Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 1997)
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B00008EPSC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Track Listings

1. Well

2. At the Ball [Waltz from Sawan Lake]

3. Vronsky Follows Anna to St. Petersburg

4. Vronsky Watches Anna at the Ballet ]

5. At Betsy's House

6. Anna and Vronsky

7. The Horse Race

8. Karenin's Summer Villa

9. Harvesting the Field

10. Calvary Officer's Party

11. Vronsky Attempts Suicide

12. Vronsky and Anna in Italy

13. Vronsky and Princess Sorokina at the Opera

14. Anna's Tragic End

15. Lydia Inspires the Troops [Song About Nevsky]

16. Kitty and Levin at the Farm

17. End Credits [Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 35]

18. Bonus Track/Scherzo [*]

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Less than inclusive, August 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina / Vengerov, Gorchakova, Sir Georg Solti (Audio CD)

How many times have you exulted to the music in a film only to find that the pieces, songs, etc. that thrilled you were omitted from the soundtrack? This is such a case. The piece that can rightfully be described as "the love theme" was not included on this disc. When Anna wakes in the middle of the night pining for Vronsky--Rachmaninoff. When she has lost her child (granted, a major departure from the book), the same Rachmaninoff. When she finally leaves Vronsky in despair--you guessed it: Rachmaninoff. The haunting chords that float over the horse race? Rachmaninoff. We've all heard Tchaikovsky to death; the works featured by Rachmaninoff (save the sonata) are likely new to many listeners and are treasures in their own right. Save yourself some anguish: buy Trio Elegiaque and Howard Shelley's recording of Morceaux de Fantaisie, which includes the haunting "Elegie," the "love theme." Stay away from Ruth Laredo's version of Elegie; it's too spare and cold to be satisfying. Shelley's version was used in the movie.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Emre Osmanlar's Review for Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, December 17, 2002

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Emre Osmanlar "F.S" (LONDON United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina / Vengerov, Gorchakova, Sir Georg Solti (Audio CD)

Fascinating soundtrack for a fascinating story!
One can travel through the Imperial Russia and the experience the best of Russian music by well known composers such as Tchaikovsky. This soundtrack of Anna Karenina is as good as the dramatic story of Tolstoy's, including works of the Might Five conducted by reknown Sir Georg Solti. High quality music for the funs of the romatic era.