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Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Elgar Cello Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Sol Gabetta cello



Darkness and light, optimism and despair, anger and contentedness – each seems so close to the other in three masterworks that aren’t always as they seem. The glistening brilliance of Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony was actually created under political circumstances far more attuned to the angry and often bitter elegies that haunt Elgar’s still beautiful Cello Concerto. Few of Sibelius’s symphonies are as consistently thick and embracing as his Second, but even in the huge hymn-like yearning the composer conjures at the music’s apex, he appears to be striving for something he knows is unattainable.

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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, "Classical" - I. Allegro
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, "Classical" - II. Larghetto
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 - I. Adagio - Moderato
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 - IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 - III. Vivacissimo
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 - IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

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