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DOR-90169
Title:
Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky Cantata; Shostakovich - Symphony No.9
Artist:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Genre:
Orchestral
Period:
20th Century
Price:
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Only seven years separate the composition of Sergei Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky Cantata (1938) and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9 (1945). What happened during the interim, however, irrevocably changed not only the lives of both composers, but the course of modern history: World War II. It should hardly be surprising, then, that both works serve as a commentary on that watershed event. Prokofiev (1891-1953) wrote his score for Sergei Eisenstein's nationalistic and intensely anti-German film Alexander Nevsky when anxiety over a Nazi attack upon the Soviet Union was building to a feverish pitch. Shostakovich (1906-1975) composed his Ninth Symphony in 1945, soon after the Red Army had triumphantly entered Berlin and the exhausting Allied victory over Nazi Germany was finally secured.
- Harlow Robinson
Performers:
Eduardo Mata, Conductor; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Mariano, Pauvona, Contralto
Composers:
Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich
Tracks:
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Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Alexander Nevsky Cantata (1938)
1. Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
2. Song about Alexander Nevsky
3. The Crusaders in Pskov
4. Arise, Ye Russian People
5. The Battle on Ice
6. Field of the Dead
7. Alexander's Entry into Pskov
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 (1945)
8. Allegro
9. Moderato
10. Presto
11. Largo
12. Allegretto
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