Lionel Choi wrote:
>To wrap up, here are my basic recommendations at present:
>
>* No.1 -- Dutoit (Decca), Muti (Philips), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG),
> Abbado/Chamber Orchestra of Europe (DG), Koussevitzsky/Boston SO (RCA)
>* No.2 -- Jarvi (Chandos)
>* No.3 -- Muti (Philips)
>* No.4 -- Jarvi
>* No.5 -- Koussevitzsky, Karajan (DG), Dutoit, Previn/London SO (EMI)
>* No.6 -- Mravinsky/Leningrad SO (Russian Disc), Jarvi
>* No.7 & Sinfonietta -- Jarvi
Hi there! Interesting recommendations! Although I don't know much
about several recordings of Prokofiev's symphonies, I'd like to add a
few thoughts. Even before I really appreciated CM, I bought a tape with
selections from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet". On this tape there is also
Symphony # 1 with Solti and the CSO. I like that tape a lot. Solti is
much better here than Kuchar on Naxos (for my ears). Kuchar is so slow and
dry. So, when I bought this Naxos CD, it was because I wanted to know the
2nd Symphony. Well, this one is OK, but I'm not a big fan of it (until
now). The other pieces on the Naxos CD are quite nice [Dreams, op.6 and
Autumnal Sketch, op.8].
Then I own the Chandos disk with Jarvi conducting Symphony # 7 and the
Sinfonietta op.5/48. These are really great works and interpretations!
So, you see, I'm still beginning to explore the symphonies. The next one
I'd like to listen to is # 3. Lionel recommends Muti on Philips. How
about Chailly on Decca? Here # 3 is coupled with Mosolov's "Zavod" and
Varese's "Arcana", interesting stuff I think. Or shall I stick with
Jarvi's cycle?
Well, I hope this threat will continue for some time.
All the best!
Kai Czepiczka,
Seoul
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