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CHAN 10002 - Prokofiev: Story of a Real Man
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CD available From: 16 September 2002

Opera - Story of a Real Man

 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     
Story of a Real Man, Op. 117 112:48
      An opera composed in four acts, rearranged in three acts by M. Mendelson-Prokofieva
      Libretto by S.S. Prokofiev and M. Mendelson-Prokofieva. Based on the novel by Boris Polevoy
     
      COMPACT DISC ONE
1 Epigraph. Song of the collective farmers 1:28
     
      Act I
      Tableau 1
2 1. Alexei at the crash site 4:19
3 First entr'acte 1:57
     
      Tableau 2
4 2. Death field 3:31
5 3. Olga's song 1:53
6 4. A barrage 0:55
7 Second entr'acte 2:09
     
      Tableau 3
8 5. A scene with some children 2:32
9 6. Seryenka's story 1:15
10 7. The arrival of the collective farmers 2:35
11 8. Song of the collective farmers 2:08
12 Third entr'acte 2:21
     
      Tableau 4
13 9. Song (trio) 4:16
14 10. The arrival of Grandmother Vasilissa 2:02
15 11. Grandfather's aria 1:31
16 12. The approach of the aeroplane 1:07
17 13. Andrei's arrival and departure 3:26
      39:28
     
      COMPACT DISC TWO
      Act II
      Tableau 5
1 14. Alexei's delirium 5:57
2 15. Green grove 3:43
     
      Tableau 6
3 16. Klavdia's scene with the Commissar 1:04
4 17. The Commissar's ballad 3:29
5 18. A scene 2:34
6 19. A scene 1:01
7 20. Kukushkin's song 1:11
8 21. A scene 2:23
9 22. Alexei's scene with the Commissar 3:20
10 Reprise of the third entr'acte 2:19
     
      Tableau 7
11 23. Scene in the solarium 4:57
12 24. Alexei's arioso 3:42
13 25. The Commissar's death 6:40
14 26. My sweet dream 2:05
     
      Act III
      Tableau 8
15 27. A letter 3:11
     
      Tableau 9
16 28. A scene 2:47
17 29. Waltz 2:01
18 30. A scene and a dance 0:59
19 31. Rumba 2:51
20 32. The departure of the pilots 1:25
     
      Tableau 10
21 33. Barcarolle 3:04
22 34. At the front 1:50
     
      Tableau 11
23 35. Waiting 2:27
24 36. Alexei's return 4:02
25 37. A second letter to Olga 0:45
26 38. Olga and Alexei's duet 2:22
27 39. Finale (Song of the collective farmers) 1:03
      73:20
 Yevgeny Kibkalo baritone - Alexei
 Glafira Deomidova soprano - Olga
 Georgi Shulpin tenor - Grandfather Mikhailo
 Vera Smirnova contralto - Vasilissa
 Margarita Miglau mezzo-soprano - Varya
 Georgi Pankov bass - Andrei
 Kiri Leonova mezzo-soprano - Klavdia
 Artur Eizen bass - Commissar
 Mark Reshetin bass - Vasili Vasilevich
 Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre
 Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
 Mark Ermler
 Recorded in:
 Moscow 1961
 Sound Engineer(s)
 Aleksandr Grosman
 Pete Reynolds (Remastering)
 Format: ADD
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