UPDATE: FLAC option (incl. cover & liner notes) added. Please PM me to get the FLAC version.
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Also, as a bonus, you'll get Eduardo Mata's excellent recording of the Nevsky cantata(!) which evolved
from the film score.



This is the world premiere recording of Sergei Prokofiev's complete original score for ALEXANDER NEVSKY, re-constructed
for Berlin radio by conductor Frank Strobel. It differs considerably from William D. Brohn's restoration for RCA-BMG,
and is also a more powerful performance in better sound compared to the St.Petersburg/Temirkanov version.

Again, this is real, concert-quality symphonic film music, not Zimmer factory dreck. One of the greatest film scores ever written!

Enjoy!



Tracks:
1. The 13th century (01:35)
2. Lake Plesheyeyo - song about Alexander Nevsky (Chorus) (01:24)
3. Lake Plesheyeyo - song about Alexander Nevsky (Chorus) (01:06)
4. Novgorod, Part 1 (01:15)
5. The invaders in Pskov (02:28)
6. The invaders in Pskov (Chorus) (03:16)
7. Arise, Russian people!, Part 1 (Chorus) (02:28)
8. Novgorod, Part 2 (01:01)
9. Novgorod, Part 2 (00:24)
10. Arise, Russian people!, Part 2 (Chorus) (04:22)
11. The camp of the invaders, "Peregrinus, expectavi" (Chorus) (01:44)
12. Waiting (00:57)
13. Fanfares (00:23)
14. The battle on the ice - April 5, 1242 (Chorus) (06:15)
15. Fighting (01:55)
16. Shawms, invaders and fighting (Chorus) (02:50)
17. Fanfares (00:10)
18. Duel (01:26)
19. Finale: The ice breaks (05:17)
20. The field of the dead (Mezzo - soprano) (05:35)
21. The field of the dead (Mezzo - soprano) - Conclusion (01:11)
22. Return to pskov - Procession (04:33)
23. The court (00:38)
24. The fallen (01:06)
25. Our homeland, great land of Russia! (Chorus) (00:27)
26. Celebration (00:51)
27. Finale (00:53)

Music Composed by Sergei Prokofiev
Played by The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ernst-Senff-Chor
Marina Domaschenko, mezzo-soprano
Re-Constructed and Conducted by Frank Strobel



"The SA-CD medium now has two first-rate Nevskys in the catalog: Thomas Schippers' unmatched recording of the cantata, and now Frank Strobel's recording of the reconstructed original film score.

A previous attempt by Bill Brohn to reconstruct the film score was very decent, but because he used the orchestrations from the cantata, the result was not significantly different from it.

This new reconstruction uses original material recently released from the archives. The result is much closer to Prokofiev's original intent. The semi-distorted bass horns and shrieking trumpets in "The Invaders of Pskov" sound much more like the original soundtrack than either the cantata or the Brohn reconstruction (recorded by Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburgh Philharmonic Orchestra for RCA).

The Ernst-Senff-Chor does a great job pronouncing the Russian texts. Strobel conducts a never-bored orchestra with a rich, transparent sound on this journey of exploration of an old classic.

Occasionally, instruments are placed in the rear channels. This creates peculiar effects and enhances the bizarre orchestration.

Capriccio's sound is first rate. There are better engineered recordings out there. But not that many. Rounded brass, warm strings, good dynamic range which allows the subtler drum rolls or the loudest choral noise to come out without congesting the delivery medium.

Recorded in the Jesus-Christus Kirche, the recording has a vast soundstage. I would have preferred a slightly closer perspective, but then, Prokofiev himself played around with microphone placement for the original soundtrack. Since this recording attempts to reproduce the original, the occasionally inconsistent sound is fitting (distant perspective in the strings, with some unnaturally loud trombones(?) around track 14 or so)."
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Source: Capricco SACD/CD 71 014
Format: mp3, 320 kbit/s (CBR), DDD Stereo & FLAC 16-44
Encoder: Lame 3.99, via Foobar 2000
File Size: 137 MB (incl. cover) + 276 MB (FLAC incl. cover & liner notes)

Download Link - https://mega.co.nz/#!dBQDzZpL!ZRVtZAWIE5SB67JBLuN6kQOzVOtImVjg3rH0CWi _nAs

UPDATE: FLAC option (incl. cover & liner notes) added. Please PM me to get the FLAC version.
Messages in this thread will be ignored. This is my rip. Please add to my reputation if you want the FLAC link.
Also, as a bonus, you'll get Eduardo Mata's excellent recording of the Nevsky cantata(!) which evolved
from the film score.


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I do have the Temirkanov Version, so I am really interested in the performance differences. Wonderful score by Prokofiev!

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I always thought the RCA/Temirkanov version is the best. Looking forward to this more powerful performance. Thanks in advance.

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Another shout out for a great sounding score...cant wait to hear your Alexander Nevsky...thanks..

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I have the RCA version but would like to hear the difference. Thank you.

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Yes, this is VERY different to the RCA version! Very interesting (and very good!). Thank you for sharing!

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Yes, this is VERY different to the RCA version! Very interesting (and very good!). Thank you for sharing!

I'd love to hear the RCA version, please, if it isn't much trouble for you.

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Prokofiev employed different sections of the orchestra, as well as different compositional styles, to evoke the necessary imagery. For instance, the Teutonic Knights (seen as the adversary) are represented by heavy brass instruments, playing discordant notes in a martial style. The sympathetic Russian forces are represented predominantly by folk-like instruments such as woodwind and strings, often playing quasi-folksong style music.
In 1993, the first complete recording of the original film score was made for a new edition of the film, in which Prokofiev's score was entirely re-recorded in hi-fi digital stereo by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Yuri Temirkanov. While the new version of the film was released in 1995, the score was recorded on March 16 and 17, 1993 in Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg and released on the RCA Victor
This new reconstruction uses original material recently released,
the original manuscript could be reedited by Frank Strobel.
Thanks to generous gift, Wimpel69 !!!

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I got the score, Wimpel. Wonderful ripp job and awesome performance. Much appreciated. I tried to send a pm thanking you, but your box is full and my message was rejected. ;)

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Please, Is there any chance to get it? :((
I can�t find soundtrack from this movie except DVD rip with sfx and in very bad quallity.

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Link updated.

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incomparable !!! many many thanks for this upload- To think this score was written eighty odd years ago !!

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UPDATE: FLAC option (incl. cover & liner notes) added. Please PM me to get the FLAC version.
Messages in this thread will be ignored. This is my rip. Please add to my reputation if you want the FLAC link.
Also, as a bonus, you'll get Eduardo Mata's excellent recording of the Nevsky cantata(!) which evolved
from the film score.

Thanks for this gem.

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