Becoming familiar with the other operas in recent years has been a revelation, especially ''Betrothal in a Monastery,'' which Mr. He has convinced me.įor some time the epic masterpiece ''War and Peace'' and the fanciful ''Love for Three Oranges'' were the only Prokofiev operas known at all in America. ![]() Petersburg, constitute a body of 20th-century operas as important as Britten's. That two Prokofiev operas top my current choices is thanks to the conductor Valery Gergiev, who has been engaged in a campaign to convince the West that Prokofiev's seven full-length operas, staples at Mr. JUST five years ago, my list of favorite Prokofiev recordings would have emphasized the concertos and piano sonatas. Sviatoslav Richter, pianist (RCA Victor Red Seal 09026-63844-2, two CD's with works by Haydn, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy and Rachmaninoff). Martha Argerich, pianist Montreal Symphony, conducted by Charles Dutoit (EMI Classics 5 56654 2 with Bartok's Piano Concerto No.
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