Alexander Nevsky / Lieutenant Kijé

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Elena Obraztsova & London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

Alexander Nevsky / Lieutenant Kijé is a compilation album of orchestral works by Sergei Prokofiev, drawing on music he composed for films in 1938 and 1934. The arrangements present a blend of sweeping choral passages, vivid orchestration and acerbic, rhythmic motifs that illustrate Prokofiev's development as a film composer, bridging his earlier modernist techniques with more direct melodic and dramatic writing in the Soviet-era context.
First released: 1986

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Alexander Nevsky op. 78: Russia under the Mongol Yoke
    3:05
  2. 2.
    Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: III. Kijé’s Wedding
    2:37