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Semyon Kotko: Jurowski drowns out propaganda with Prokofiev in Amsterdam

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“Prokofiev’s intricate score... thrums with tension throughout”
Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 26 November 2016
Prokofiev, Semyon Kotko
Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor
Oleg Dolgov, Semyon Kotko
Alexandra Durseneva, Semyon's mother
Alexandra Kadurina, Frosya
Vladimir Ognev, Remeniuk
Maxim Mikhailov, Tkachenko
Irina Dolzhenko, Khivrya
Evelina Dobračeva, Lyubka
Lyubov Petrova, Sofya
Boris Rudak, Mikola
Vladimir Kasatschuk, Workman
Andrey Breus, Tsaryov
Leonid Zimnenko, Ivasenko
Tim Kuypers, Von Wierhof
Vitali Rozynko, German sergeant
Igor Morozov, German translator
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
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