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08-12-2014, 10:46 AM
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi
My own Lossless CD rips
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44
in c-Moll - en ut mineur
I Moderato 14:33
II Andante 7:04
III Allegro agitato 7:58
IV Andante mosso - Allegro agitato 6:16
Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47 (original 1930 version)
in C-Dur - en ut majeur
I Andante assai - Allegro eroico 6:28
II Andante tranquillo 5:53
III Moderato, quasi allegretto 4:11
IV Allegro risoluto 6:38
https://mega.co.nz/#F!xg4yARBR!hnEu3xrZ3SmdyRH9Qu9_6Q
Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Op. 44) in 1928.
The music derives from Prokofiev's opera The Fiery Angel. This opera had been accepted for performance in the 1927-28 season at the Berlin State Opera by Bruno Walter, but this production never materialised; in fact, the opera was never staged in Prokofiev's lifetime. Prokofiev, who had been working on the opera for years, was reluctant to let the music languish unperformed, and after hearing a concert performance of its second act given by Serge Koussevitzky in June 1928, he adapted parts of the opera to make his third symphony (shortly afterwards, he drew on his ballet The Prodigal Son for his Symphony No. 4 in similar fashion).
The symphony occupies a middle ground among Prokofiev's seven symphonies in terms of popularity, not as well known as the Symphony No. 1 (Classical), but not so neglected as the Symphony No. 2 or the first version of the Symphony No. 4. Champions of the symphony include Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, and Michael Tilson Thomas, who substantially raised the symphony's popularity in the recent decade.
Prokofiev dedicated the symphony to Nikolai Myaskovsky.
Symphony No. 4, Op. 47/112
Symphony No. 4, is actually two works by Sergei Prokofiev. The first, Op. 47, was written in 1929 and premiered in 1930. The second, Op. 112, is a large-scale revision from 1947. Both of the works share significant musical material with Prokofiev's ballet L�enfant Prodigue or The Prodigal Son.
The two works are stylistically different, because their respective compositional contexts were different. They are formally different as well, and the instrumentation and scope of the revision is much larger.
Because Prokofiev's Symphony No. 4 is in fact two different works, two different but related examinations are required.
In early 1948, shortly after the revisions of Opus 112 were completed, the Union of Soviet Composers issued commands that Prokofiev's music (among others) be banned from concert halls, amid accusations of "formalism." The revised Symphony No. 4 was thus not performed in the Soviet Union until 1957, after the composer's death.
Symphony No. 4, Op. 112 (revised 1947 version)
I Andante - Allegro eroico - Allegretto 12:53
II Andsante tranquillo 9:13
III Moderato, quasi allegretto 5:50
IV Allegro risoluto
https://mega.co.nz/#F!9hICmSAB!m3vkSRc8enaBPTVYVL_lSA
Symphony No. 4 Op. 112 had three significant premiere performances. The first premiere was Sir Adrian Boult conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast on March 11, 1950. The concert premiere was Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducting the U.S.S.R. State Symphony Orchestra on January 5, 1957 at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Finally, the first performance of the Symphony No. 4 Op. 112 in the western hemisphere was by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Ormandy on September 27, 1957.
Opinion among musicologists and critics has tended to favor the earlier work, but conductors have shown a marked preference for the expanded version in the both the concert hall and recording studio.
This statement is substantiated by the fact that there are twice as many recordings available of Opus 112 as there are of Opus 47. Robert Layton offers another perspective on the relationship between the two versions in his review of the Fourth Symphony. It provides some insight into the relative neglect that Opus 47 has felt, in comparison to the more monumental Opus 112:
It was not until the mid-1980s that both Opus 47 and Opus 112 were presented in complete recordings of Prokofiev symphonies. Neeme J�rvi was the first conductor to do this, in 1988, and presented them both as masterpieces worthy of attention. Opus 47 was subsequently deleted from the catalog, shortly after the album's release. It was not until Valery Gergiev released a Prokofiev complete symphonic recording in 2006 that Russia and the western world were again able to hear both versions. Mstislav Rostropovich has also presented both versions in a complete symphonic collection. In 2002, the first study score for Opus 47 was finally published.
Enjoy these powerhouse performances. Please comment or 'Like' if you download. Thanks.
