Marin Alsop was the first conductor ever to receive the prestigious MacArthur Fellow award in 2005.
Recording & Production
This album is the first volume in a complete cycle of Prokofiev Symphonies featuring the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) and conductor Marin Alsop.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Prokofiev described his Fifth Symphony as 'a symphony of the grandeur of the human spirit'.
Performer Biography
Marin Alsop, the conductor, made history as the first woman to head a major American orchestra when she was appointed music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2007.
Composer Biography
Prokofiev gained exemption from military service during the war by enrolling as an organ student.
Composer Biography
Sergey Prokofiev, the composer, was an only child whose musical talents were nurtured by his mother, a cultured amateur pianist.
Composer Biography
Prokofiev died in 1953 on the same day as Joseph Stalin, and thus did not benefit from the subsequent relaxation in official policy towards the arts.
