Favorite Prokofiev Symphony Cycle

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Which is your favorite Prokofiev Symphony Cycle (if you have one) [max. 2 votes]

Rozhdestvensky, Moscow RSO, Melodiya, 1962-67
7 (21.2%)
Martinon, NO ORTF, Vox, 1970s?
1 (3%)
Kosler, Czech Phil, Supraphon, 1973-82
1 (3%)
Weller, LSO & LPO, Decca, 1974-78
3 (9.1%)
Järvi, RSNO, Chandos, 1984-85
8 (24.2%)
Rostropovich, OdNFrance, Erato/Warner, 1985-??
0 (0%)
Ozawa, BPh, DG, 1989-92
5 (15.2%)
Kitayenko I, Moscow Phil., Melodiya [does not exist]
1 (3%)
Kuchar, Ukraine NSO, Naxos, 1994/95
3 (9.1%)
Gergiev I, LSO, Decca, 2004
3 (9.1%)
Kitayenko II, Gürzenich, Capriccio/Phoenix, 2005-07
3 (9.1%)
Ashkenazy, Sydney Symphony, Exton, 2009
0 (0%)
Karabits, Bournemouth, Onyx, 2014?
3 (9.1%)
Alsop, OSESP, Naxos, 2011-15?
0 (0%)
Gaffigan, Netherlands RPO, Challenge, 2014?-2017?
0 (0%)
Too little exposure to say
9 (27.3%)
Has not been made yet
2 (6.1%)

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Andy D.

#60
July 25, 2019, 05:57:06 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 19, 2018, 10:15:59 AM
I am very fond indeed of the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh.  I genuinely like the Third & Fourth (both versions), though my own ardor there does not rise to the level of my preferred five.

Are there pieces which I like even better than my favorite symphonies?  Romeo & Juliet, L'enfant prodigue, the g minor Violin Concerto, the f minor Violin Sonata, probably the Seventh & Eighth Piano Sonatas.  But I do not feel these "crowding out" the symphonies from my musical affection.



I am sorry if the Ozawa has been such a disappointment.

I had my first listen to Profokiev's 5th today and really liked it. Is the Ozawa a winner, Karl?

SymphonicAddict

#61
July 25, 2019, 05:59:54 PM
I'm not Karl, but the Ozawa on DG is one of my favorites. I enjoy the N. Järvi on Chandos as well.

vandermolen

#62
July 25, 2019, 10:30:35 PM
Quote from: SymphonicAddict on July 25, 2019, 05:59:54 PM
I'm not Karl, but the Ozawa on DG is one of my favorites. I enjoy the N. Järvi on Chandos as well.
I'm also not Karl but Rozhdestvensky's Melodiya recording would be my No.1 choice.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

SurprisedByBeauty

#63
July 26, 2019, 12:16:36 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on July 25, 2019, 10:30:35 PM
I'm also not Karl but Rozhdestvensky's Melodiya recording would be my No.1 choice.

I'm also not Karl, but Sarge would recommend the Ozawa.

relm1

#64
July 26, 2019, 06:19:43 AM
Quote from: Andy D. on July 25, 2019, 05:57:06 AM
I had my first listen to Profokiev's 5th today and really liked it. Is the Ozawa a winner, Karl?

I'm also not Karl, but am speaking on his behalf when I say also very much like Dutoit/Montreal No. 5, Jarvi too.  MTT/LSO is very good.

André

#65
July 26, 2019, 08:25:09 AM
I'm not Karl either, but Leinsdorf/Boston in an incomplete cycle is just the ticket for me.

Sergeant Rock

#66
July 26, 2019, 08:37:27 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on July 26, 2019, 12:16:36 AM
I'm also not Karl, but Sarge would recommend the Ozawa.

'tis true.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#67
July 26, 2019, 09:51:47 AM
Quote from: Andy D. on July 25, 2019, 05:57:06 AM
I had my first listen to Profokiev's 5th today and really liked it. Is the Ozawa a winner, Karl?


The Sarge & I are united in our admiration of the Ozawa set, Andy.
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

Andy D.

#68
July 26, 2019, 12:26:12 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 26, 2019, 09:51:47 AM

The Sarge & I are united in our admiration of the Ozawa set, Andy.
Then I'm doubly sold.
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