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A Prokofiev Fantasy With Peter and the Wolf (1993)
Starring: Claudio Abbado (conductor), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Sting (narrator)
Director: Christopher Swann, Roger Law and Steve Bendelack
Released by: Deutsche Grammophone [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 1993
Details: Color, HiFi Sound, NTS
List Price: -Out of Stock-
Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf featuring the voice of Sting and the British puppeteers "Spitting Image." Narrated by Sting and conducted by Claudio Abbado
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Alexander Nevsky (1937)
Starring: Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Released by: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 1998
Details: 107min, B&W, Russian with English sub-titles, All regions.
List Price: $24.99
Sergei Eisenstein's epic tale of Alexander Nevsky repelling the invasion of German Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. Contains one of the most important scenes in cinematic history, the sweeping Battle on the Ice. Music by Sergei Prokofiev.
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Bolshoi Prokofiev Gala (1991)
Starring: Cast includes Ludmila Semenyaka, Natalya Archipova, and Alexander Vetrov
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Kultur Video
Release Date: 1991
Details: NTSC, Color, HiFi Sound, Rating - NR
List Price: $19.95
Excerpts from Ivan the Terrible, Romeo and Juliet, and The Stoneflower danced by the Bolshoi Ballet.
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Eisenstein: The Sound Years - Criterion Collection (1938): Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terible (Parts 1 & 2)
Starring: Nikolai Cherkassov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, et al.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Released by: Criterion
Release Date: 2001
Details: Box set (3 discs), B&W, Region 1 encoding.
List Price: $79.95
A special 3-disc box set of Eisenstein's masterpieces Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, Parts 1 & 2. Whereas the first DVD issues of these movies were mere analog transfers from the original 35mm film, this new edition includes new transfers of all three films, with extensive digital image and sound restoration.
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Herbert von Karajan, His Legacy - Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky (1972)
Starring: Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Sony Classical
Release Date: 1972
Details: VHS - Color, NTSC; DVD - Color, Region 1
List Price: $29.98
Von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic playing Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 in D major "Classical", as well as Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Evgeni Kissin.
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Ivan the Terrible - Part 1 (1945)
Starring: Nikolai Cherkassov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Released by: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Release Date: 1998
Details: 99min, B&W, Russian with English sub-titles. All region encoding.
List Price: $24.99
Part 1 of Sergei Eisenstein's epic chronicle of the life of Czar Ivan IV (1530-1584), from coronation to defeat to reinstatement. Includes Prokofiev's equally epic score.
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Ivan the Terrible - Part 2 (1958)
Starring: Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Released by: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Release Date: 1998
Details: 84min, B&W and Color, Russian with English sub-titles. All region encoding.
List Price: $24.99
Part 2 of Sergei Eisenstein's epic, finished in 1946 but banned by Stalin for its portrayal of Ivan's secret police, the dreaded Oprichniki. Eventually released in 1958. Picks up at the end of Part 1 upon Czar Ivan IV's return to Moscow from Alexandrov. Ivan must deal with the machinations of the boyars. End with a grand ball scene filmed in color.
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Pierre et le Loup Interactif (2002)
Starring: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Chef d'orchestre), Jean Rochefort
Director: Christian Girardin
Released by: Lorcom Productions [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 2002
Details: Color, Region 2 encoding (Europe and Japan only), DTS surround
List Price: -Out of Stock-
Interactive edition of Peter and the Wolf (in French.) Animation created by Cyril Obrecht and narrated by Jean Rochefort. Music conducted by Jean-Bernard Pommier and performed by the Orchestre de la Suisse Italienne. DVD edition includes CD audio with the music from Peter and the Wolf with and without narration. Also available in CD+PC and VHS editions.
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Prokofiev - Cinderella (Royal Ballet) (1969)
Starring: Cast includes Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Kultur Video
Release Date: 1969
Details: NTSC, Color, Rating - NR
List Price: $29.95
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Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet) (1966)
Starring: Royal Ballet
Director: Paul Czinner
Released by: Kultur Video
Release Date: 1999
Details: 125 min, Color, Dolby Ditigal 2.0 stereo, All regions.
List Price: $29.95
Video tape of the Royal Ballet's 1966 production of Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. John Lanchbery conducts the orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Coreography by Kenneth MacMillan.
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Prokofiev - The Fiery Angel (1991)
Starring: Galina Gorchakova (soprano), Valeri Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Theater Orchestra, Kirov Choir
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Polygram Video [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 1995
Details: Color, HiFi Sound, NTS
List Price: -Out of Stock-
Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Opera in The Fiery Angel, filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
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Prokofiev - The Love for Three Oranges (1989)
Starring: L'Opera de Lyon with Kent Nagano
Director: Jean-François Jung
Released by: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 1989
Details: 105 min, Color, Widescreen, Region 1 encoding
List Price: $29.95
Prokofiev's opera The Love for Three Oranges performed by L'Opera de Lyon, as conducted by Kent Nagano. Production by Louis Erlo. Includes Gabriel Bacquier and Jean-Luc Viala.
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Prokofiev - War and Peace (1991)
Starring: Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Opera, Alexander Gergalov, Olga Boradina, et al.
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Philips Classics Productions [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 1991
Details: Color, HiFi Sound, NTS
List Price: -Out of Stock-
Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Opera in Prokofiev's epic opera War and Peace, filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
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Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf / Royal Ballet School (1997)
Starring: Anthony Dowell
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2001
Details: 30min, Color, Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio tracks, in English, Region 1 encoding.
List Price: $9.99
From a 1997 BBC-TV performance staged by the students of the Royal Ballet School as choreographed by Matthew Hart. Music accompaniment by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden narrated by Anthony Dowell.
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David Oistrakh in Performance (1988)
Starring: David Oistrakh
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Kultur Video
Release Date: 1988
Details: HiFi Sound, NTSC
List Price: $19.95
Performances include works by Shostakovich and Prokofiev (exact works unknown.)
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Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video - New Year's Eve Concert: Berlin 1988
Starring: Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Evgeni Kissin
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Sony Classical [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 1988
Details: Color, Digital Sound, Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
List Price: $24.98
Von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic playing Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 in D major "Classical", as well as Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Evgeni Kissin.
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Mstislav Rostropovich - Soldiers of Music (1990)
Starring: Mstislav Rostropovich, The National Symphony Orchestra
Director: -Unknown-
Released by: Sony Classical [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 1990
Details: Color, HiFi Sound, NTS
List Price: $26.99
Documentary following Rostropovich and his return tour to the Soviet Union with the National Symphony Orchestra and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya. Includes footage of Rostropovich rehearsing Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.
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Richter the Enigma (1998)
Starring: Sviatoslav Richter
Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
Released by: NVC Arts (Warner Music Vision) [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 1998
Details: Color, Black & White, NTSC
List Price: $29.97
Award-winning documentary about the enigmatic Sviatoslav Richter. Includes rare interview in which he talks extensively about Prokofiev. Includes excerpts of performances of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5, Piano Sonata No. 6, and Visions Fugitives.
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The Glenn Gould Collection Volume VII: A Russian Interlude (1992)
Starring: Glenn Gould
Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
Released by: Sony Classical [ -Home page- ]
Release Date: 1992
Details: Color, HiFi Sound, NTS
List Price: $26.99
Part of Sony's Glenn Gould series. Contains Gould performing, among other Russian works, Prokofiev's Visions Fugitives (II. Andante) and the complete Piano Sonata No. 7.
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