Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
a realisation of unrivalled clarity and balance, closely observed by the microphones. When Karabits spoke to the audience prior to a performance at the Lighthouse Poole, he made much of the...
Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
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a realisation of unrivalled clarity and balance, closely observed by the microphones. When Karabits spoke to the audience prior to a performance at the Lighthouse Poole, he made much of the...
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The first release in Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Prokofiev Symphony cycle – Symphonies Nos 3 & 7 set the bar very high, and their second instalment has been eagerly awaited.
Volume 2 charts Prokofiev’s development as a symphonist through the charming but undervalued 'Sinfonietta', a close cousin to the First Symphony known as the Classical, to the strident , modernistic Second, composed in Paris in 1924 . This work was to be ‘as hard as iron and steel’ the composer said. Closing this disc is the early symphonic poem 'Autumnal Sketch' Op.8 from 1910, revised in 1915 and again in 1934, sounding rather like a blend of Richard Strauss and Scriabin - a world away from Paris and the 2nd Symphony!
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Awards and reviews
January 2015
a realisation of unrivalled clarity and balance, closely observed by the microphones. When Karabits spoke to the audience prior to a performance at the Lighthouse Poole, he made much of the ear-lashing to come. This recording feels less confrontational.
February 2015
this disc is most enthusiastically recommended, the more so as the recording quality is so good that one is soon seduced by its quality as to be able to concentrate entirely on the outstanding performances.
26th January 2015
the dedicated Karabits never shirks the considerable demands of the score...It is hard to fault Karabits and the BSO in this rewarding A major score [the Sinfonietta]. Exuberantly performed Prokofiev’s joyous and capricious writing abounds in positive energy and never feels overdone or trivial … Karabits’ attempts are creditable and the listener will find in them much to engage.
10th November 2014
The performances here identify closely with style and idea, illuminating the scores with sensitivity and panache and, in the case of the First Symphony, refreshing a well-known work with ear-catching spark.
