Prokofiev / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin - Cinderella Suite

Title: Prokofiev / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin - Cinderella Suite
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1986, Classical, 20th Century Ballet/Orchestral Suite, St. Louis, Missouri / Russia 6/26
Matrix #: ARC1-5321
Condition: Sealed LM | Members: Sergei P (91' - 53'), Leonard S (44' - )
Cultural Facts:

1. Studio Lore Slatkin’s Saint Louis Symphony years helped raise the orchestra’s national profile, especially through clean, modern recordings of 20th-century orchestral music.
2. Personal Struggle Prokofiev returned to the Soviet Union after years abroad and had to navigate Stalin-era cultural pressure, censorship, and shifting political expectations around “acceptable” music.
3. Scene Ecology Cinderella shows Prokofiev turning fairy-tale ballet into something sharp, witty, and emotionally modern, balancing courtly elegance with the darker edge of mid-century Russian composition.

6/6/26 LM