Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Mariss Jansons - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (2016) [Hi-Res]

In this recording of Sergei Prokofiev's masterful Fifth Symphony, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra find themselves on familiar ground. Already in 1948 (four years after the world premiere) Eduard van Beinum introduced it to the orchestra. A long line of famous conductors followed, including André Previn, George Szell, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Valery Gergiev. The fact that this music is part of Mariss Jansons' musical DNA, may explain the feeling of authenticity in this recording.

'This Jansons version is one of the finest I ve encountered. His is a version that demonstrates the symphony s stature. It s a great shame that the playing time is so meagre but, for once, that s a secondary issue: the quality of the performance, interpretation and recorded sound trump the issue of the playing time.' --John Quinn MusicWeb International, May 2016