-soprano); Arnold Voketaitis, Samuel Timberlake (bass)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Leonard Slatkin
Vox 5021 CD 9/8
SERGE PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky; Symphony-Concerto for Cello & Orchestra André Navarra (cello)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl
Supraphon SU 3696-2 911 CD 9/7
IGOR STRAVINSKY
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Apollo; Concerto in D
Visions fugitives (arr. Barshai/Balashov)
Moscow Soloists
Yuri Bashmet
Onyx 4017 CD 10/10
FREDERIC CHOPIN
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Op. 47; Scherzo No. 4 in E Op. 54; 4 Mazurkas Op. 24; Barcarolle in F-sharp Op. 60; Etudes Op. 10 (excerpts)
10 Preludes from Book I; L'isle Joyeuse; Preludes Book II (complete); Preludes Book I No. 9; Cloches a travers les feuilles
Dance Op. 32, No. 1
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

BBC 4021-2 CD 9/6
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
LEOS JANACEK
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Catalogue d’oiseaux No. 7: La Rousserolle effarvatte
Piano Sonata I. X. 1905
Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 84
Severin von Eckardstein (piano)

MDG 604 1141-2 CD 7/7
SAMUEL BARBER
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
SERGE PROKOFIEV
Cello Sonata in C minor Op. 6
Cello Sonata in D minor; Scherzo for cello & piano in C major; Intermezzo for cello & piano in C minor
Cello Sonata in C Op.119
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (cello); Nina Kavtaradze (piano)

Danacord 548 CD 9/8
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Chout WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Michail Jurowski
CPO 999 975-2 CD 9/9
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Cinderella
The Seasons
Cleveland Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Decca 455 349-2 CD 9/9
SERGE PROKOFIEV
MAURICE RAVEL
Cinderella Suite (arr. Pletnev)
Ma Mčre l'Oye
Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

Deutsche Grammophon 00289 474 8172 CD 8/9
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Cinderella Suite: excerpts from Op. 95, 97, & 102; Music for Children Op. 65; Gavotta Op. 32 No. 3; Prelude in C Op. 12 No. 7 Olli Mustonen (piano)

Ondine 1060-2 CD 7/9
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Cinderella; On the Dnieper Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
James DePreist
Koch International Classics 3-7349-2 CD 7/7
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
FRÉDERIC CHOPIN
MANUEL DE FALLA
Classical Symphony in D major Op. 25
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18
Waltz in A-flat major Op. 34 No. 1
March from Love for Three Oranges
Ritual Fire Dance
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Serge Koussevitzky
Rockport Records 5017 CD 7/5
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Classical Symphony; Violin Concerto No. 1; Excerpts from Romeo & Juliet Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Excerpt from Alexander Nevsky; Piano Concerto No. 3; Excerpts from Visions Fugitives; Symphony No. 5 Shlomo Mintz (violin); Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano); Martha Argerich, Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Various orchestras
Claudio Abbado
Mstislav Rostroprovich
Lorin Maazel
Deutsche Grammophon 469 172-2 CD 10/10
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Classical Symphony; Violin Concerto No. 2; Five Melodies for Violin & Strings (arr. Swensen) Joseph Swensen (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen
Linn CKD 219 CD 10/10
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Complete Piano Sonatas; Visions Fugitives Matti Raekallio

Ondine 947-3 CD 10/9

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