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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... — More…
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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,... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78, etc.
Linda Finnie (contralto)
Royal Scottish National Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible & Alexander Nevsky
RecommendedRiccardo Muti/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra, Irina Arkhipova/Anatoly Mokrenko/Boris Morgunov/Ambrosian Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Ambrosian Chorus (chorus), Anatoly Mokrenko (bass-baritone), Boris Morgunov (narrator), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano vocals), Boris Morgunov...
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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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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Special offer. Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible, etc.
RecommendedIrina Arkhipova, Anatoly Mokrenko, Boris Morgunov, Anna Reynolds, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & John Shirley-Quirk
Ambrosian Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, André Previn & Riccardo Muti
Coruscating orchestral bite in Muti's Ivan (with the fabulous Ambrosian Chorus) knocks Previn's rough and ready Nevsky into second league, though moments of diaphanous lyricism lift the heart... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky
Linda Finnie (contralto)
Scottish National Orchestra & Scottish National Chorus, Neeme Järvi
Järvi catches the icy bitterness of the Russian winter snows at the very opening and is pungently overwhelming in the “Battle of the Ice”… It’s difficult to envisage anyone quite matching Järvi’s... — More…