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

Sergei Prokofiev (Composer), Alexander Scriabin (Composer), Anatoly Lyadov Liadov (Composer), Evgeni Mravinsky (Conductor), Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Orchestra: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Evgeni Mravinsky
• Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Scriabin, Anatoly Lyadov Liadov
• Audio CD (October 25, 1994)
• SPARS Code: A-D
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Russian Disc
• ASIN: B000001LMW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #388,735 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mravinsky Live! Informational, September 30, 2002

By A Customer

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"

5.0 out of 5 stars An apocalyptic reading of Ecstasy!!!, August 31, 2009

By	Scriabinmahler (Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews

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.