Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)
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Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major (Op. 100) in 1944.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Movements
As is usual for symphonies, the piece is in four movements, lasting 40-45 minutes:
- Andante (in B-flat major)
- Allegro marcato (in D minor)
- Adagio (in F major)
- Allegro giocoso (in B-flat major)
[edit] Instrumentation
- Piccolo
- 2 Flutes
- 2 Oboes
- Cor Anglais
- 2 Clarinets
- E-flat Clarinet
- Bass Clarinet
- 2 Bassoons
- Contrabassoon
- 4 French Horns
- 3 Trumpets
- 3 Trombones
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Percussion (Wood Blocks, Tambourine, Triangle, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tam-tam)
- Harp
- Piano
- Strings (1st and 2nd Violins, Violas, Cellos and Double Basses).
[edit] Premiere
The symphony was premiered on January 13, 1945 in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Prokofiev himself. The premiere was very well received, and has remained one of the composer's most popular works.
[edit] Recordings
| Orchestra | Conductor | Record Company | Year of Recording | Format |
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| Concertgebouw Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Decca | 1985 | CD |
| Leonard Bernstein | CD | |||
| London Symphony Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Philips | 2004 | CD |
| Concerts Colonne Orchestra | Jascha Horenstein | Voxbox | CD/LP | |
| Scottish National Orchestra | Neeme Järvi | Chandos Records | 1985 | CD |
| Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Herbert von Karajan | Deutsche Grammophon | 1969 | CD |
| Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Zdenek Kosler | Supraphon | CD | |
| National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Theodore Kuchar | Naxos | 1995 | CD |
| National Orchestra of the O.R.T.F. | Jean Martinon | VoxBox | CD | |
| Evgeny Mravinsky | CD | |||
| Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti | Philips | 1990 | CD |
| Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa | Deutsche Grammophon | 1990 | CD |
| Orchestre National de France | Mstislav Rostropovich | Erato | ? | CD |
| USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | ? | CD/LP | |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | Walter Weller | Decca | ? | CD |
[edit] External links
| Symphonies by Sergei Prokofiev |
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Symphony No. 1 in D major Classical Symphony No. 2 in D minor Iron and Steel Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major |
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