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Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky - cantata

Features 'Battle on the Ice' from the score for Eisenstein’s film 'Alexander Nevsky'.

Prokofiev delivered a score of new directness and clarity for his friend Sergey Eisenstein’s patriotic film Alexander Nevsky; the cantata he fashioned from it features the dramatic ‘Battle on the Ice’. Performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus, with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo.

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Role Contributor
Choir ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales
Choir ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
Orchestra ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Sakari Oramo
Performer Olga Borodina
Composer Sergey Prokofiev

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