Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Great Regulars: Still, I admire Prokofiev

as a musical dramatist, and if I am told the work is flawed--well, some things just are flawed.

A part of its purpose was to bring the spoken language closer to musical performance, so that it is a drama of dialogue without set pieces.

from James Fenton: The Guardian: Russian roulette

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