After a period in which the symphonies of Shostakovich were exhaustively explored, Britain's numerous capable orchestras and large collection of expatriate Russian and Eastern European conductors turned in the mid-2010s to Prokofiev. This release by Ukraine's Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is the third in a series covering the composer's symphonies. Here you get the original version of the Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47, from 1930; presumably Prokofiev's substantial revision of the work after ...
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After a period in which the symphonies of Shostakovich were exhaustively explored, Britain's numerous capable orchestras and large collection of expatriate Russian and Eastern European conductors turned in the mid-2010s to Prokofiev. This release by Ukraine's Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is the third in a series covering the composer's symphonies. Here you get the original version of the Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47, from 1930; presumably Prokofiev's substantial revision of the work after World War II awaits a final volume in the series. The pairing of these two works is an unusual one, for they seem to inhabit two different worlds; Karabits revels in the contrast. The early version of the Symphony No. 4 is elliptical, light but rather sly, and highly concentrated; the later version stretches out the material to a much greater degree. One of Karabits' specialties is orchestral transparency, and the subtle orchestral writing in this work flourishes under his baton. Sample...
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