Chicago Symphony, Claudio Abbado, and Prokofiev could there be a nicer mix? Anyways the Chicago Sympony along with Abbado were well up to the task of playing all this music. I especially liked the lyrical trumpet solo opening up Lt. Kije, and the string solos in the middle movement. The LSO also was in the act with Alexander Nevsky. Its hard to believe that Alexander Nevsky is a film score. John Williams needs to take some notes. This is a powerful score. Overal this disc is really good. It features awesone playing and good music. If you never heard Prokofiev this is a good place to start.
Chicago Symphony, Claudio Abbado, and Prokofiev could there be a nicer mix? Anyways the Chicago Sympony along with Abbado were well up to the task of playing all this music. I especially liked the lyrical trumpet solo opening up Lt. Kije, and the string solos in the middle movement. The LSO also was in the act with Alexander Nevsky. Its hard to believe that Alexander Nevsky is a film score. John Williams needs to take some notes. This is a powerful score. Overal this disc is really good. It features awesone playing and good music. If you never heard Prokofiev this is a good place to start.