Sergei Prokofiev - The Decca Masters CD - Malko, Tuxen, Martinon, Boult

Description: Sir Adrian Boult, Jean Martinon, Eric Tuxen, Nikolai Malko - Prokofiev - The Decca Masters [Set] (CD DOUBLE Brand New & SealedFREE & FAST POSTAGE AUSTRALIA WIDE - AUSSIE SELLERReleased On: 2020-03-06Sir Adrian Boult, Jean Martinon, Eric Tuxen, Nikolai Malko - Prokofiev - The Decca Masters [Set] (CD DOUBLE (SLIMLINE CASE))A kaleidoscopic collection of orchestral Prokofiev in the 1950s, as recorded by Decca engineers in London, Paris and Copenhagen,featuring both rarities and classics.Once upon a time Peter and the Wolfwas the best known of them, with six recordings to its credit in the days before LP. On this Kingsway Hall recording from 1949,the BBC announcer Frank Phillips told the story, with the experienced Prokofiev conductor Nikolai Malkomaking a rare appearance on Decca. Nowadays the Fifth Symphony is far more frequently heard in concert; this taut and thrilling 1952 account is the work of the Danish conductor Erik Tuxen, a legendary interpreter of Sibelius and his fellow countryman Nielsen.Three years later in June 1955, Sir Adrian Boult made his first stereo recording, of the Love for Three OrangesSuite with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. This was originally issued in mono with the Lieutenant KijéSuite played by the LPO because the latter recording was mono only –whereas the present reissue now presents Orangesin its stereo version. Boult's dry wit points up the sardonic qualities of both suites.Despite its title, Russian Overturefrom 1936 does not straightforwardly conform to principles of Soviet nationalism in music with its abrupt cuts from comic capers to sweeping Russian melody. Written like so much of Prokofiev's music with tongue in cheek, it makes an apt companion on disc for his final symphony, the Seventh. These were recorded in November 1957 (and originally issued on the RCA 'Living Stereo' label) by the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Jean Martinon, who had done much to promote the conductor's music outside his Russian homeland. The Seventh is a deceptively simple work, imbued with a melancholy and nostalgia somewhat obscured by the 'fake' ending contrived to the symphony for it to win official approval (and which is played here).'Extremely well recorded.' The Record Guide, 1955 (Symphony No.5)'A thoroughly desirable disc.' EMG Monthly Newsletter, May 1956 (Lieutenant Kijé)Tracklistings:SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)CD 11 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67*Frank Phillips, narratorLondon Philharmonic OrchestraNikolai Malko2–5 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100Danish Radio Symphony OrchestraEric TuxenCD 21–5 Lieutenant Kijé–Symphonic Suite, Op. 60Orchestrede la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de ParisSir Adrian Boult6–11 The Love for Three Oranges –Symphonic Suite, Op. 33bisLondon Philharmonic OrchestraSir Adrian Boult12 Russian Overture, Op. 7213–16 Symphony No. 7, Op. 131Orchestrede la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de ParisJean Martinon

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