Prokofiev, Zdravitsa, Op. 85 (Excerpt)

Clip from documentary The Red Baton.

Symphony Capella Orchestra and Choir of Russia
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Conductor

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Music

Tags:

• Sergei
• Prokofiev
• Zdravitsa
• Gennadi
• Rozhdestvensky
• Cantata

[TatTwamAsi]

Prokofiev himself thought of this piece as the best music he ever wrote.

I think also it belongs to his best works despite of the terrible text.

The music expresses hope itself. If this isn't hope / yearning for happiness i don't know what is.

[maidenstone]

Uno de los fragmentos mas brillantes de toda la mùsica. Brillante proko, pese al règimen de mmerda que imperò y lo llevò a la tristeza y muerte. Otro ejemplo de los que caen en las garras del socialismo y comunismo, que prometen igualdad para todos, bajo el pretexto de una solidaridad inexistente, y que sòlo consiguen enviar a la pobreza y miseria a la mayorìa.

[Kihene]

Maybe the best music Prokofiev has ever written.

[bcarr1122]

Thanks for posting this, kilostoc. When was the documentary made?

[RabidCh]

More or less a forced composition Prokofiev had to write (remember this is under Stalin's rule), interestingly enough Richter said it was a great piece that is unfortunately forever linked to Stalin.

@Zakdayak

rip it from youtube

[chinaboy1991]

i loled when the subtitles read "he sees hears and knows all people"

that was a nice curve shot at big brother

[Zakdayak]

Can you enable embedding please? I want to share this with my friends!

[pmitchinson]

anyone looking for the audio track of this, it was also called

'Prosper Our Mighty Country Op. 114 (Cantata on the 30th Anniversary of the October Revolution) '

[pmitchinson]

@Zakdayak Prokofiev certainly wasn't a big fan of Stalin either...

[Zakdayak]

It's funny. I'm not particularly a fan of Prokofiev, preferring the likes of Tchaikovsky. And I hate Stalin and what he stood for. But this is a magnificient piece. Amazing really.