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War & Peace
Prokofiev, Melik-Pashayev, Bolshoi
War & Peace
Genre: Classical
 
Alexander Melik-Pashayev offers a superb interpretation of one of Prokofiev's masterpieces, conducting a notable cast that includes Galina Vishnevskaya in her prime. This is a gutsy, full-throated reading, and while the sc...  more »

     
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All Artists: Prokofiev, Melik-Pashayev, Bolshoi
Title: War & Peace
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Melodiya
Release Date: 7/16/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 743212935028

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Alexander Melik-Pashayev offers a superb interpretation of one of Prokofiev's masterpieces, conducting a notable cast that includes Galina Vishnevskaya in her prime. This is a gutsy, full-throated reading, and while the score has been trimmed in places, the portions missing from the Bolshoi's version are mostly panegyrics to the Russian people that owe more of their inspiration to the commissars than to Euterpe--or to Tolstoi. As usual in Melodiya's Soviet-era recordings, the sound itself ranges from mediocre to terrible, and the best efforts of BMG's Western recording engineers to clean it up have been only partially successful. --Sarah Bryan Miller

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War and Peace
Martin Pitchon | La Prairie, Quebec Canada | 05/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Terrific version..Older than others but with a magnificient Galina Vizhnestkaya and a Melik-Pashayev in great shape.Martin"