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Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends a version of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony.
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends a version of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony in Building a Library.
Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No 5 in B-flat major in just a month in the summer of 1944 during World War II. He intended it as "a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit." The 1945 premiere was conducted by Prokofiev himself and the symphony has remained one of the composer's most popular works.
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