Prokofiev (1891-1953) – Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky, Mussorgsky : Dmitri Kitayenko / Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra, Sulimsky, Kulaeva – Import CD

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Prokofiev (1891-1953)

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Following Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky, this is a recording of a collection of Russian music by Kitayenko and the Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra. This time, works related to “Witches’ Banquet, Dance of the Grim Reaper, and Battle on Ice” are performed. The original version of “One Night on Bald Mountain” is not the Rimsky-Korsakov arrangement that we usually hear, but the composer’s own original version, which is appealing in its roughness before repeated revisions. The fact that the piece closes abruptly with the evil spirits running amok until the end is quite shocking to those who are accustomed to the usual version. The Songs and Dances of Death, a collection of songs also haunted by death, is also full of horror. Alexander Nevsky,” originally composed for a film, is also full of wildness. The music reaches its peak in “Battle on Ice,” which is full of powerful sounds.Naxos Japan