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.
    Alexander Nevsky op. 78: Song about Alexander Nevsky
    3:31
  3. 3.
    Alexander Nevsky op. 78: The Crusaders in Pskov
    6:40
  4. 4.
    Alexander Nevsky op. 78: Arise, ye Russian people
    2:20
  5. 5.
    Alexander Nevsky op. 78: The Battle on the Ice
    12:03
  6. 6.
    Alexander Nevsky op. 78: The Field of the Dead
    6:01
  7. 7.
    Alexander Nevsky op. 78: Alexander’s Entry into Pskov
    4:54
  8. 8.
    Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: I. Kijé’s Birth
    4:12
  9. 9.
    Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: II. Romance
    4:10
  10. 10.
    Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: III. Kijé’s Wedding
    2:37
  11. 11.
    Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: IV. Troika
    2:44
  12. 12.
    Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: V. Kijé’s Burial
    5:53

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