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Amazon.com Prokofiev's Symphony 7 has much in common with his Classical Symphony (Symphony 1). It has the same neoclassical structure, the same simplicity of ideas. But it transcends the giddiness of the first symphony by its sobriety, and its use of dance rhythms reminiscent of his Cinderella ballet. It's more stately, more mature than the First. His Sinfonietta was written in 1909 then revised in 1939, and in it you can almost hear intimations of his Classical Symphony. However, it is much more transparent and flippant, which isn't at all bad. But these two works taken together make an interesting pair of bookends. --Paul Cook