wimpel69
01-21-2019, 12:42 PM
Yes, I know: Another Prokofiev cycle. Please request the FLAC links in this thread.
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"There is nothing provincial about the sound of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra;
it delivers world-class performances."
All Music
Music Composed by
Sergei Prokofiev
Played by the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
With
Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano)
Conducted by
Vladimir Ashkenazy
"Under the leadership of Vladimir Ashkenazy, there is nothing provincial about the sound of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; it delivers world-class performances that make recordings competitive with those of some of the finest Western orchestras. Every section is strong, but the strings in particular are outstanding, with warm, ample tone and exceptional agility and discipline. When the orchestra cuts loose, as it's able to do in the fanciful music of Prokofiev, the effect can be dizzying, exhilarating. Ashkenazy leads the musicians in two of the composer's most immediately appealing (and overplayed) works, the concert suites from the film score Lieutenant Kij� and the opera The Love for Three Oranges, and they manage to make the music fresh and exciting. Ashkenazy, who throughout his career has made a specialty of Prokofiev, obviously has this music in his blood and is able to do full justice both to its sophistication and its raw wildness. The Suite from Lieutenant Kij� is of special interest not only for the buoyancy of the playing but because Ashkenazy uses the version for baritone soloist in two of the movements, "Romance" and "Troika," whereas most orchestras use the purely instrumental version. Andrei Laptev has a beautifully resonant, heroic voice and his delivery is entirely unmannered, ideal for the folk-like character of his solos. The album also includes a relative rarity, The Ugly Duckling, a somewhat discursive extended song for soprano and orchestra, in a very fine performance featuring Jacqueline Porter. Part of the credit for the success of the album must go to the vivid, sumptuous sound of Exton's hybrid SACD, which captures the playing with lively detail and a rich immediacy."
All Music
"Alexander Gavrylyuk and Vladimir Ashkenazy with the Sydney Symphony take on three piano concertos by Sergey Prokofiev. Each concerto has its own character and the musicians convey Prokofiev's wide variety of emotions. In the stately beginning of Piano Concerto No. 1, one can really hear the lower strings contrasted with the high, tinkling piano (though the middle register instruments could have been mixed better on the recording). Gavrylyuk's piano entrance shows an active, sparkling sound that is useful and athletic. He is also very rhythmically precise, and this comes across in the excellent recording quality used for the solo instrument. Though the second movement is a typical slower second movement, it is not merely a nod to convention, but rather its own particular work. The strings create a slightly eerie atmosphere, but the third movement turns playful and cheery again. Some of the piano lines sound as though the left and right hands are working at odds with each other, yet somehow together. Piano Concerto No. 2 is an entirely different work, a departure from the first concerto. The first movement uses interesting orchestral colors, and it is very quiet and reflective. Prokofiev creates a lush, unusual tone-atmosphere, punctuated later by rapid rhythms, an ominous brass and drum beginning to the third movement, and little runs and swoops on the piano that Gavrylyuk executes perfectly. Piano Concerto No. 4 initially feels like a fun, lively dialogue between the orchestra and piano. Prokofiev uses some unusual tonalities, with some passages sounding rather like the soundtrack to a science fiction film. Gavrylyuk plays without difficulty throughout the various moods, playing boldly or mysteriously when he needs to, as in the cat-like entrance in the second movement. The third movement is really the true finale, with its perfectly synchronized orchestral unisons and comical ending, for the fourth movement is virtually a coda, a little over a minute and a half long. Sometimes the second and third concertos can sound a bit rambling in their own way, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. Certainly, Prokofiev wrote program music, but these piano concertos are an entirely different group of unique works by the Russian master."
All Music
Source: Exton & Triton CDs
Format: FLAC(WinRar), DDD Stereo
File Sizes: 950 MB + 483 MB + 579 MB + 197 MB
Yes, I know: Another Prokofiev cycle. Please request the FLAC links in this thread.
Private messages will be ignored. These are my rips. Limited sharing period.
