Research Catalog

Title

Ivan the Terrible [sound recording] : concert scenario / Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev ; new performing version by C. Palmer.

Author

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.

Publication

Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos Records, p1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Palmer, Christopher.
• Stasevich, Abram.
• Finnie, Linda.
• Storozhev, Nikita, 1950-
• Järvi, Neeme.
• Philharmonia Chorus (London, England) prf
• Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England) prf

Description

1 sound disc (60 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Ivan Groznyĭ. Selections; arranged

Alternative Title

• Ivan Groznyĭ.
• Iwan der Schreckliche.
• Ivan le Terrible.

Subjects

• Ivan > IV, > Czar of Russia, > 1530-1584 > Songs and music
• Oratorios
• Motion picture music, Arranged > Excerpts

Note

• Originally film music; arranged as an oratorio by Abram Stasevich, and further adapted by Christopher Palmer.
• Vocal portions sung in Russian.
• Parallel titles on container: Iwan der Schreckliche = Ivan le Terrible.
• Compact disc.
• Notes by Christopher Palmer and vocal texts, all in English, French and German (27 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
• Also issued as cassette: ABTD 1566.

Event (note)

• Recorded Mar. 2-3, 1991, at St. Jude's Church, London.

Contents

Overture (3:00) -- Russian sea (2:40) -- Wedding (4:36) -- Fire (2:04) -- Tartars and cannoneers (3:26) -- The storming of Kazan (9:22) -- Ivan's sickness (8:00) -- At the Polish court (5:50) -- Anastasia (3:42) -- Song of the beaver (Ephrosynia's lullaby) (3:16) -- The banquet (5:15) -- Murder in the cathedral (6:17) -- Finale (Coda) (1:12)

LCCN

9511589772

OCLC

• 26132415
• ocm26132415

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries