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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Part 2; Symphony No 1 / Previn, LSO
Release Date: 01/26/2006
Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog #: 7980/4 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor: André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 1 Hours 5 Mins.
Works on This Recording
1. Cinderella, Part 1, Op. 87 by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor: André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935-1936; Paris, France
2. Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical" by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor: André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1916-1917; Russia
Notes and Editorial Reviews
AllMusic Review by James Leonard [-]
These classic EMI recordings by André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra of Prokofiev's two most popular ballet scores are aptly coupled in this 2006 Brilliant re-issue. When it was issued in 1973, Previn and the LSO's Romeo And Juliet was one of the first recording of every note of the complete ballet, but it proved not a note too long. With LSO's smooth lines, warm sonorities and strong colors, this Romeo is less balletic and more lyrical then most, and with Previn's masterful control of mass and motion, it is somewhat less dramatic but far more sensual, even voluptuous, then most. Even those who may prefer the more aggressively modernist Maazel -- Cleveland performance or the more grandly symphonic Gergiev -- Kirov performance will acknowledge the passionate conviction and consummate musicianship of the more overtly romantic Previn -- LSO performance. When it was issued in 1983, Previn and the LSO's Cinderella was one of several recordings of the complete ballet, but it was as accomplished, as effective and as moving as the best of them. Previn's hand is no less sure nor is his affection less for a fairy tale than for Shakespeare, and his conducting invests the music with great charm and marvelous enchantment. The LSO's virtuosity has not weakened nor have their brilliant colors faded, their boundless enthusiasm waned or their polished ensemble rusted, and their playing fulfills both the letter and the spirit of the score. EMI's late stereo sound is deeper and richer than their harder early digital sound and Brilliant re-issue re-creates both of them without apparent re-mastering.
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..the woodwind solos, again and again, have just an extra degree or two of character and distinction of phrasing; the violins show barely a trace of strain in those perilously exposed highlying phrases, the cellos have an absolutely secure expressive warmth, even at the extremes of their register: they in particular make the pas-de-deux, No. 36, a genuinely romantic, Tchaikovskyan adagio. ...Previn distils as much grace as swagger... [Previn]is in his element in this score, and he and the LSO revel in its grace and glitter.
-- Gramophone [12/1983]
reviewing the original LP release of Cinderella
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