Neeme Jarvi
My own Lossless CD rips
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44
in c-Moll - en ut mineur
I Moderato 14:33
II Andante 7:04
III Allegro agitato 7:58
IV Andante mosso - Allegro agitato 6:16
Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47 (original 1930 version)
in C-Dur - en ut majeur
I Andante assai - Allegro eroico 6:28
II Andante tranquillo 5:53
III Moderato, quasi allegretto 4:11
IV Allegro risoluto 6:38
https://mega.co.nz/#F!xg4yARBR!hnEu3xrZ3SmdyRH9Qu9_6Q
Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Op. 44) in 1928.
The music derives from Prokofiev's opera The Fiery Angel. This opera had been accepted for performance in the 1927-28 season at the Berlin State Opera by Bruno Walter, but this production never materialised; in fact, the opera was never staged in Prokofiev's lifetime. Prokofiev, who had been working on the opera for years, was reluctant to let the music languish unperformed, and after hearing a concert performance of its second act given by Serge Koussevitzky in June 1928, he adapted parts of the opera to make his third symphony (shortly afterwards, he drew on his ballet The Prodigal Son for his Symphony No. 4 in similar fashion).
The symphony occupies a middle ground among Prokofiev's seven symphonies in terms of popularity, not as well known as the Symphony No. 1 (Classical), but not so neglected as the Symphony No. 2 or the first version of the Symphony No. 4. Champions of the symphony include Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, and Michael Tilson Thomas, who substantially raised the symphony's popularity in the recent decade.
Prokofiev dedicated the symphony to Nikolai Myaskovsky.
Symphony No. 4, Op. 47/112
Symphony No. 4, is actually two works by Sergei Prokofiev. The first, Op. 47, was written in 1929 and premiered in 1930. The second, Op. 112, is a large-scale revision from 1947. Both of the works share significant musical material with Prokofiev's ballet L�enfant Prodigue or The Prodigal Son.
The two works are stylistically different, because their respective compositional contexts were different. They are formally different as well, and the instrumentation and scope of the revision is much larger.
Because Prokofiev's Symphony No. 4 is in fact two different works, two different but related examinations are required.
In early 1948, shortly after the revisions of Opus 112 were completed, the Union of Soviet Composers issued commands that Prokofiev's music (among others) be banned from concert halls, amid accusations of "formalism." The revised Symphony No. 4 was thus not performed in the Soviet Union until 1957, after the composer's death.
Symphony No. 4, Op. 112 (revised 1947 version)
I Andante - Allegro eroico - Allegretto 12:53
II Andsante tranquillo 9:13
III Moderato, quasi allegretto 5:50
IV Allegro risoluto
https://mega.co.nz/#F!9hICmSAB!m3vkSRc8enaBPTVYVL_lSA
Symphony No. 4 Op. 112 had three significant premiere performances. The first premiere was Sir Adrian Boult conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast on March 11, 1950. The concert premiere was Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducting the U.S.S.R. State Symphony Orchestra on January 5, 1957 at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Finally, the first performance of the Symphony No. 4 Op. 112 in the western hemisphere was by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Ormandy on September 27, 1957.
Opinion among musicologists and critics has tended to favor the earlier work, but conductors have shown a marked preference for the expanded version in the both the concert hall and recording studio.
This statement is substantiated by the fact that there are twice as many recordings available of Opus 112 as there are of Opus 47. Robert Layton offers another perspective on the relationship between the two versions in his review of the Fourth Symphony. It provides some insight into the relative neglect that Opus 47 has felt, in comparison to the more monumental Opus 112:
It was not until the mid-1980s that both Opus 47 and Opus 112 were presented in complete recordings of Prokofiev symphonies. Neeme J�rvi was the first conductor to do this, in 1988, and presented them both as masterpieces worthy of attention. Opus 47 was subsequently deleted from the catalog, shortly after the album's release. It was not until Valery Gergiev released a Prokofiev complete symphonic recording in 2006 that Russia and the western world were again able to hear both versions. Mstislav Rostropovich has also presented both versions in a complete symphonic collection. In 2002, the first study score for Opus 47 was finally published.
Enjoy these powerhouse performances. Please comment or 'Like' if you download. Thanks.