“Alexander Nevsky“ by Sergei Prokofiev (Audio + Full Score)

pf: Claudio Abbado cond/ London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Mezzo-soprano: Elena Obraztsova 0:00 - Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke 3:06 - Song About Alexander Nevsky 6:38 - The Crusaders in Pskov 13:17 - Arise, Ye Russian People 15:38 - The Battle on the Ice 27:41 - The Field of the Dead 33:42 - Alexander’s Entry Into Pskov Alexander Nevsky (Russian: Александр Невский) is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for Sergei Eisenstein’s 1938 film Alexander Nevsky. The subject of the film is the 13th century incursion of the knights of the Livonian Order into the territory of the Novgorod Republic, their capture of the city of Pskov, the summoning of Prince Alexander Nevsky to the defense of Rus’, and his subsequent victory over the crusaders in 1242. The majority of the score’s song texts were written by the poet Vladimir Lugovskoy. In 1939, Prokofiev arranged the music of the film score as the cantata, Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78, for mezzo-soprano, cho