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Work: Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, Op.100

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ComposerProkofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1944
Work typeOrchestral
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ParisRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Víkingur Ólafsson - Beethoven, Prokofiev

© Eduardus Lee
Beethoven, Prokofiev
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali; Víkingur Ólafsson

HuddersfieldProkofiev's Fifth Symphony

© Chris Payne
Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev
Orchestra of Opera North; Garry Walker; Guy Johnston

ManchesterThe Hallé - Prokofiev's Symphony No.5

© Felix Broede
Rachmaninov, Prokofiev
The Hallé; Nodoka Okisawa; Pavel Kolesnikov
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Orchestral colour with heart from Delyana Lazarova and the BBCSSO

Delyana Lazarova and Alena Baeva © BBC | Mark Allan
Alena Baeva is the soloist in a performance of Erich Korngold's Violin Concerto lacking a little kitsch. 
****1
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Gerstein's electricity impresses at the Hollywood Bowl

Thomas Søndergård, Kirill Gerstein and the LA Philharmonic © Elizabeth Asher, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Thomas Søndergård, great and not so great, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in their first Hollywood Bowl concert of the summer. 
***11
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Elim Chan commands powerful Prokofiev with Pittsburgh Symphony

Elim Chan © JMilteer Photography | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The debutante conductor made her mark in Prokofiev, with Jan Lisiecki joining in for Mozart.
****1
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StockholmProkofiev's Symphony no. 5 in B flat major

© Marco Borggreve
Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, Op.100
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Blendulf

StockholmSchumann's Piano Concerto

Stockholms Konserthusstiftelse
Schumann, Prokofiev
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst; Leif Ove Andsnes
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Bachtrack top ten: Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev © Public domain
“I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices.” Prokofiev was one of the most important Russian composers, writing in a variety of forms and happy to challenge conventions.