BaL 16.04.11 - Prokofiev: Symphony no. 6

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Jonathan Swain recommends a recording of this 'elegy of the tragedies of World War II.'

Some available versions:

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ansermet
Boston Symphony Orchestra - Leinsdorf
National Orchestra of the ORFT - Martinon
Scottish National Orchestra - Jarvi
Cleveland Orchestra - Ashkenazy
French National Orchestra - Rostropovich
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra - Kuchar
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra - Rozhdestvensky
LSO - Weller
LSO -Gergiev
BPO - Ozawa
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln -Kitajenko
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra -Paavo Berglund
Moscow Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Rozhdestvensky

Other versions which may be obtainable:

Leningrad PO - Mravinsky (several versions)
National Symphony Orchestra - Slatkin
Czech PO - Kosler
NKH SO - Dutoit
Philadelphia - Ormandy
USSR Ministry of Culture State SO - Rozhdestvensky


With a more manageable number of recordings available, this promises to be a meaningful version of of Building a Library.