The Prokofiev Oeuvre

Started by Mirror Image, October 24, 2012, 01:53:54 PM

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How much of it have you heard?

95%
1 (4.3%)
85%
3 (13%)
75%
4 (17.4%)
65%
2 (8.7%)
55%
1 (4.3%)
45%
3 (13%)
35%
1 (4.3%)
25%
2 (8.7%)
15%
2 (8.7%)
5%
4 (17.4%)
Who's Prokofiev?
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 21

Voting closed: May 12, 2013, 01:53:54 PM

marvinbrown

#20
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 26, 2012, 04:04:54 AM
Actually, less than 10%

Sarge

  OH DEAR! That's not good!

But this is:

Quote from: North Star on October 26, 2012, 05:07:55 AM
This is a great example of the silliness of counting by the opus numbers - the piano works (9 sonatas, and a few CD's worth of other stuff), the rest of the symphonies (3 CD's), and the songs are pretty much all of the major stuff missing from Marvin's list.

Well I am pleased to hear that I was able to cover enough ground on the "major" works, without even knowing it I might add.  Yes completing the symphonies would be a good idea, I am thinking of the Weller set on the Brilliant label.  This one:

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  You said a few CDs worth of "other stuff"??  Can you please be kind enough to elaborate?

  marvin

  PS: In keeping with the spirit of this thread I have voted as per Sarge's instructions....and it seems I have pushed the 5% into the majority....OH DEAR!

 

North Star

The piano sonatas, Visions fugitives, 10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Sarcasms, Toccata, Tales of an Old Grandmother, and Four Etudes op. 2 are all in this very nice set, and all are excellent, IMO.

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marvinbrown

Quote from: North Star on October 26, 2012, 08:22:01 AM
The piano sonatas, Visions fugitives, 10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Sarcasms, Toccata, Tales of an Old Grandmother, and Four Etudes op. 2 are all in this very nice set, and all are excellent, IMO.

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  Thank you for the link  :)

  marvin

mszczuj

I really liked very sensitive approach of Frederic Chiu when I was listening to this complete piano works:

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mc ukrneal

Quote from: mszczuj on October 26, 2012, 11:29:57 AM
I really liked very sensitive approach of Frederic Chiu when I was listening to this complete piano works:

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I have what I assume is one of the discs from that box - really fine stuff.
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

North Star

Quote from: mc ukrneal on October 26, 2012, 12:33:32 PM
I have what I assume is one of the discs from that box - really fine stuff.
And it's only $499.99 new!  :o (1600€ on Amazon Spain)
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Dancing Divertimentian

Quote from: North Star on October 26, 2012, 05:07:55 AM
This is a great example of the silliness of counting by the opus numbers - the piano works (9 sonatas, and a few CD's worth of other stuff), the rest of the symphonies (3 CD's), and the songs are pretty much all of the major stuff missing from Marvin's list.

No, Sarge is right. There's actually a lot missing.

Missing are: several of the ballets, the entirety of the piano solo repertoire, cantatas, songs, five more operas, lots more chamber music, short incidental orchestral pieces, the film music, concertante pieces, & misc. stuff....

All pretty "major" stuff as far as I'm concerned. :)
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Dancing Divertimentian

As for me, taking stock just now, probably about 75%.


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

kishnevi

I put myself down at 35 percent.  I have the ballets*, the concertos, the symphonies, the piano sonatas and some solo piano works,  and some chamber works, but I'm entirely lacking in the operas; of the film scores I've got Alexander Nevsky, and Ivan the Terrible just landed in my mailbox today--are there any others?--none of the songs or cantatas,  and little if any of the various miscellaneous works. 

*All the ballets that I know about is what I should say, with the qualified exception of Cinderella, which I've seen on PBS but don't have a recording.