Pentatone: PTC5186083

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100, etc.

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PTC5186083

Prokofiev:

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100

Ode To The End Of The War, Op. 105 (1945)

Scored in a very unique way, for 4 pianos, 8 harps, double basses and a lot of brass. But no strings!

Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski

“Taken at a hard lick, as it too often is, Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony can be seen as a coarse wartime brute. Vladimir Jurowski, working with the superb Russian National Orchestra, knows better. He shapes with thoughtfulness and feeling; speeds are controlled….A magnificent recording; and the neglected Ode to the End of the War makes a tasty extra.” The Times, 11th December 2007 *****

“Jurowski keeps a clear head and focuses bright sonorities without ever letting the Russian players harden their tone. In the Symphony his intensive approach to detail is always evident, especially in the fierce or sarcastic accents which cut across even the work's more smoothly epic moments. I've never heard the three snapping trumpets in the Scherzo or the nagging repeated notes in the finale more incisively handled.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 *****