Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
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Composer: Sergey ProkofievConductor: Dmitri Vasiliev
Conductor: Sergei Eisenstein
Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov
Performer: Eugenia Gorochovskaya
Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1996-11-12
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Prelude
- The 13th Century
- Plescheyevo Lake (Song About Alexander Nevsky)
- Pskov In Flames
- 'Death To The Blasphemer!' (Pereginus expectavi)
- Arise, People Of Russia
- The Teutonic Camp (Pereginus expectavi)
- Nevsky's Camp: Night Before The Battle
- The Battle On The Ice: April 5, 1242 (Perigrinus expectavi)
- The Battle On The Ice: Fight For Russia!
- The Battle On The Ice: Spears And Arrows (Perigrinus expectavi)
- The Battle On The Ice: The Duel With The Grand Master
- The Battle On The Ice: The Battle Is Won
- The Battle On The Ice: The Ice Breaks
- The Field Of The Dead
- Pskov: ProcessionOf The Fallen And Judgement Of The Prisoners
- 'And Now Let's Celebrate!'
- Final Chorus
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Free Music Review: Prokofiev's great film score
Hit: 5 Stars
Sergei Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky" score is well worth hearing for the material left out of the cantata. Admittedly, the cantata contains all the important parts of the music and is more disciplined in form. It also contains a unique revision in the "Battle on the Ice" movement.
But if you can live without that revision (and you can), there's a more enjoyable quality to hearing the full score. For one thing, the pace is more relaxed. In the cantata, the battle music seems too crowded and crammed together. In the score it is stretched out. The cantata also lacks the very interesting percussion music that accompanies Nevsky as he fights the leader of the Tartars.
Some of the music is repeated, because that is how it worked out on film. On CD this may be somewhat unecessary, but it's not a big deal anyhow. But there's more to enjoy than to critisize. Especially for someone new to classical music, this CD will make a great impact.
Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Poster
The cantata that Prokofiev made of his score for Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky has long been recognized as an effective piece of programmatic music. In recent years there has been new interest in old films, and Nevsky--actually a very heavy-handed anti-German propaganda piece--is no exception. Unfortunately, the soundtrack was utterly dreadful, recorded with the worst of Soviet technology (which is saying something), and badly performed by a small ensemble. John Goberman, the executive producer of this disc, and orchestrator William D. Brohn reconstructed the score from the cantata and from the original soundtrack itself. The result is both impressive and instructive, although unlikely to replace the cantata in the hearts of most listeners. This disc is an enhanced CD, with CD-ROM aspects that are among the best produced in the classical music field to date. Chief among the enhancements is a clip of scenes from the movie that makes it look much better than it actually is. This disc is a winner in every respect. --Sarah Bryan MillerSoundtracks Music CDs
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