Customer Reviews

The Mravinsky Collection - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 / Scriabin: Symphony No. 4 in C major ("Poem of Ecstasy"), Op. 54 / Liadov Lyadov

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

here are the tracks on this CD, since Amazon has deleted the information:
1 Sergey Prokofiev Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111
2 Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin Symphony No. 4 in C major ("Poem of Ecstasy"), Op. 54
3 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov Baba-Yaga for orchestra, Op 56

Leningrad Philharmnic Orchestra conducted by Evgeni Mravinsky

Recorded in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory April 21, 1959 AAD mastering Total Timings 62'57"

This disc includes Mravinsky's 1958 monoral recording of Poem of Ecstasy, the incredibly powerful and incandescent account which surpasses even Svetlanov's BBC Legend recording. Very good monoral recording, but only downside is that recording engineers made unforgivable mistake to adjust recording level too high from the start, then suddenly turning the level down to contain the massive climax. So the climax is really anti-climax as far as the recording quality is concerned. Only way to solve this problem is to record this on your MD or re-writable CD while adjusting recording level very low from the start and put it at highest level towards the climax. Then, Mravinsky's intention, to create the truly apocalyptic ending to this extraordinary work, is fully realized.