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19, 2010. Nevsky and his forces are victorious and return in triumph to Pskov. Get the latest new-releases in your inbox along with personal producer's notes, insights, and new offers. Then, in 1938, Prokofiev collaborated with film director Eisenstein to create the score for the film Alexander Nevsky. So while one might argue that Reiner or Abbado's recordings of the Cantata are as fine or finer than Temirkanov, after hearing the Temirkanov, their recordings will always seem to be missing the rest of the music. Prokofiev composed some of his most brilliant and dramatic music. In 1938 Prokofiev received a commission to work with the celebrated director Sergei Eisenstein on the music for the film ‘Alexander Nevsky’. Their legato singing in the ‘Song of Alexander Nevsky’ is quite lovely as is their discipline and precision, but occasionally, in the cantata’s more dramatic sections, I would have welcomed a tad more trenchant fervour, though in general there is no lack of vocal firepower. In 1938, Prokofiev collaborated with film director Eisenstein on Alexander Nevsky. Prince Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod inspires the people of the Pskov region to take up arms against the invaders. April 5, 1242 (Peregrinus expectavi), The Battle on the Ice. Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review. Then, in 1938, Prokofiev collaborated with film director Eisenstein to create the score for the film Alexander Nevsky. Notss sl RCA Red Seal CD 09026-61926-2, 1995. They do this in what is the longest and most complex sequence in the film, the famous ‘Battle on the Ice’ that takes place on a frozen Lake Preipus. Multichannel Sonics: 5 out of 5 Stars, Graham Williams - Source. For anyone who loves twentieth century Russian music or film scores, this is a necessary recording. Soundmirror chose 5 DPA 4006 microphones as the main microphone array. He later adapted much of his score into the large-scale cantata for mezzo-soprano, orchestra and chorus featured on this recording. Over more than ten seasons as Musical Director of the Utah Symphony Thierry Fischer has moulded the orchestra into a wonderfully responsive and virtuoso body of musicians as the playing here clearly demonstrates. Prokofiev soon adapted it into the five-movement Lieutenant Kijé Suite, first performed in December 1934, and which quickly became a favorite in the international concert repertoire. First, the sound is unbelievably clear and vivid and immediate: there are moments when you'll swear the tympani are in the room with you. The music of Lieutenant Kijé was originally written as the score to the film of the same name, released in March 1934. Third, the playing is extremely powerful and polished and dedicated: even after they changed their name from the Leningrad Philharmonic, the St. Petersburg is still the finest orchestra in Russia. Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, William Boggs. Maurice Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 18 and 19, 2016. Fischer, unlike Litton on BIS, opts for the usual five-movement concert suite rather than the alternative version in which the Romance and Troika movements are sung by a baritone.
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This recording was made and post produced in DSD 64fs on a Pyramix workstation to give you, the listener, the highest quality possible. Sign up now to get started! Reference Recordings is proud to present the Utah Symphony conducted by Thierry Fischer, in grand new performances of Alexander Nevsky and the Lieutenant Kijé Suite, two of Prokofiev’s most brilliant and dramatic musical works. Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky cantata is surely one of the great choral works of the 20th century, and his Lt. Kijé suite is one of his best known orchestral pieces. Saint Alexander Nevsky, ; canonized in Russian Church 1547; feast days November 23, August 30), prince of Novgorod (1236–52) and of Kiev (1246–52) and grand prince of Vladimir (1252–63), who halted the eastward drive of the Germans and Swedes but collaborated with the Mongols in imposing their rule
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The excellent liner notes include – a splendidly informative seven page essay on both works by Paul Griffiths, an English translation from the Russian of the vocal sections of Alexander Nevsky, as well as a listing of the members of the Utah Symphony and all the other performers involved.
The film tells the story of the invasion of Russia in the 13th century by crusading Teutonic knights whose cruelty is graphically depicted.
This fleet and beautifully characterised account of the score, superbly delivered by his Utah musicians is, for this listener, something of a revelation, while the state-of-the-art sound vividly captures every facet of Prokofiev’s distinctive orchestration from high piccolo to floor shaking bass drum. He later adapted much of his score into a large-scale cantata for mezzo-soprano, orchestra and chorus, which was extensively performed and recorded. Exclusively Available in Stereo and Multichannel DSD 128, DSD 256, and Stereo 512 at NativeDSD Music! Spears and Arrows (Peregrinus expectavi), The Battle on the Ice. Performance: 4.5 out of 5 Stars
It was Prokofiev’s first film music and his first commission. In 1938, Prokofiev collaborated with film director Eisenstein on Alexander Nevsky. The Duel with the Grand Master, Pskov: Procession of the Fallen and Judgement of the Prisoners. Prokofiev soon adapted it into the five-movement Lieutenant Kijé Suite, first performed in December 1934, and which quickly became a favorite in the international concert repertoire. And the exemplary integration by the recording engineers of Kolosova’s voice with Fischer’s flowing accompaniment is most welcome, especially when all too often the soloist is unrealistically positioned too close to the microphone. Kravetz, Nelly. Plescheyevo Lake (Song about Alexander Nevsky), Death to the Blasphemer! Although there are superb recordings of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky Cantata out in the world, none of them can beat this 1993 recording by Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.First, the sound is unbelievably clear and vivid and immediate: there are moments when you'll swear the tympani are in the room with you.
The multi-channel 5.0 recording, made and post produced in DSD 64fs, offers a degree of aural realism not to be found in any rival medium, but is shown to particular advantage in large-scale orchestral and choral pieces such as these.
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