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Discussion: Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Schippers

Posts: 6

Post by terence January 7, 2007 (1 of 6)
is this nevsky sung in russian or in english?

Post by Peter January 7, 2007 (2 of 6)
According to the Amazon review, English.

Post by Windsurfer January 7, 2007 (3 of 6)
terence said:

is this nevsky sung in russian or in english?

Terence,
Do you have the Frank Strobel version on Capriccio? It has very very good mch sound for pcm. I quibble with the (I suppose) "authentic" horn sound which to me is an unfortunate choice, very unmusical - seems a gimick almost. But all told, I find this very satisfying.

Post by fafnir January 7, 2007 (4 of 6)
Peter said:

According to the Amazon review, English.

The Amazon review seems to refer to the Reiner recording as being sung in English, which it is. The Schippers recording is, I recall, sung in Russian, but I don't have a copy of the Schippers performance to verify the accuracy of my recollection.

Post by fafnir January 7, 2007 (5 of 6)
As I should have mentioned, the Slatkin performance on Mobile Fidelity is quite good, sung in Russian, and in acceptable 4.0 sound. Not really current state of the art, but very listenable.

Post by Peter January 7, 2007 (6 of 6)
Fafnir, now that I read the amazon review again, I see I misunderstood what he was trying to say, so thanks for clearing that up.

I have the Reiner, and IMO, it doesn't work in English; the Khachaturian coupling, though, is magnificent!

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