Sony PS3 SACD to ISO | DSD 1bit-2822,4kHz 2.0, 5.0 | 3.01GB
EAC-RIP | FLAC-IMAGE, CUE, LOG | 285MB
Classical | Label: MFSL | Catalog Number: UDSACD 4009
RAR 3% Rec. | FileServe.com, FileSonic.com, FileFactory.com
Originally composed as scores for Russian cinema, Alexander Nevsky and Lieutenant Kije are among Prokofiev's most popular and enduring orchestral and choral works. Featuring outstanding recording quality via the legendary production and engineering team of Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickerenz, and Mobile Fidelity's proprietary GAIN 2 mastering technology, this Ultradisc UHR Surround SACD release presents some of the most bombastic, eerie, and titillating symphonic music ever produced and valuable insight into 20th Century Russian classical music.
02. Song About Alexander Nevsky 03:28
03. Song About Alexander Nevsky 06:37
04. Arise, Ye Russian People 02:11
05. The Battle On The Ice 12:23
06. The Field Of The Dead 05:49
07. Alexander's Entry Into Pskov 04:45
08. The Birth of Kije' 04:11
09. Romance 04:30
10. Kije's Wedding 02:49
11. Troika 02:50
12. The Burial of Kije' 05:57
This hybrid SACD from the audiophile Mobile Fidelity label is a kind of enhanced reissue of an original Vox recording, but before going into technical details let me comment on the music.
Most readers will likely be at least somewhat familiar with the pieces here. The Alexander Nevsky cantata was created by Prokofiev from the film score he wrote in 1938 for Sergei Eisenstein's biographical epic about Alexander Nevsky (1220-63), Grand Duke of Vladimir and early Russian national hero. Although the original sound track exhibited severe distortion and a pinched frequency range, subsequent performances--both of the film score and of this cantata--by several fine groups do greater justice to the music, which Valery Gergiev has called "the best ever composed for the cinema." The seven movements offer a sweeping, evocative, and unforgettable sound picture of early Russia
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