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In Reply to: RE: Oh wait! Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony was completed in 1952! posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 08, 2017 at 16:37:37
to see if I can use Audacity to peel the tacked-on ending off Andrew Litton's otherwise superb outing with the Bergen Philharmonic. (I like the Rozhdestvensky Melodiya, too.)
Jim
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I shouldn't admit this, but I actually prefer it (even though Prokofiev himself didn't!). ;-)
I think it destroys the spirit and flow of the movement and the overall arc of the symphony. But that's just me. :-)
Jim
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You're right that the "happy" ending doesn't fit as well with the mood of the symphony's opening (i.e., in the first movement), so in that sense, an overall arc is made very clear (going back to the slower, haunting opening). But, OTOH, it does fit better with the main idea of the last movement. Actually, I like both endings - but maybe the happy ending just a bit more. And besides, Prokofiev HAD to write that happy ending because he needed the money from the Stalin Prize! ;-)
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