Tuesday 4 August 2015

Slatkin / St Louis Symphony - Prokofiev: Nesky & Kijé


A late (1977) entry in the quadraphonic releases from Vox, this time featuring conductor Leonard Slatkin leading the St Louis Symphony, America's second oldest orchestra, playing two works of modern composer Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nesky (a cantata) and Lieutenant Kijé (a symphonic suite), both of which were originally film scores.

The SACD release featured the original quadraphonic mix with a silent centre channel as required by the SACD format and a silent (as far as I could tell) LFE channel that I deleted from my conversion.

With a running time of around 58 minutes, the SACD appears to contain an LP and a half with Alexander Nesky being released as a stand alone album. However, I couldn't easily find Lieutenant Kijé being released with any other piece and so my conversion includes both works.

Source: SACD

Converted to: DVD-A MLP 24/88.2, DVD-V DTS 24/48 & Dolby Digital 24/48