Fritz Reiner - Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kijé; Mikhail Glinka: Russlan & Ludmila Overture

Fritz Reiner - Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kijé; Mikhail Glinka: Russlan & Ludmila Overture
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Album Details

Title: Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kijé; Mikhail Glinka: Russlan & Ludmila Overture
Artist: Fritz Reiner
Release Date: 1989
Duration: 67:30
UPC: 090266017621
Genre: Choral Music
Total Copies: 1
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Credits

NameCredits
Chicago Symphony ChorusChoir, Chorus
Chicago Symphony OrchestraOrchestra
Fritz ReinerConductor
John PfeifferDigital Transfers
Joseph J. StelmachArtwork
Lewis LaytonEngineer
Margaret HillisConductor
Richard MohrProducer
Rosalind EliasMezzo-Soprano (Vocal)

Member Reviews

Renae Z. wrote on 12/31/2006...

In 1938, Prokofiev was approached by Russia's leading film director, Sergei Eisenstein, who proposed a collaboration on the Alexander Nevsky tale. Prokofiev leaped at the chance of working again in a medium he admired. He had already composed the scores for "Lieutenant Kije" and "The Queen of Spades". The resultant film is conceivably the greatest ever devised adn certainly has no equal in the business of partnership between a director and composer.