Film & TV Music, Prokofiev (composer)
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There's a sense of rock-solid communication between soloist and conductor - and, as a result, with the orchestra, here the Philharmonia. The orchestral colours are fresh, the ensemble tight.... —
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Alisa Kolosova (mezzo-soprano)
Utah Symphony Chorus, University of Utah A Cappella Choir, University of Utah Chamber Choir & Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer
Nevsky is given a sober reading here...From its plaintive opening trumpet call, the playing of the Utah Symphony is much more sprightly in a fine account of the Lieutenant Kijé Suite. Fischer... —
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Special offer. Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Rachmaninov & Prokofiev
Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Elena Prokina (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov
[Svetlanov's] right on top of his game in this performance and so too are the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.The music leaps out of the loudspeakers right from the start...This is a tremendous,... —
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
RecommendedRosalind Elias, Leonid Kogan
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Pierre Monteux
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky & Scythian Suite
Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Kirov Orchestra & Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky & Lieutenant Kije Suite
Claudine Carlson (mezzo-soprano), Arnold Voketaitis (bass), St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf & Lieutenant Kije Suite
Boris Karloff (narrator)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Mario Rossi
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Yelena Obraztsova (mezzo soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Abbado's performance of Alexander Nevsky culminates in a deeply moving account of the tragic lament after the battle (here very beautifully sung by Obraztsova)...The chorus is as incisive as... —