- Audio CD (Aug 11 1998)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: RCA
- ASIN: B000009W8S
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Track Listings
| 1. Symphony No. 6, Op. 111 In E-Flat Minor: Allegro moderato |
| 2. Symphony No. 6, Op. 111 In E-Flat Minor: Largo |
| 3. Symphony No. 6, Op. 111 In E-Flat Minor: Vivace |
| 4. Overture On Hebrew Themes, Op.34bis |
| 5. Suite From The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33bis: Ridiculous Fellows |
| 6. Suite From The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33bis: Magician and Fata Morgana Play Cards (infernal scene) |
| 7. Suite From The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33bis: March |
| 8. Suite From The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33bis: Scherzo |
| 9. Suite From The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33bis: Prince and the Princess |
| 10. Suite From The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33bis: Flight |
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
best prokofiev 6 and very nice Oranges
Sep 6 2003
I have yet to hear a better sym. 6 or Oranges than that presented on this recording. Sounds great, awesome performance.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Routine in the Sixth Sym. but an attractive program
Jan 13 2006
As a program this is an attractive CD. Prokofiev's Sixth Sym. is seriously nelgected in the catalog, and here we have a first-rate orchestra, the National Symphony, in quite good osund from 1996. They play well for Slatkin, who unfortunatley finds little inner life in the score--his lumpish Sixth is a thing of fitful gestures and no overall purpose. There's some energy in the Scherzo but even that is without spark.
Better is the Over. on Hebrew Themes in its orchestral guise--it's one of Prokofiev's most attractive short works. Rather than bringing out its Jewishn folk flavor, Slatkin plays it as blandly as early Samuel Barber. The spiky suite from The Love of Three Oranges shows a bit more spark, but not enough to resuce a routine outing. One is left to ponder what hapened after Slatkin's early promise.
Better is the Over. on Hebrew Themes in its orchestral guise--it's one of Prokofiev's most attractive short works. Rather than bringing out its Jewishn folk flavor, Slatkin plays it as blandly as early Samuel Barber. The spiky suite from The Love of Three Oranges shows a bit more spark, but not enough to resuce a routine outing. One is left to ponder what hapened after Slatkin's early promise.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not the best 6th !
July 13 2008
Those who think this a great performance of a neglected masterpiece need to sample other sources. Walter Weller (Decca) and Neeme Jarvi (Chandos) are far better than Slatkin who is just great with American music but rather light when it comes to Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Gergiev's recent live recordings of the Prokofiev symphonies has unpleasant sound in spots but his performance of the 6th is quite good. They ought to reissue the Ormandy recording stuck in Columbia's vaults somewhere. It's a rather romantic approach to Prokofiev but a great performance nevertheless. For some reason this work is difficult to bring off and probably will always be overshadowed by the more popular 5th.
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