Ron Chaplin wrote: >... A few days ago, I bought Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet/National >Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/Andrew Mogrella/Naxos 8.553184-5. ... BTW, >if anyone has a suggestion of another recording, I would like very much to >know what it is. There is a magnificent rendition of the suite on Decca feom Solti and the Chicago. I am not normally a big Solti buff, but this one is a winner! >Question: Was Prokofiev considered a Soviet composer? What I mean by >"Soviet composer" is someone who composed music that was acceptable to the >leadership. ... In many ways he was a "Soviet" composer. But I cannot recall ever reading anything to the effect that he suffered in the same ways as Shostakovich did under the Soviets. Kevin Sutton