Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 & Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
Thierry Fischer conducts the Utah Symphony in two brilliant Prokofiev works which both began life as film scores. Prokofiev turned his music for the film Lieutenant Kijé into a popular suite (which features the famous Troika), and his music for Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky later became a large-scale cantata for orchestra and chorus with solo mezzo-soprano. Alisa Kolosova is the soloist.
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