Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Prologue: Tragediy! Tragediy! - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
2. Act 1- Scene 1: Bedniy sin - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
3. Act 1- Scene 1: Igri? Spektakli? - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
4. Act 1 - Scene 2: Mag Cheliy - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
5. Act 1 - Scene 3: Moi zhelaniya vstrechayut prepyatstviya - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
6. Act 1 - Scene 3: Kto etot chelovek - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
7. Act 2 - Scene 1: Smeshno? - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
8. Act 2 - Scene 2: Divertisement nomer perviy - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
9. Act 2 - Scene 2: Divertisement nomer vtoroy - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
10. Act 2 - Scene 2: Kha-kha Kha-kha-kha - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
11. Act 2 - Scene 2: Varvar! Slushay! - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
12. Act 2 - Scene 2: Tri apelsina tri apelsina - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
13. Act 2 - Scene 2: Ti podnimayesh ruku na ottsa? - Kirov Chorus and Orchestra

Disc 2:

1. Act 3 - Scene 1: Farfarello! Farfarello! - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
2. Act 3 - Scene 1: Veter stikh - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
3. Act 3 - Scene 2: gde mi? - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
4. Act 3 - Scene 2: Kto tut pishchit? - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
5. Act 3 - Scene 3: Nu kak zhe nam idti - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
6. Act 3 - Scene 3: Ya Printessa Linetta - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
7. Act 3 - Scene 3: E - Truffaldino Truffaldino - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
8. Act 3 - Scene 3: Da ya Printsessa Ninetta! - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
9. Act 3 - Scene 3: Smeraldina...s bulavkoy - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
10. Act 4 - Scene 1: Akh! Negodnaya vedma - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
11. Act 4 - Scene 2: Tron v poryadke? - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus
12. Act 4 - Scene 2: Strazha veryovku! - Kirov Orchestra and Chorus

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65922 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-16
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .60 pounds

From Amazon.com
Sergei Prokofiev's most popular opera is a swift-moving romp through a flimsy fairy tale of a king cured by laughter who magically pursues three oranges, from one of which emerges the lovely Princess Ninetta. Evil plots and machinations run through the farce, all of which is set to brilliantly orchestrated music. Written in 1919, the opera is frankly iconoclastic; Prokofiev mocked traditional aria-laden operas and pursued a modernism whose shock value is muted today, but whose inventiveness continues to fascinate. The nature of his chosen idiom, though, means listeners shouldn't expect many hummable tunes beyond the popular march. Much of the opera's success lies in stagings that exploit the limitless possibilities of the fairy-tale setting. Beyond its glittery surface, the opera's irony and mockery of the pretentious have contemporary relevance. Valery Gergiev leads a zestful performance, brimming with sparkling wit. The key roles of the king and his newfound beloved are well sung by Akimov and Netrebko, and the chorus and orchestra are first-rate, though the singing of some of the lesser roles is variable. Recorded live, the performance has a spontaneity rarely caught in the studio. --Dan Davis