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

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this is wonderful, sensuous, lush sound … Jansons has a great sensitivity to style. — CD Review, 9th July 2016 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2016
Catalogue No: RCO16002
Label: RCO Live
Length: 43 minutes

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

Work length43:02

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Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 21 September 2014
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

I. Andante

Track length12:52

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II. Allegro marcato

Track length8:53

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III. Adagio

Track length11:22

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IV. Allegro giocoso

Track length9:55

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In this recording of Sergei Prokofiev's masterful Fifth Symphony, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra find themselves on familiar ground. Already in 1948 (four years after the world premiere) Eduard van Beinum introduced it to the orchestra. A long line of famous conductors followed, including André Previn, George Szell, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Valery Gergiev. The fact that this music is part of Mariss Jansons' musical DNA, may explain the feeling of authenticity in this recording.

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CD Review 9th July 2016

this is wonderful, sensuous, lush sound … Jansons has a great sensitivity to style.

June 2016

With a wonderful if rather too plush-sounding hall and a glorious orchestra, Jansons secures a soft-grained interpretation that should satisfy his admirers

May 2016

This Jansons version is one of the finest I’ve encountered. His is a version that demonstrates the symphony’s stature. It’s a great shame that the playing time is so meagre but, for once, that’s a secondary issue: the quality of the performance, interpretation and recorded sound trump the issue of the playing time.

21st April 2016

Jansons treats the score with a deep, exalted sort of heroism that speaks beyond any immediate politics of the piece. We get beautiful playing from the great Dutch orchestra: lines unfolding graciously with that majestic Concertgebouw sound, which glowers and glows from the bottom up and in which Jansons takes plenty of time to wallow.

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

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