Top 5 Prokofiev works.

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Karl Henning

#40
October 07, 2015, 12:57:12 PM
Quote from: Maestro267 on October 07, 2015, 12:49:26 PM
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
Preference between the two versions of the Fourth Symphony?
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Brahmsian

#41
October 07, 2015, 01:32:32 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 07, 2015, 12:57:12 PM
Preference between the two versions of the Fourth Symphony?

It used to be my favourite of Prokofiev's symphonies, and particularly the original version.  Now, it is still among favourites, but I do prefer the elaborated revised version.

*Apologies, I know you weren't asking me, but I felt like chiming in.  :D

Dee Sharp

#42
October 07, 2015, 01:41:30 PM
Symphony No. 5
Piano Concerto No. 3
Alexander Nevsky
Romeo and Juliet
String Quartet No. 2

Daverz

#43
October 07, 2015, 01:55:21 PM
Romeo & Juliet
Cinderella
Violin Concerto 2
Lt. Kije
Symphony 6

Alternate 5, first set:

Violin Sonata 1
String Quartet 1
Piano Concerto 3
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan the Terrible

Alternate 5, second set:

Piano Concerto 2
Piano Concerto 1
The Stone Flower
Violin Concerto 1
Symphony-Concertante

Alternate 5. third set:

October Cantata
Piano Sonata No. 7
Betrothal in a Monastery
War & Peace
Visions Fugitives

Karl Henning

#44
October 07, 2015, 02:06:34 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 07, 2015, 01:32:32 PM
It used to be my favourite of Prokofiev's symphonies, and particularly the original version.  Now, it is still among favourites, but I do prefer the elaborated revised version.

*Apologies, I know you weren't asking me, but I felt like chiming in.  :D

Happy to hear from you, mon cher  8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

#45
October 07, 2015, 06:16:16 PM Last Edit: October 07, 2015, 06:18:56 PM by Mirror Image
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 06, 2015, 06:59:52 PM
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

I'm not satisfied with this old list, time for an update (in no particular order):

Symphony No. 6
On the Dnieper
Le pas d'acier
Sinfonia Concertante
Violin Sonata in F minor

Jo498

#46
October 07, 2015, 11:17:08 PM
I am not happy with the concerto restriction...

Piano Concerto #2 g minor (by far his greatest concerto but there would be more good ones but for the rule...)
Violin sonata f minor
Piano sonata #6
Romeo and Juliet
Symphonie Classique

(but I have to admit I am not really familiar with any symphony of his except #1 and #5)
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

Mirror Image

#47
July 23, 2016, 07:45:47 AM
I'll have to update my list now (in no particular order):

Symphony No. 5
Sinfonia Concertante
Piano Concerto No. 3
Violin Sonata No. 1
Scythian Suite

Dancing Divertimentian

#48
July 23, 2016, 05:19:16 PM
Quote from: Daverz on October 07, 2015, 01:55:21 PM
Romeo & Juliet
Cinderella
Violin Concerto 2
Lt. Kije
Symphony 6

Alternate 5, first set:

Violin Sonata 1
String Quartet 1
Piano Concerto 3
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan the Terrible

Alternate 5, second set:

Piano Concerto 2
Piano Concerto 1
The Stone Flower
Violin Concerto 1
Symphony-Concertante

Alternate 5. third set:

October Cantata
Piano Sonata No. 7
Betrothal in a Monastery
War & Peace
Visions Fugitives


I like this list! :)

My updated list:

Piano sonata No.8
Fiery Angel
Piano sonata No.6
Ten Pieces Op.12/7
Violin sonata No.2
(Still lovin' the operas, though)



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

Cato

#49
July 23, 2016, 05:45:33 PM
Quote from: Cato on May 06, 2015, 12:23:56 PM
Symphony II

Piano Sonata VII

Seven, They Are Seven

Scythian Suite

The Fiery Angel

Baker's 5: Chout

and...

Symphony #6
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

TheGSMoeller

#50
August 02, 2016, 03:55:31 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 23, 2016, 05:19:16 PM
I like this list! :)

My updated list:

Piano sonata No.8
Fiery Angel
Piano sonata No.6
Ten Pieces Op.12/7
Violin sonata No.2
(Still lovin' the operas, though)

That's a nice list, DD. The piano sonatas and Fiery Angel are some of my favorites. I'm always still in awe with how brilliantly Prokofiev used the music from Fiery Angel to create his 3rd Symphony.

TheGSMoeller

#51
August 02, 2016, 04:54:17 PM
Quote from: Cato on July 23, 2016, 05:45:33 PM
and...

Symphony #6

Always an easy addition, Cato!

Wanderer

#52
August 02, 2016, 11:20:58 PM
Piano Concerto No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 7
Alexander Nevsky
The Fiery Angel

PS. Not a great favourite, but a shout-out to Sergei's brooding, early opera Maddalena, the libretto of which is based on Oscar Wilde's A Florentine Tragedy (same source as Zemlinsky's masterpiece Eine florentinische Tragödie).

Karl Henning

#53
August 03, 2016, 01:31:41 AM
I need to revisit Maddalena.


I have been revisiting The Tale of the Stone Flower.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Dancing Divertimentian

#54
August 03, 2016, 04:37:47 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 02, 2016, 03:55:31 PM
That's a nice list, DD. The piano sonatas and Fiery Angel are some of my favorites. I'm always still in awe with how brilliantly Prokofiev used the music from Fiery Angel to create his 3rd Symphony.

Thanks, GS. Yes, agreed. Lately I've really been enjoying his piano solo transcriptions of his ballets, mainly R&J and Cinderella. Done so skillfully I don't even miss the orchestra! 


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

TheGSMoeller

#55
August 03, 2016, 04:50:50 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on August 03, 2016, 04:37:47 PM
Thanks, GS. Yes, agreed. Lately I've really been enjoying his piano solo transcriptions of his ballets, mainly R&J and Cinderella. Done so skillfully I don't even miss the orchestra!

Post the discs for these transcriptions you are enjoying please. Thanks, DD!

Dancing Divertimentian

#56
August 03, 2016, 07:09:13 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 03, 2016, 04:50:50 PM
Post the discs for these transcriptions you are enjoying please. Thanks, DD!

For R&J my favorite is Raekallio. If you happen to have his set you have one of the greats already. It's the clear winner versus the others I have, who are no slouches themselves (those being Gavrilov, Glemser, and Chiu [posted below]).



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For Cinderella I have the two Chiu discs and some Richter bits. Both are phenomenal. 


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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

Mirror Image

#57
August 03, 2016, 07:29:14 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 03, 2016, 01:31:41 AM

I have been revisiting The Tale of the Stone Flower.

Noseda, Jurowski, or Rozhdestvensky?

Dancing Divertimentian

#58
August 03, 2016, 09:18:02 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 03, 2016, 07:29:14 PM
Noseda, Jurowski, or Rozhdestvensky?

I have Jurowski. I feel he does the work proud. Haven't heard the others.


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

mc ukrneal

#59
August 03, 2016, 11:01:41 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on August 03, 2016, 07:09:13 PM
For Cinderella I have the two Chiu discs and some Richter bits. Both are phenomenal. 

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I have this disc in another form, but agree - it is phenomenal. Really well done - so much shade and nuance.
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