DVD Video, Prokofiev (composer)
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Cinderella
Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
Kessels conducts this score with an uncanny sense for insightful phrasing: in particular, his tempo choices and accenting are always right on target, and he manages to draw splendid playing... — More…
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Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Misha Didyk (Alexei), Kristine Opolais (Polina), Vladimir Ognovenko (General), Stefania Toczyska (Babulenka), Stephan Rügamer (The Marquis), Sylvia de la Muela (Blanche), Viktor Rud (Mr Astley)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director)
Barenboim's crystal-clear pacing of the score is hard-hitting rather than quicksilvery, but the payoff in the last Act is terrific, and the blue-lit look of it all - Tcherniakov designed it,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, DVD of the Month
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Opera, July 2010, Recording of the Month
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
RecommendedCarlos Acosta (Romeo) & Tamara Rojo (Juliet), José Martín (Mercutio) & Thiago Soares (Tybalt)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Boris Gruzin
As… the star-crossed lovers… the inspirational Carlos Acosta and the facially so expressive Tamara Rojo… galvanising conducted by Gruzin… all flaming testosterone thanks not only to Acosta and... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2010, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, DVD of the Month
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The Highest Level: Prokofiev 3 and Bartok 2
The Making of an Extraordinary Recording
Lang Lang (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Lang Lang has the necessary power and athleticism to bring tremendous energy and drive to [Prokofiev's] more motoric writing...[he] sails through the passagework [of the Bartok] with exemplary... — More…
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Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg & Tchaikovsky
Lucerne Festival at Easter 2010
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Claudio Abbado
It's amazing the way Abbado brings the melodic writing to the fore in the very different worlds of the Prokofiev and the Berg Lulu Suite, crowned by Anna Prohaska's meaningful characterisation...As... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2011, DVD Choice
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Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
Leigh Melrose (Ruprecht), Ewa Vesin (Renata), Anna Victorova (The Landlady), Mairam Sokolova (Fortune-teller/Mother Superior), Sergey Radchenko (Agrippa of Nettesheim), Andrii Ganchuk (Johann Faust/The Servant), Maxim Paster (Mephistopheles), Goran Juric (The Inquisitor), Domingo Pellicola (Jacob...
If anyone might have rebuilt the opera’s reputation it is the director Emma Dante…The cast, mostly Russian in the middle ranks, are good too. The Polish soprano Ewa Vesin tackles the hugely... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
Alain Vernhes, Martial Defontaine, François Le Roux, Serghei Khomov, Sandrine Piau, Anna Shafajinskaja & Sir Willard White
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir of De Nederlandse Opera, Stéphane Denève
Director-designer Laurent Pelly's quirkily stylish costumes and Chantal Thomas's mobile giant playing-cards rule this lavish Amsterdam production of Prokofiev's fairy-tale satire. The spectacle... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, DVD Choice
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86 CDs + DVD Video
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Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Roberto Benigni, Narrated by Sting
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
Despite its lively Spitting Image puppets, and Complicité actors, this often charming film can't quite match the genius of Suzy Templeton's darker animation (Arthaus). But Abbado's soundtrack... — More…
