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
Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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...
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
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Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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...
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- 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
- Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 25-27 July & 20 September 1977, Kingsway Hall, London
- Anatoly Mokrenko (baritone), 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
- London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1 & 2 November 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
Prokofiev:
Alexander Nevsky Op. 78, No. 5: The Battle On the Ice
Work length13:51
This work is only available as an album download.
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1 & 2 November 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
- Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1 & 2 November 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
- Robert Tear (tenor), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- André Previn
- Recorded: 1989-01-01
- Recording Venue: 12 & 13 October 1975, Kingsway Hall, London
II. Lento
Track length10:40
This track is only available as an album download.
IV. Lento lugubre
Track length10:28
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Awards and reviews
Proms 2007
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 both here and in The Bells. Why is there no translation of the copious Russian narration?