Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado: Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite / Scythian Suite LP [abr_comp] von Reuter Allegro giusto non troppo vivo

Allegro giusto non troppo vivo – Allegretto poco scherzando – Allegro (Tempo I)

545 "Sonata Facile": 3

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STELVIO CIPRIANI – Azionecommando

CD 4 – Reger: Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado: Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite / Scythian Suite LP [abr_comp] von Reuter Allegro giusto non troppo vivoSergei Prokofiev completed his Scythian Suite op. 20 in 1914, when he was about to turn his back on his homeland. The Symphonic Suite op. 60 was composed almost two decades later, after Prokofiev had returned to Russia in 1933. The biographical turning points at which the two suites stand also represent ideological turning points in Prokofiev's conception of art. While the earlier work is characterised by a tendency towards chromatic melody, the later