Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Alsop
) | Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8573353 Format: CD Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra; AlsopComposed by: Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev had written two symphonies as a student but his first numbered work in the genre was the Classical Symphony, completed in 1917. + This evokes, melodically though not necessarily harmonically, the world of Haydn and Mozart, and it has remained one of his most popular works. + The Second Symphony, by contrast, is a work of ‘iron and steel’ (in the composer’s words), a symphony of conscious modernity and visceral power. + Dreams, a ‘symphonic tableau’, reveals the potent, early influence on Prokofiev of Scriabin. + Of Marin Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra’s recording of the Fourth Symphony and The Prodigal Son [8.573186], International Record Review wrote: ‘Conductor and orchestra both shine with the excitement of a special relationship in the ascendant’.  Price: $19.98 |