Ivan the Terrible : op. 116, film music / Prokofiev ; [arranged in the form of an oratorio by Stasevitch] (74:11) -- Alexander Nevsky : op. 78, cantata / Prokofiev (42:16) -- The bells : op. 35 / Rachmaninov (35:41).
Note
Sung in Russian.
Words to the 3rd work by Konstantin Balmont, based on Edgar Allan Poe's The bells.
Previously released 1972-1978.
Event (note)
Recorded July and Sept. 1977 (1st work) ; Nov. 1971 (2nd) ; Oct. 1975 (3rd), Kingsway Hall, London.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Title
Ivan the Terrible [electronic resource] ; Alexander Nevsky / Prokofiev. The bells / Rachmaninov.
Imprint
New York, NY : EMI Classics, 2007, p1999.
Edition
Remastered
Performer
Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano ; Anatoly Mokrenko, baritone ; Boris Morgunov, narrator ; Ambrosian Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor (1st work) ; Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano (2nd) ; Sheila Armstrong, soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; John Shirley-Quirk, baritone (3rd) ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor (2nd-3rd).
Event
Recorded July and Sept. 1977 (1st work) ; Nov. 1971 (2nd) ; Oct. 1975 (3rd), Kingsway Hall, London.