Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores Prokofiev's music for stage and screen, focusing on a theatrical rarity, his last work with Diaghilev, his first foray into film and his most famous ballet.
In Wednesday's programme, a theatrical rarity, Egyptian Nights; Prokofiev's last and hugely successful collaboration with Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes, The Prodigal Son; its commercially unsuccessful follow-up, On the Dnieper; his first, speculative venture onto celluloid, the now fabulously well-known and aforementioned Lt Kijé; and one of his most enduring successes in any genre, the ballet Romeo and Juliet.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Egyptian Nights
Performer: Valeri Polyansky Performer: Russian State Symphonic Orchestra
- Chandos 10056.
- 16.
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Sergey Prokofiev
L'enfant prodigue
Performer: Michail Jurowski Performer: WDR Sinfonieorchestrer Köln
- CPO 999 974-2.
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Sergey Prokofiev
On the Dnieper
Performer: Valeri Polyansky Performer: Russian State Symphonic Orchestra
- Chandos 10044.
- 6.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kijé
Performer: Claudio Abbado Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Adolph Herseth
- Deutsche Gramophon 419 603-2.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Decca 436 078-2.
Broadcasts
- Wed 17 Mar 201012:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 17 Mar 201022:00BBC Radio 3
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