Please do not share any further and add to my reputation if you download my material. Thank you! :)
Private messages will be ignored. These are my rips. Limited sharing period.
"There is nothing provincial about the sound of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra;
it delivers world-class performances."
All Music
Music Composed by
Sergei Prokofiev
Played by the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
With
Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano)
Conducted by
Vladimir Ashkenazy
"Under the leadership of Vladimir Ashkenazy, there is nothing provincial about the sound of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; it delivers world-class performances that make recordings competitive with those of some of the finest Western orchestras. Every section is strong, but the strings in particular are outstanding, with warm, ample tone and exceptional agility and discipline. When the orchestra cuts loose, as it's able to do in the fanciful music of Prokofiev, the effect can be dizzying, exhilarating. Ashkenazy leads the musicians in two of the composer's most immediately appealing (and overplayed) works, the concert suites from the film score Lieutenant Kij� and the opera The Love for Three Oranges, and they manage to make the music fresh and exciting. Ashkenazy, who throughout his career has made a specialty of Prokofiev, obviously has this music in his blood and is able to do full justice both to its sophistication and its raw wildness. The Suite from Lieutenant Kij� is of special interest not only for the buoyancy of the playing but because Ashkenazy uses the version for baritone soloist in two of the movements, "Romance" and "Troika," whereas most orchestras use the purely instrumental version. Andrei Laptev has a beautifully resonant, heroic voice and his delivery is entirely unmannered, ideal for the folk-like character of his solos. The album also includes a relative rarity, The Ugly Duckling, a somewhat discursive extended song for soprano and orchestra, in a very fine performance featuring Jacqueline Porter. Part of the credit for the success of the album must go to the vivid, sumptuous sound of Exton's hybrid SACD, which captures the playing with lively detail and a rich immediacy."
All Music
"Alexander Gavrylyuk and Vladimir Ashkenazy with the Sydney Symphony take on three piano concertos by Sergey Prokofiev. Each concerto has its own character and the musicians convey Prokofiev's wide variety of emotions. In the stately beginning of Piano Concerto No. 1, one can really hear the lower strings contrasted with the high, tinkling piano (though the middle register instruments could have been mixed better on the recording). Gavrylyuk's piano entrance shows an active, sparkling sound that is useful and athletic. He is also very rhythmically precise, and this comes across in the excellent recording quality used for the solo instrument. Though the second movement is a typical slower second movement, it is not merely a nod to convention, but rather its own particular work. The strings create a slightly eerie atmosphere, but the third movement turns playful and cheery again. Some of the piano lines sound as though the left and right hands are working at odds with each other, yet somehow together. Piano Concerto No. 2 is an entirely different work, a departure from the first concerto. The first movement uses interesting orchestral colors, and it is very quiet and reflective. Prokofiev creates a lush, unusual tone-atmosphere, punctuated later by rapid rhythms, an ominous brass and drum beginning to the third movement, and little runs and swoops on the piano that Gavrylyuk executes perfectly. Piano Concerto No. 4 initially feels like a fun, lively dialogue between the orchestra and piano. Prokofiev uses some unusual tonalities, with some passages sounding rather like the soundtrack to a science fiction film. Gavrylyuk plays without difficulty throughout the various moods, playing boldly or mysteriously when he needs to, as in the cat-like entrance in the second movement. The third movement is really the true finale, with its perfectly synchronized orchestral unisons and comical ending, for the fourth movement is virtually a coda, a little over a minute and a half long. Sometimes the second and third concertos can sound a bit rambling in their own way, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. Certainly, Prokofiev wrote program music, but these piano concertos are an entirely different group of unique works by the Russian master."
All Music
Source: Exton & Triton CDs
Format: FLAC(WinRar), DDD Stereo
File Sizes: 950 MB + 483 MB + 579 MB + 197 MB
Yes, I know: Another Prokofiev cycle. Please request the FLAC links in this thread.
Private messages will be ignored. These are my rips. Limited sharing period.
Please do not share any further and add to my reputation if you download my material. Thank you! :)