Symphony No.5 in B flat major, Op.100 (plus Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra) Rec 1971 & 1960

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Symphony No.5 in B flat major, Op.100 (plus Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra) Rec 1971 & 1960
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

[ BBC Legends / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 1 September 2006

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"This performance of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony is the greatest I have heard, either live or on record. It is breathtakingly magnificent throughout and totally true to the score."
(International Record Review Aug 2006)

"...at his best, as here, he need fear no comparison with anyone."(Gramophone)

"Reminds us record mavens of an important difference between a concert performance and a studio recording: in concert, wonderful things can happen, sometimes when everyone - including the performers - least expects it"
(MusicWeb Nov 2007)

"In all, an outstanding addition to the BBC Legends catalogue." (Classic Record Collector)

"This performance of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony is the greatest I have heard, either live or on record. It is breathtakingly magnificent throughout and totally true to the score."
(International Record Review Aug 2006)

Awards
Gramophone Reissue of the Month, August 2006

Tracks:

Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 in B flat major, Op.100
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Royal Albert Hall, London, 10 September 1971

Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No.1 - Death of Tybalt
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9 September 1960