Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 5
- Type CD
- Label Signum Classics
- UPC 0635212066928
- Catalog number SIGCD 669
- Release date 12 March 2021
About the album
Following an acclaimed debut recording of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake with the Philharmonia in 2020, Santtu-Matias Rouvali returns with a recording of Sergei Prokofiev’s iconic Symphony No. 5.
Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 was first performed in 1944, 14 years after his previous symphony. Prokofiev described his Fifth Symphony as a “hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit,” explaining that, “I cannot say that I deliberately chose this theme. It was born in me and clamoured for expression. The music matured within me. It filled my soul.”
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11Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 I. Andante
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12Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 II. Scherzo: Allegro marcato
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13Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 III. Adagio
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14Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 IV. Allegro giocoso
09:44