Compiled by our Classical Music desk. This month it is Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953).
1. Zdravitsa, opus 85 (Cantata for Joseph Stalin) (1939).
Russian State Symphony Cappella Choir & Orchestra conducted by Valery Polyansky.
2. Theatrical music for Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’, opus 77 (1938).
Tatiana Sharova, soprano. Andrei Baturkin, baritone.
Russian State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Polyansky.
3. Symphonic Suite ‘Egyptian Nights’, opus 61 (1938).
Russian State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Polyansky.
