Parisian Life
Donald Macleod looks at the response of the artistic community in Paris to performances of Prokofiev's works and his search, with the conductor Koussevitsky's help, for a 'hit'.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Violin Concerto no 1: 3rd Movement
Performers: Maxim Vengerov (Violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (Conductor)
- Teldec: 4509-92256-2.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Seven They are Seven
Performers: Yuri Elnikov (tenor), Choirs and Symphony Orchestra of USSR Radio, Rojdestvenski (conductor)
- Chant de Monde.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony no 2
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
- Philips 4757655.
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Sergey Prokofiev
La pas d'acoer
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Igor Markevitch (Conductor)
- EMI: 569742.
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- Wed 9 Jan 2013 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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