Prokofieff – Lieutenant Kijé Suite / Scythian Suite - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Serge Prokofieff – Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op. 60 & Scythian Suite Op. 20
Solo Trumpet – Adolph Herseth
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Claudio Abbado
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Limited to 3,600 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g Virgin Vinyl
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Optimal Media GmbH in Germany
Label : Deutsche Grammophon - The Original Source series
Original Label : Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded at Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Engineered by Klaus Hiemann
Mixed by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
Produced by Rainer Brock
Mastered by Sidney C. Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios
Lacquers cut by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
Design by Nikolaus Boddin
Photography by Milton Feinberg, Clive Barda
Sleeve Notes by Jane Haber, Daniel Henry, M. Grazia Kölling-Bambini, Peter Petersen
Originally released in April 1978
Reissued in June 2025
Tracks:
Side A: Scythian Suite
- I. The Adoration of Veless and Ala
- II. The Enemy of God and the Dance of the Spirits
- III. Night
- IV. Lolly's Departure and the Sun's Procession
Side B: Lieutenant Kijé Suite
- I. Birth of Kijé
- II. Romance
- III. Kijé's Wedding
- IV. Troika
- V. Burial of Kijé
Review:
“(…) Surprisingly for a 70s DG record, this Abbado outing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has remained an audiophile favorite, despite being a DG LP with all their attendant shortcomings of the period. The performances were always rightly lauded, with special mention being made of the unleashed Chicago brass being given full license by Prokofiev’s searing scores and Abbado’s direction to do their considerable thing to the max. So when I heard this record was going to get the Original Source makeover, I couldn’t wait to drop the needle on this musical thunderstorm.
In all honesty, it’s really Side 1 - the Scythian Suite - where the music gets real hairy, though Lieutenant Kijé has its unbridled moments too. When it comes to musical barbarism, Prokofiev outruns even Stravinsky and Bartok in the Loud and Savage Sweepstakes!
But Prokofiev also has his aching romantic side, and he is able to express it in music that is every bit as searing as his more violent outbursts. It’s no surprise that his ballet score for Romeo and Juliet remains one of the most passionate musical utterances of all time. So there are moments of music in both these works which will seriously pull on your heartstrings. And boy can old Serge write a great tune - the catchy melody of Kijé’s “Troika” movement is an ear worm you will struggle to remove for, basically, forever.
(…) With Abbado and the Chicagoans, there is such weight and mass to the orchestral playing that at times it feels like one is being charged by a huge slavering beast, jaws ajar, saliva a-flying, intent on chomping down on you - the tasty morsel. Only to then curl up like a purring pussycat in your lap, all ingratiating cuddles, beguiling you with its soft siren song. You want to miss out on that? I certainly don’t.” Tracking Angle Review by Mark Ward
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.78 / 5 ; Tracking Angle : Music 11 / 11 , Sound 11 / 11