Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible, etc.
Irina 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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Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116
- Boris Morgunov (narrator), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)
- Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 25-27 July & 20 September 1977, Kingsway Hall, London
Prologue
No.1. Overture and Chorus (Moderato - Allegro)
No.2. March of Young Ivan (Moderato)
Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: No.19. Song about the Beaver (Andante assai)
- Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 25-27 July & 20 September 1977, Kingsway Hall, London
Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116
- Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Anatoly Mokrenko (baritone), Boris Morgunov (narrator)
- Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 25-27 July & 20 September 1977, Kingsway Hall, London
No.20. Ivan at Anastasia's Bier (Andante)
No.21. Chorus of the Oprichniki (Andante risoluto)
No.22. The Oprichniki Oath of Loyalty (Moderato energico)
No.23: Feodor Basmanov's Song (Allegro moderato)
No.24. Dance of the Oprichniki (Allegro ben ritmato)
No.25. Finale (Moderato - Moderato fastoso)
Excerpt,
- London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1 & 2 November 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
Song About Alexander Nevsky
The Crusaders in Pskov
Arise, Ye Russian People
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Op. 78, No. 5: The Battle On the Ice
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1 & 2 November 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
Excerpt,
- Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano)
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1 & 2 November 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
The Field of the Dead
Alexander's Entry into Pskov
Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35
- John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Robert Tear (tenor), Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 12 & 13 October 1975, Kingsway Hall, London
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Lento
III. Presto
IV. Lento lugubre