Top 5 Prokofiev works.

[Mirror Image]

This shouldn't be too difficult (in no particular order):

Symphony No. 5
Scythian Suite
Le pas d'acier
Piano Concerto No. 2
Alexander Nevsky

[Ken B]

Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1 (Mintz & Bronfman preferred)
Visions Fugitives
VC No. 1
Symphony 5
Alexander Nevsky (film score)

Most underrated Prokers work:  the Gambler http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/04/gambler-royal-opera-house-prokofiev.

Yay for Visions! My favourite Prokkers.

My votes are going to go to that, maybe R&J, and some chamber and solo works. The famous violin concerto, 2 I think,  Violin sonata 1 and piano sonata 8, and maybe a quartet, or sonata 7.

5 and 1 are the best of a weak batch of symphonies, and only the Classical would get near my top 5. Amongst other orchestral works, probably the Semyon Kotko and Stone Flower suites (not the full ballet, too long).

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Resisting the urge to list operas only...

Love for Three Oranges
Fiery Angel
The Gambler
War and Peace
Semyon Kotko
4th Piano concerto
Visions Fugitives
Suggestion Diabolique

[springrite]

The Fiery Angel
Piano Concerto #3
Symphony #2
Piano Sonata #2

Kimi insists that I list Peter and the Wolf!

(I would put Sinfonia Concertante)

[amw]

Symphony-Concerto
Prodigal Son
Romeo
Scythian Suite
String Quartet No. 1 maybe, or Flute Sonata

[mszczuj]

Symphony No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 3
Quintet
Scythian Suite

Suite can be replaced by: Seven, They Are Seven, The Fiery Angel, or one of the war piano sonatas
Concerto No. 3 can be sometimes No.1  or No. 2

[Cato]

Somebody wrote that the symphonies were "weak."  They certainly are eccentric: I have written earlier of my severe distaste for VII, which a good number find irrational  .  Some do not like III, because they see it simply as a suite taken from The Fiery Angel.  IV does not enthuse me much.  I and V are fine for what the composer has intended to do.

I chose II simply because it is so wild and inventive, but VI is just as good.

[Mirror Image]

The Fiery Angel
Piano Concerto #3
Symphony #2
Piano Sonata #2

Kimi insists that I list Peter and the Wolf!

(I would put Sinfonia Concertante)

You better listen to Kimi, Paul, as you're only allotted one concerto in your list.

[springrite]

You better listen to Kimi, Paul, as you're only allotted one concerto in your list.

I consider a Sinfonia Concertante to be neither a symphony nor a concerto, much like a transexual is not male nor female exactly...

[Ken B]

Somebody wrote that the symphonies were "weak."  They certainly are eccentric: I have written earlier of my severe distaste for VII, which a good number find irrational  .  Some do not like III, because they see it simply as a suite taken from The Fiery Angel.  IV does not enthuse me much.  I and V are fine for what the composer has intended to do.

I chose II simply because it is so wild and inventive, but VI is just as good.

I wrote they were weak. It's a relative term Cato. Compared to Ives, Prokofiev was a symphonic genius. 

[Mirror Image]

I consider a Sinfonia Concertante to be neither a symphony nor a concerto, much like a transexual is not male nor female exactly...

Hmmm...but one is either born a man or they're born a woman. Whether you want to chop it off or not is completely up to the individual.

[springrite]

Hmmm...but one is either born a man or they're born a woman. Whether you want to chop it off or not is completely up to the individual.

Or the emperor, says the eunuch.

[Mirror Image]

Or the emperor, says the eunuch.

Ouch...yeah I forgot about that, so sometimes it's not up to the individual.

[vandermolen]

Thanks for the replies. I'm interested in all the votes for Symphony 2. I do love the contrast between the two movements and the opening of the second is quite beautiful after the turmoil of the 1st movement. Must investigate Piano Concerto No.5 which I hardly know and which has a lot of support here. At the Proms in London this summer one concert features all five piano concertos played back-to-back.

[Brahmsian]

Currently:

Romeo & Juliet
Violin Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 7

[Christo]

Symphony No. 6
Violin Concerto No. 1
Scythian Suite
Alexander Nevsky
Lieutenant Kije

[Karl Henning]

Might be an entirely different list tomorrow (or, maybe it won't . . .)

Violin Sonata in f minor
Symphony N° 2 in d minor
Romeo & Juliet
L'enfant prodigue
Piano Concerto N° 2 in g minor

[North Star]

This one is even tougher than the RVW request . . . .

Symphony № 2
Romeo & Juliet
L'enfant prodigue
f minor Violin Sonata
Piano Sonata № 7

Might be an entirely different list tomorrow (or, maybe it won't . . .)

Violin Sonata in f minor
Symphony N° 2 in d minor
Romeo & Juliet
L'enfant prodigue
Piano Concerto N° 2 in g minor

I highly doubt that... 

[Maestro267]

Still some gaps I need to fill re. his works, but 5 of my favourites so far:

Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 2
Romeo and Juliet (complete, of course)
Piano Concerto No. 1

[Karl Henning]

I highly doubt that... 

I suspected I may have posted already ... but the result was 80% duplication, with no specific memory of the earlier ....