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3.0 out of 5 stars
Cut and cut again, November 27, 2002
This review is from: Story of a Real Man (Audio CD)
It was exciting to see this on the shelf in the record store. It was a trifle disappointing to see that it was a 1961 recording. And it was terribly disappointing to read in the liner notes that this is a cut version of Lina Mendelssohn's cut version (three acts) of Prokofiev's original four act opera. If you're the type of hardcore collector who has Katerina Ishmailova along with Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, then buy this. If you're the type of hardcore Prokofiev fan who cannot wait for Gergiev's performance of the complete opera (he IS going to do that, isn't he?), then buy this. It's not nearly as exciting as Semyon Kotko, which Gergiev has done, brilliantly, but it's by Prokofiev, so it can't be ALL bad.
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