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This Multi-channel SACD features outstanding recording quality of Prokofiev music originally composed as scores for Russian cinema. Prokofiev's orchestral works are performed by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Leonard Slatkin.Originally composed as scores for Russian cinema, Alexander Nevsky and Lieutenant Kije are among Prokofiev's most popular and enduring orchestral and choral works. Featuring outstanding recording quality via the legendary production and engineering team of Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickerenz and Mobile Fidelity's proprietary GAIN 2 mastering technology, this Ultradisc UHR Surround SACD release presents some of the most bombastic, eerie and titillating symphonic music ever produced and valuable insight into 20th Century Russian classical music.
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
Musicians:
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Arnold Voketaitis, bass
Selections:
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Alexander Nevsky
Cantata, Op. 78
1. Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
2. Song About Alexander Nevsky
3. The Crusaders in Pskov
4. Arise, Ye Russian People
5. The Battle On The Ice
6. The Field Of The Dead
7. Alexander's Entry Into Pskov
Lieutenant Kije
Symphonic Suite, Op. 60
8. The Birth Of Kije
9. Romance
10. Kije's Wedding
11. Troika
12. The Burial Of Kije