Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible / Strobel, Berlin Radio Symphony

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
February 16, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PROKOFIEV, SERGEI
    • PERFORMER
      Prudenskaya, Vinogradov, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Strobel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 16, 2018
    • UPC
      845221053110
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C5311
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Prologue

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Marina Prudenskaya

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    2. Part I: Overture

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    3. Part I: Kyrie eleison

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    4. Part I: Sonfrony's Cherubic Song

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    5. Part I: May he live forever!

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Alexander Vinogradov

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    6. Part I: Sonfrony's Cherubic Song (continued)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    7. Part I: Hallelujah

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    8. Part I: Song of Praise

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    9. Part I: Ivan's Tent I - Riot

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    10. Part I: Riot (continued)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    11. Part I: The Entrance of the Tartars - Overture (continued)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    12. Part I: Cannon are brought to Kazan - Ivan's Tent II - The Tartar

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    13. Part I: The Cannoneers - The Tartars

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    14. Part I: Ivan's Tent III

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    15. Part I: Kurbsky's Trumpets - The Attack

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    16. Part I: My Soul - Most Merciful Lord

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    17. Part I: Ivan pleads with the Boyars

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    18. Part I: The Tartar Steppes

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    19. Part I: Anastasia is poisoned - Anastasia's Illness

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    20. Part I: Eternal Remembrance - With all the Saints

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    21. Part I: Anastasia is poisoned (continued) - Ivan at Anastasia's Coffin

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    22. Part I: Chorus No. 1 - The Oath of the Oprichniki - Come back!

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    23. Part II: Overture I

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    24. Part II: Fanfares - Polonaise

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    25. Part II: Overture II - Orderly Dance I

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    26. Part II: The Death of Glinskaya I

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    27. Part II: Ivan's Tent - Overture III

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    28. Part II: Shuisky and the Keepers of the Hounds I - The Death of Glinskaya II

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    29. Part II: Anastasia is poisoned

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    30. Part II: The Death of Glinskaya III

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    31. Part II: Do not weep for me, Mother

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    32. Part II: You were told, Judas

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    33. Part II: Wonderful is God - We are innocent and at their mercy

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    34. Part II: Overture IV

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    35. Part II: We are innocent and at their mercy (continued)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    36. Part II: The Death of Glinskaya IV

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    37. Part II: Song of the Beaver

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Marina Prudenskaya

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    38. Part II: Shuisky and the Keepers of the Hounds II

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    39. Part II: Chaotic Dance - Orderly Dance II

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    40. Part II: Song of the Oprichniki I - Orderly Dance III - Shuisky and the Keepers of the Hounds III

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Alexander Vinogradov

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    41. Part II: Orderly Dance IV

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    42. Part II: Song of the Oprichniki II

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Alexander Vinogradov

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    43. Part II: My Soul

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    44. Part II: The Oath and Song of the Oprichniki III - Chorus No. 2 - Vladimir's Murder

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Alexander Vinogradov

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    45. Part II: The Entrance of Ivan

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    46. Part II: Song of the Beaver (continued)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Marina Prudenskaya

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    47. Part II: The Oath of the Oprichniki

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel

    48. Part II: Come back!

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Berlin Radio Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Frank Strobel


Ivan the Terrible – the second joint project of Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofiev – is, much like Alexander Newski, a historical epic, portraying the rise and fall of the autocratic ruler Ivan IV in the 16th century. Sergei Prokofiev’s musical portrayal is unique in film history, for the score conceives both parts of the film on an epic scale. Prokofiev’s rich melodic invention thrives on the expressive sound palette of his native Russia, mostly as they echo the spiritual works of the Russian-orthodox liturgy. These film scores were not published during Prokofiev’s lifetime. They were arranged as an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Levon Atovmyan, one of Prokofiev’s assistants, in 1961. This version received its concert premiere in Moscow that same year. This, however, is the original, straight from the composer’s hands, receiving its world premiere recording.

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REVIEW:

The music is well worth the listener’s time: it is very inventive and highly atmospheric owing to the composer’s uncanny ability to depict the characters, moods and historic aspects of the story. As mentioned, the performances are quite fine and Strobel, who earlier gave us the world premiere recording of the complete film music from Alexander Nevsky, has a grasp on Prokofiev’s film music style that few other conductors do.

– MusicWeb International