"Alexander Nevsky" by Sergei Prokofiev (Audio + Full Score)

pf: Claudio Abbado cond/ London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Mezzo-soprano: Elena Obraztsova

0:00 - Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
3:06 - Song About Alexander Nevsky
6:38 - The Crusaders in Pskov
13:17 - Arise, Ye Russian People
15:38 - The Battle on the Ice
27:41 - The Field of the Dead
33:42 - Alexander's Entry Into Pskov

Alexander Nevsky (Russian: Александр Невский) is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for Sergei Eisenstein's 1938 film Alexander Nevsky. The subject of the film is the 13th century incursion of the knights of the Livonian Order into the territory of the Novgorod Republic, their capture of the city of Pskov, the summoning of Prince Alexander Nevsky to the defense of Rus', and his subsequent victory over the crusaders in 1242. The majority of the score's song texts were written by the poet Vladimir Lugovskoy.

In 1939, Prokofiev arranged the music of the film score as the cantata, Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78, for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra. It is one of the few examples (Lieutenant Kijé is another) of film music that has found a permanent place in the standard repertoire, and has also remained one of the most renowned cantatas of the 20th century.

Eisenstein, Prokofiev, and Lugovskoy would go on to collaborate again some five years later on another historical epic, Ivan the Terrible (Parts 1 and 2), Eisenstein's next and last films.

SOURCE: Wikipedia

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