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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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Contents

Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116 - concert oratorio (ed. Stassevich)

Work length52:37
$19.00
$24.70
  • 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

Track length0:51
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No.1. Overture and Chorus (Moderato - Allegro)

Track length3:21
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No.2. March of Young Ivan (Moderato)

Track length1:40
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No.3. Ocean - Sea (Andante)

Track length3:23
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No.4. I will be Tsar! (Moderato)

Track length0:43
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No.5. God is wondrous! (Allegro)

Track length1:17
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No.6. Long Life! (Allegro moderato)

Track length2:29
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No.7. Ocean - Sea (Andante)

Track length2:39
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No.8. Long Life! (Allegro moderato)

Track length1:07
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No.9. The Holy Fool (Allegro tempestoso)

Track length2:04
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No.10. The Swan (Allegro fastoso)

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No.11. Celebration Song (Andante)

Track length3:12
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No.12. The Swan (Allegro fastoso)

Track length1:39
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No.13. On the Bones of the Enemy (Andante mosso)

Track length1:16
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No.14. The Tartars (Allegro moderato)

Track length1:36
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No.15. The Gunners (Moderato energico)

Track length2:26
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No.16. The Storming of Kazan (Moderato pesante - Andante - Allegro)

Track length9:47
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No.17. Ivan's Appeal to the Boyars (Adagio - Andante sostenuto)

Track length8:06
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No.18. Yesfrosinia and Anastasia (Moderato)

Track length4:03
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Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: No.19. Song about the Beaver (Andante assai)

Work length3:09
$1.00
$1.30
  • 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 - concert oratorio (ed. Stassevich)

Work length21:55
$6.00
$7.80
  • 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)

Track length2:23
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No.21. Chorus of the Oprichniki (Andante risoluto)

Track length1:33
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No.22. The Oprichniki Oath of Loyalty (Moderato energico)

Track length5:08
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No.23: Feodor Basmanov's Song (Allegro moderato)

Track length5:27
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No.24. Dance of the Oprichniki (Allegro ben ritmato)

Track length2:00
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No.25. Finale (Moderato - Moderato fastoso)

Track length5:24
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Excerpt, Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78

Work length17:18
$4.00
$5.20
  • 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

Track length3:41
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Song About Alexander Nevsky

Track length3:21
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The Crusaders in Pskov

Track length7:42
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Arise, Ye Russian People

Track length2:34
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Op. 78, No. 5: The Battle On the Ice

Work length13:51
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  • London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
  • André Previn
  • Recorded: 1989-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 1 & 2 November 1971, Kingsway Hall, London

Excerpt, Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78

Work length11:16
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  • 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

Track length6:38
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Alexander's Entry into Pskov

Track length4:38
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Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35

Work length35:41
Album only
Album only
  • John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor)
  • 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

Track length6:38
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II. Lento

Track length10:40
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III. Presto

Track length7:55
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IV. Lento lugubre

Track length10:28
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Album only