This two-disc CPO set offers two rarely encountered works by Prokofiev and one of his repertory staples. But even the popular Lieutenant Kije Suite here is unusual in one respect: the listener is given both the orchestral version and the rarely heard vocal alternative (which features a baritone soloist) of Romance and "Troika." Kije is given a solid reading by Prokofiev specialist Jurowski here with sparkling accounts of the famous Kije's "Wedding" and "Troika." Baritone Boris Statsenko sings with passion in Romance and ...
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This two-disc CPO set offers two rarely encountered works by Prokofiev and one of his repertory staples. But even the popular Lieutenant Kije Suite here is unusual in one respect: the listener is given both the orchestral version and the rarely heard vocal alternative (which features a baritone soloist) of Romance and "Troika." Kije is given a solid reading by Prokofiev specialist Jurowski here with sparkling accounts of the famous Kije's "Wedding" and "Troika." Baritone Boris Statsenko sings with passion in Romance and such energy in "Troika" as to leave the listener breathless over his ability to get in all the syllables at the breakneck tempo. The WDR Sinfonieorchestra plays with spirit and total commitment, from the saxophonist's bouncy solo in Romance to the wind players' colorful work in "Kije's Wedding." The 1932 Sur le Borysthène (or On the Dnieper) was Prokofiev's fifth ballet, the last he wrote in France and the one that preceded Romeo and Juliet. It has a tuneful but arid character...
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