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CLASSICAL AUDIO
· Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6 was composed as
an elegy to the fatalities of World War II. Musicologists
frequently regard this piece as the darker twin to the
triumphant Symphony No. 5. Prokofiev wrote of this piece:
"Now we are rejoicing in our great victory, but each of us
has wounds that cannot be healed. One has lost those dear
to him, another has lost his health. These must not be
forgotten."
·
The Seventh Symphony was Prokofiev's last, completed in
1952, the year before his death. The tone of the symphony is
nostalgic and melancholic. Four years after the composer's
death, the work was awarded the Lenin Prize.
·
American born conductor James Gaffigan is the Chief
Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, and the
Principal Guest Conductor of the ensemble featured here,
the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. The natural
ease of his conducting and his compelling insight have
brought him attention internationally.
SYMPHONY NO. 6 IN E-FLAT MINOR, OP. 111
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Largo
03. III. Vivace
SYMPHONY NO. 7 IN C-SHARP MINOR, OP. 131
04. I. Moderato
05. II. Allegretto
06. III. Andante espressivo
07. IV. Vivace
TRACK LIST:
SYMPHONIES NOS. 6 & 7
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
COMPOSER:
Sergei Prokofiev
ARTIST:
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra · James
Gaffigan (conductor)
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