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Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6
SWR19086CD (SWR Music, CD)
DDD
Stereo
NEW RELEASE (15 May 2020)
Playing time: 79'01"
Tracks: 7
Booklet pages: 16
© 2018 SWR Media Services GmbH, 2020 Naxos Deutschland Musik & Video Vertriebs-GmbH
Main country of recording: DE
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6 published on 7 June 2020
Listen: Prokofiev: Allegro moderato (Symphony No 6) (track 5, 0:00-0:54)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
Pietari Inkinen, conductor
Sergei Prokofiev:
Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 44 (1929)
1 Moderato
2 Andante
3 Allegro agitato
4 Andante mosso
Symphony No 6 in E flat minor, Op 111 (1947)
5 Allegro moderato
6 Largo
7 Vivace
Recorded 14-16 December 2018 at Congresshalle, Saarbrücken, Germany (Symphony No 3) and 23-26 January 2019 in the Großer Sendesaal, Saarländische Rundfunk, Saarbrücken, Germany (Symphony No 6)