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As with his earlier release containing Prokofiev’s First, Third and Fourth Concertos, Olli Mustonen approaches the composer’s Second and Fifth with fresh eyes, ears and
Every so often a major label offers signs of a
This is a perfect disc. Andrew Litton’s Prokofiev symphonies have been inconsistent so far, ranging from an excellent Sixth to a ho-hum Fifth. Here absolutely
Here we have yet another underwhelming Prokofiev Fifth, a symphony that seems to suffer from more mediocre performances than just about any other. Part of
This is Prokofiev with a difference, thoughtful and provocative, but all in a good way. Mustonen’s horror of the sustain pedal and his “Glenn Gould
You want to admire this cycle. It’s well played and well recorded, and has had some impressive releases. But in the big, more popular works,
The American-born/Paris-based pianist Julius Katchen, who died in 1969 at
Decca packs a lot of Prokofiev onto these two discs,
There’s nothing particularly wrong with this release; it’s just not
Out of all the CD releases tied in with Martha
