Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
this is wonderful, sensuous, lush sound … Jansons has a great sensitivity to style.
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
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this is wonderful, sensuous, lush sound … Jansons has a great sensitivity to style.
About
In this recording of Sergei Prokofiev's masterful Fifth Symphony, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra find themselves on familiar ground. Already in 1948 (four years after the world premiere) Eduard van Beinum introduced it to the orchestra. A long line of famous conductors followed, including André Previn, George Szell, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Valery Gergiev. The fact that this music is part of Mariss Jansons' musical DNA, may explain the feeling of authenticity in this recording.
Contents and tracklist
- Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
- Mariss Jansons
- Recorded: 21 September 2014
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Awards and reviews
CD Review 9th July 2016
this is wonderful, sensuous, lush sound … Jansons has a great sensitivity to style.
June 2016
With a wonderful if rather too plush-sounding hall and a glorious orchestra, Jansons secures a soft-grained interpretation that should satisfy his admirers
May 2016
This Jansons version is one of the finest I’ve encountered. His is a version that demonstrates the symphony’s stature. It’s a great shame that the playing time is so meagre but, for once, that’s a secondary issue: the quality of the performance, interpretation and recorded sound trump the issue of the playing time.
21st April 2016
Jansons treats the score with a deep, exalted sort of heroism that speaks beyond any immediate politics of the piece. We get beautiful playing from the great Dutch orchestra: lines unfolding graciously with that majestic Concertgebouw sound, which glowers and glows from the bottom up and in which Jansons takes plenty of time to wallow.
