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BBC Proms Composer: Prokofiev with Emily MacGregor and Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker selects the best new classical releases and is joined by Emily MacGregor, who shares her 5 favourite recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer: Prokofiev.

Sarah Walker selects the best new classical releases and is joined by Emily MacGregor, who shares her 5 favourite recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer, Prokofiev.

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BBC Proms Composer: Prokofiev
Emily MacGregor selects 5 essential recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer, Sergei Prokofiev.

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Record of the Week
Sarah Walker's top pick of the week's new releases.

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Tendres Plaintes (Suite in D major)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: William Christie.
    • Le Violon de Rameau.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Enrico Onofri.
    • Beethoven & The Italians: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Don Giovanni K.527)

    Singer: Krisztian Cser. Singer: Andrè Schuen. Singer: Luca Pisaroni. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Mozart: Don Giovanni.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 14.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Prokofiev: Classical Symphony & Lieutenant Kijé & The Love for Three Oranges.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 (4. Troika)

    Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Classical Symphony & Lieutenant Kijé & The Love for Three Oranges.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Berlin Recital – Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights & Juliet's Variation (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, op.64.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 (2nd mvt, opening)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alceo Galliera.
    • Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216 - Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf and Jazz (excerpt)

    Narrator: David Tennant.
    • CHANT DU MONDE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230

    Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • J.S. Bach: The Motets.
    • ACCENTUS.
    • 21.

  • Olga Amelkina-Vera

    Ana-Lucía

    Performer: An Tran.
    • Ilumina.
    • PRIMA CLASSIC.
    • 4.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (4th & 5th mvts)

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Homage to Heifetz.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4 & 5.

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