Sinfonietta (Prokofiev) The piece is in 5 movements, lasting around 25 minutes. The music is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets and strings. Sinfonietta (Prokofiev) The Sinfonietta in A major is a composition for orchestra by Sergei Prokofiev. Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5, in 1909 and dedicated it to Nikolai Tcherepnin, his conducting professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Prokofiev subsequently modified it twice, once in 1914 and finally in 1929, publishing the final revision as Op. 5/48. The premiere of the final revision was under Konstantin Saradzhev on
Peter and the Wolf his hurry had swallowed her alive." Prokofiev produced detailed performance notes in both English and Russian for "Peter and the Wolf". According to the English version: "Peter and the Wolf" is scored for the following orchestra: Each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme: A performance lasts about 25 minutes. According to an article by Jeremy Nicholas for the classical music magazine "Gramophone" in 2015, the best overall recording of "Peter and the Wolf" is by the New Philharmonia Orchestra, narrated by Richard Baker and conducted by Raymond Leppard in 1971. "Gramophone"s best DVD version