Although the composer recast some of the music as the Scythian Suite, the projected ballet never saw the light of day.

Scythian Suite, Op.

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op.

Any lingering memories of Beethoven's pastoral vistas were quickly dispersed by the evening's close, thanks to Prokofiev's "Scythian Suite."

The Scythian Suite, Op.

Sabaneyev famously embarrassed himself in 1915 by publishing a scathing review of the premiere of Sergei Prokofiev's Scythian Suite - a performance that had actually been canceled at the last minute.

Alexander Mossolov, by contrast, astonished audiences of the 1920's with machine-age sonorities derived from Prokofiev's "Scythian Suite."

Although he returned home triumphant, with a ballet commission from Diaghilev for what was to become the "Scythian Suite," he subsequently faced a series of setbacks.

He said his favorite composer was Sergei Prokofiev in his DVD recording of Prokofiev's Scythian Suite.

This ballet later became Prokofiev's Scythian Suite.