Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution / The Stone Flower (excerpts)

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus & Neeme Järvi & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution is a dramatic cantata composed by Sergei Prokofiev between 1936 and 1937. The work combines a full orchestra with Russian choral writing, folk instruments, and sound effects like marching, gunfire, and sirens to depict the Bolshevik Revolution and the early Soviet Union.

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  1. 1.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: I. Prelude
    2:39
  2. 2.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: II. The Philosophers
    2:29
  3. 3.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: III. Interlude
    1:29
  4. 4.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: IV. "A tight little band"
    2:31
  5. 5.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: V. Interlude
    1:18
  6. 6.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: VI. Revolution
    10:33
  7. 7.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: VII. Victory
    6:08
  8. 8.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: VIII. The Oath
    7:49
  9. 9.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: IX. Symphony
    5:59
  10. 10.
    Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74: X. The Constitution
    5:33
  11. 11.
    The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118: Act III, no. 29. Ural Rhapsody
    9:02
  12. 12.
    The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118: Act IV, no. 39. Katerina sits by the fire
    2:02
  13. 13.
    The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118: Act IV, no. 40. Scene and Dance of Katerina
    2:21
  14. 14.
    The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118: Act III, no. 31. Russian Dance
    4:11
  15. 15.
    The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118: Act III, no. 32. Gypsy Dance
    2:56
  16. 16.
    The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118: Act III, no. 33. Severyan’s Dance
    1:31
  17. 17.
    The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118: Act III, no. 34. Solo of the Gypsy Girl and Coda
    3:42

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