Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Kenneth Woods

[alfon87]

@dicthash Go read and learn for yourself before calling me "brainwashed". I love the Soviet time, but it's known that Prokofiev was banned by the Party because of "bourgeois" music.

[linmessenger]

Considering that the guy in the bearded mustachio loves to eat banana's, I say that Prokofiev like them too!!!

[MrCC379]

One problem, there's hardly ever a shot of the conductor. What's up with that?

[milesbachman]

@MrCC379 OSEM's music director, Enrique Batiz,, is infamous for not letting the tv crew show guest conductors on the orchestra's broadcasts.....

[baiba4]

This symphony sounds like a heartbeat. Steady.  I love seeing this as a live performance.

[dieudonneMC]

Flute girl is hot!

[joematters]

This Prokofiev discovery is what makes life worth living. OMG!  I totally love it. It touches the deepest and darkest areas of my soul that no one else can reach. I'm devoured.

[babyycat]

I love all of Prokofiev works but i really love this one...A+

[somebodyrocks2345]

beautiful and moving. click thumbs up if you agree :)! Thankx guys for all your support parce que le fromage dans l'avion. Quand tu prend le petite dejeuner pour la masion. Une arbre?

[stevanb1001]

very nice

- shall be getting ideas for my A level compositition!

[darkmaides]

u found a good place for inspiration

[tomestubbs]

Prokofievs symphony no 5 will indeed be an example of what absolute greatness really is. This piece affirms to me the heart, mind and soul of humanity's potential!

[koshechan]

Моя любимая симфония

[ianduckworth]

THE great war symphony and that includes Vaughan William's 6th and Shostakovitch's 8th.

[suphysis]

hola

[VonRichter]

This fabulous piece always leaves me stumbling around in a haze after hearing it... you can just feel Prokofiev bringing the power on every page.

[VonRichter]

Man this piece is such a killer. The closing pages of this movement reduce me to tears every time... man what a buildup. Don't get me started on the third movement... the third movement of this symphony is the only music I've ever heard that actually scares and disturbs me. Powerful stuff.

[ajknee]

Agreed. The third movement is unbelievably powerful. I'm left feeling numb at the end every time.

[acerb45666555]

5*****

[Scroobily]

Far out.

[nworepent]

@4:00

epic

[SilentStep]

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful piece!

[301250]

Thanks for the post, but is it possible to hear the other movements of this wonderful misic? sd goh (malaysia)

[rockisgood1861]

Nothing will ever beat the 6th...it's the most unbelievable piece ever written.

[marcparella]

Ken's a very fine conductor. The performance is well-balanced and exciting. If you like the Prokofiev Fifth, you'll the Fourth.

[ArturoAlejandroS]

I like this, but I can't stand Prokofiev's third symphony.

[marcparella]

Interesting, I couldn't live without the Prokofiev Third Symphony. I regard it as one of the most underrated symphony works in the repertoire.

[ArturoAlejandroS]

Well, I will try again, the first time I heard I thought this is noise, like when I heard for first time Tchaikovsky 4º symphony first movement.

I will try to hear again.

[romino707]

Practically an anthem to Soviet Dignity and Pride.

[ssprokofiev]

The work has no program and relates to nothing concrete. Your statement has about the same validity as the claim that the Beethoven 5th is an anthem to Prussian (that's PRUSSIAN, not Russian) pride and dignity.

[thebackwash]

Well, this WAS commissioned by the Soviets in part as a propaganda film against the German threat, was it not?

[ssprokofiev]

Even if it had been commissioned by the Soviets, do you seriously think that fighting against the Nazi threat makes this work an anthem to Soviet Dignity? Again, there is no program to the work, no theme of Soviet or Russian origin to connect to anything.

[thebackwash]

Ah. I see what you meant, and though there were no *specific* Soviet themes in the work, it was intended to rally the audience to support the Russian, and at that time, Soviet cause.

I agree with you that it's inappropriate to call it an "anthem to soviet dignity and pride."

[VonRichter]

Considering this chilling and disturbing masterpiece a mere political anthem would be a mistake. We can only guess what Prokofiev was doing here... this piece is loaded with unsettling subtext. This being music, a person can of course just take it as pure abstract genius, but in addition to that, I personally sense tangible, overwhelming fear in many pages of this piece. Others might disagree.

[alfon87]

I concur with you. This symphony brings, as it was stated, the glory of the Third Reich being defeated by the Red Army (there's no movement like the 4th), but of course brings the fear of the war and, as Shostakovich did in his 7th, the dictatorship's fear, in this case Stalin.

[dicthash]

@alfon87

absolute bullshit as for "dictatorship's fear". You are brainwashed

[margbra]

get this on cd and blow your head off. really wild general

[AzulEsperanza]

Yes, or better yet, hear it live whenever you get the chance. When I did, I fell in love with Prokofiev's music. Such wonderful music.