Two takes on the classical symphony, courtesy of Mozart and Prokofiev.
Two classic symphonies and a hot-off-the-press concerto with its dedicatees as performers - this is what live music is all about.
American composer Steven Mackey wrote his piano concerto Stumble to Grace especially for pianist Orli Shaham and her husband David Robertson. Be among the first to hear this music from a composer who's in touch with fundamental musical instincts: the urge to sing and to dance and the search for transcendence.
Framing the excitement of solo virtuosity are two "classical" symphonies: Mozart's ambitious and crowd-pleasing Paris Symphony and Prokofiev's roller coaster of a tribute to Haydn.
MOZART Symphony No.31 (Paris)
MACKEY Stumble to Grace - Piano Concerto
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
David Robertson conductor
Orli Shaham piano
AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 - MOZART Symphony No.31 in D, K297 (Paris): 1st movement
Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Karl Böhm
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ELOQUENCE 463 2302
Track 2 - MACKEY [sample work] Eating Greens, for orchestra: excerpt
New World Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Track 3 - PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony: II Larghetto
Track 4 - PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony: IV Molto vivace
Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
DECCA 470 5282
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner Universal Music
and by composer Steve Mackey