Est 1923

Prokofiev Pas d'acier; On the Dnieper

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev

Label: Olympia

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: OCD103

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(Le) Pas d'acier Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Conductor
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra
On the Dnieper Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Conductor
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra
Neither of these works is a neglected masterpiece, though Le pas d'acier ( ''The Step of Steel'') has a kind of spiky athleticism that is typical of the Prokofiev of the early 1920s, and while it fails to make any kind of coherent musical statement, it's certainly never dull—at least not in this crisp and exhilarating performance. On the Dnieper—a typical Russian village love story transplanted to the early days of the Soviet Union—has its moments of characteristically Prokofievian eloquence and wit, though they are thinly spread. Rozhdestvensky and the USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra make much of the angry lyricism of movements like ''Betrothal'' but the longeurs remain, and here it's less easy to forgive the less than ideally polished orchestral playing. Recordings suffer a little from 'glare' in higher frequencies and may need taming on some equipment.'

Prokofiev Pas d'acier; On the Dnieper

(Le) Pas d'acier

On the Dnieper

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