Piano Concerto no. 3 / Symphony no. 5

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Denis Matsuev & Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра & Valery Gergiev

Piano Concerto No. 3 and Symphony No. 5 are orchestral works by Sergei Prokofiev, composed in 1921 and 1944 respectively. The piano concerto displays virtuosic, rhythmically incisive piano writing and adventurous harmonic language, while the symphony uses expansive wartime-era orchestration and large-scale thematic development, together illustrating Prokofiev's progression from his earlier modernist tendencies to the broader symphonic voice he employed in the 1940s.

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  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto no. 3: I. Andante - Allegro
    9:04
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto no. 3: II. Tema con variazioni
    8:48
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto no. 3: III. Allegro, ma non troppo
    8:57
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 5: I. Andante
    12:55
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5: II. Allegro marcato
    8:32
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 5: III. Adagio
    13:06
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 5: IV. Allegro giocoso
    9:11

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