21 December 2021

24/48: Karel Ancerl / Czech Philharmonic - Prokofiev. Alexander Nevsky - Supraphon 1963

Sergei Prokofiev:  "Alexander Nevsky", op.78

1: Russia under the Mongolian Yoke ~ 2: Song about Alexander Nevsky ~ 3: The Crusaders in Pskov ~ 4: Rise Up, you, Russian People
5: Battle on the Ice ~ 6: Field of the Dead ~ 7: Alexander's Entry into Pskov  

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Vera Soukupova, Contralto  -&-  Czech Singers' Chorus  conducted by  Jan Kuhn
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 
conducted by  Karel Ancerl 

Supraphon  SUAST 50053 
1964 pressing/matrices: VST91/92 -C/B.  Recorded: 30 January ~ 2 February 1962 - Dvorak Hall, Prague. 

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5 comments:

  1. Thanks very much! Great scans too.

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    1. Supraphon's, like this one, got re-introduced around early 1964 @ 17/6d (previously full-price).

      Robert ('the bouncing Czech') Maxwell's Pergamon seemingly distributed them.
      A few years later Paul Hamlyn's "Records for Pleasure" - and were mastered/pressed by EMI - rarely seen.. A few of those matrices got onto 'Music for Pleasure':- I've only Ancerl's Prokofiev R&J...Dvorak VC (Suk) Shostakovich Sym.5. The EMI transfers are beefier - but the Czech Shostakovich 5 (1972 copy) sounds good (had intended uploading that): unfortunately Supraphon transfers latter '70's typically sound less good: and 1980's vinyl looks grey and undynamic - andsounds it!

      Will try a few new transfers when it's a bit warmer.

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  2. Muchas gracias por esta magnífica obra, saludos.

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    1. Doubt there will be Much more - let alone a Lot more!
      Totally fed-up with these Blogs...

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