Release Date: 06 June 2025
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
£39.99
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / CLAUDIO ABBADO PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kijé Suite / Scythian Suite Limited Vinyl LP
Overview:
Sergei Prokofiev completed his 'Scythian Suite, Op. 20' in 1914, when he was about to turn his back on his homeland. The 'Symphonic Suite, Op. 60' was composed almost two decades later, after Prokofiev had returned to Russia in 1933. The biographical turning points at which the two suites stand also represent ideological turning points in Prokofiev's conception of art. While the earlier work is characterised by a tendency towards chromatic melody, the later work is dominated by diatonicism and incorporates archaic scales. These recordings have been remastered and edited from the original 1-inch 8-track tapes for the first time for this release.
Featured Tracks:
1. The Adoration of Veless and Ala
2. The Enemy of God and the Dance of the Spirits
3. Night
4. Lolly's Departure and the Sun's Procession
5. Birth of Kijé
6. Romance
7. Kijé's Wedding
8. Troika
9. Burial of Kijé
Release Date: 06 June 2025
Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
£56.99
