Symphony no. 5 / Scythian Suite

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle

Symphony No. 5 / Scythian Suite is a compilation album of works by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, presenting his Symphony No. 5 (composed in 1944) alongside the earlier Scythian Suite (composed in 1916). The pairing highlights contrasting orchestral approaches — the Fifth Symphony's expansive, broadly lyrical and often grandiose symphonic language from his mid‑career period, and the Scythian Suite's raw, rhythmically driven and colouristic orchestral writing from his early experimental phase, offering a concise view of Prokofiev's development from adventurous early modernism to a more monumental symphonic voice.

First released: 1993

Symphony Classical Orchestral

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1.
Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 100: I. Andante
13:06
2.
Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 100: II. Allegro marcato
8:32
3.
Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 100: III. Adagio
12:25
4.
Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 100: IV. Allegro giocoso
9:46
5.
Scythian Suite, op. 20: I. The Adoration of Veles and Ala (Allegro feroce)
6:22
6.
Scythian Suite, op. 20: II. The Alien God and the Dance of the Evil Spirits (Allegro sostenuto)
2:57
7.
Scythian Suite, op. 20: III. Night (Andantino)
5:44
8.
Scythian Suite, op. 20: IV. Lolli's March and the Cortege of the Sun (Tempestoso)
5:12