Sergei Prokofiev

Hollywood conductors let hair down 11/13/2009

A concerted effort for movie music 09/30/2009

A Russian composer whose modernity seems to be inherent in him rather than something artificial or over-intellectualized. His natural feeling for melody and rhythm -- by turns humorous (Peter and the Wolf), lyrical (Concerto for Piano & Orchestra no. 3), elegiac (Visions fugitives), aggressive (Scythian Suite), or all of the above (Lieutenant Kije Suite) -- is wedded to a desire for direct ...more