Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60

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... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

For an immediate handle on Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra's Prokofiev series, then try Lieutenant Kijé from the first distant fanfare the sense of magical fantasy and colourful... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 More…

Prokofiev's most profound slow movement has the proper Wagnerian breadth...Litton's work on detail here is unstinting, and it pays off in the whirling dissolve as Lieutenant Kijé, the soldier... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Both Prokofiev works were recorded in 1951, but Westminster was considered an audiophile label in its day and despite the absence of stereo, these sound remarkably good, clearly defined and... — Classics Today More…

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... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…