"Gergiev is fast…but listen to charismatic Jurowski dash through the monastery."
- Gramophone magazine
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast Viacheslav Voynarovskiy, Andrey Breus, Lyubov Petrova, Alexandra Durseneva, Vsevolod Grivnov, Nino Surguladze, Sergei Alexashkin
A rare recording of Prokofiev’s last complete opera, with Vladimir Jurowski conducting a predominantly Russian cast.
"Gergiev is fast…but listen to charismatic Jurowski dash through the monastery."
- Gramophone magazine
BBC Music magazine, 5*, CD of the Week, Evening Standard, 4*, Fono Forum, 4*
Recorded live at Glyndebourne on 12,15,22 August 2006
2 CD set, total playing time 136 minutes
Sung in the original Russian. Booklet contains full libretto in Cyrillic, English, French and German, with synopses in English, French and German
