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Post Subject: The hard-boiled Prokofiev - a very strong Wow!Posted by Romy the Cat on: 1/4/2010
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I had today so much fan that I did not expected. The Gergiev’s Prokofiev with London Symphony turned out to be a truly devilish ride - a phenomenal performance. Mind you that not everything perfect and Gergiev play his own anti-romantic, hard-code, anal-technical, non-spiritual Prokofiev, but the level of presentation of this version ny LSO is just stunning. It is not the best Prokofiev but it is a spectacular firework of very smartly-organized sounds on the Prokofiev’s thymes. The London Symphony truly had outdone themselves very different sound from the cold crap that they use to have before. Here and there they were screwed by recording techniques, here and there they play overly predictable and reminded the Avatar plot but all-together it was an astoundingly interesting ride. It is not a definitive Prokofiev but it is one of the greatest takes on the Prokofiev I ever heard. That was probably one of the 3 top albums I have bought in 2009. The very best $30 I even spent for 4CDs and 7 symphonies.
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