- Audio CD (Aug 15 2006)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Philips
- ASIN: B000FG5PJ0
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #131,162 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. 1. Overture | |||
| 2. 2. March Of The Young Ivan | |||
| 3. 3. The Broad Expanse Of The Sea | |||
| 4. 4. I Shall Be Tsar! | |||
| 5. 5. The Uspensky Cathedral | |||
| 6. 6. Many Years! | |||
| 7. 7. The Simpleton | |||
| 8. 8. The Swan | |||
| 9. 8a. Glorification | |||
| 10. 9. On The Bones Of Our Enemies | |||
| 11. 10. The Tartars | |||
| 12. 11. The Cannon-founders | |||
| 13. 12. Forward To Kazan! | |||
| 14. 12a. At The Polish Court | |||
| 15. 13. Ivan Entreats The Boyars/13a. The Tartar Steppes | |||
| 16. 14. Yefrosiniya And Anastasiya | |||
| 17. 15. Song About The Beaver (Yefrosiniya's Lullaby) | |||
| 18. 16. Ivan At The Grave Of Anastasiya | |||
| 19. 17. Chorus Of The Oprichniks | |||
| 20. 17a. Oath Of The Oprichniks | |||
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A sonic blockbuster from a great Prokofiev conductor, Jan 30 2007
By Santa Fe Listener - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Ivan The Terrible (Audio CD)
Prokofiev wrote a lot of garish, at times nearly berserk music for Eisenstein's epic, unfinished trilogy, Ivan the Terrible. The project, begun in 1942, dragged on for years, and the composer lost both inspiration and his health, dying before his music could be shaped into concert form like the wildly successful cantata derived from Alexander Nevsky. The music for Ivan is boisterous, at times steely, lacking in the tragic element, but full of folk choruses and even a few moments of quiet mystical serenity in the midst of a lot of bombast.To really bring it off you need Russians, and those Russians should be going hell-for-leather. Under Gergiev they do as never before. Despite the Dutch orchestra (which sounds Russian enough to fool the rest of us), the Kirov chorus brings the right Slavic energy, as do the two soloists and of course Gergiev himself. There are moments when you think he's the greatest conductor in the world, especially when sheer dramatic momentum is called for. This CD rises to the top of the list. For those who care about performance editions, this is the long oratorio arranged by Abram Stasevich, minus the (extensive) spoken narration.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome account of Prokofiev, May 1 2007
By Abel "AMY" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ivan The Terrible (Audio CD)
The labelling said that this is an oratorio work. Certainly it is dramatic even without any staging. The performance is full of drama, majesty, awe and passion, all in one go.May be Russian music requires some one with the essential 'Soviet' background knowledge and upbringing to 'reactivate' the spirit and soul behind all the massive sounds.
Certainly Gergiev is the man best-suited to this job. His reading of the work is believably authentic, and deeply moving. At many places he simply makes the listener's hairs stand on their ends.
Even if you do not normally enjoy Russian music, this is a recording that you will raise your eyebrows, suggesting clearly to you what is the 'Russian spirit'!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favourite operas-this is magnificant....., Sep 13 2007
By Tanis "Tanis Yvonne Somerville" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ivan The Terrible (Audio CD)
Prokofiev's vividly colourful music for the Eisenstein film of "Ivan the Terrible" has never sounded quite so bitingly dramatic on disc as under Gergiev-as electrifying as any of his opera recordings with the Kirov Company. Here he has the advantage of excellent sound, recorded in the Rotterdam Hall, De Doelen, with his other orchestra, thrustful and earthy. Like competing versions, this one in based on Abram Stassevich's editing of the music into an "oratorio," but without the spoken narration-hardly necessary on disc, when notes and text are provided. The two soloists, Liubov Sokolova and Nikoai Putilin, vibrantly Slavonic, add to the drama, as do the Kirov Chorus.
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