In the third of this series of Henry Wood Promen ade Concerts recorded at the Royal Albert Hall , London
Gennadi Rozhdestvcnsky conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BELA DEKANY
This programme of Russian music includes the opera version of Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain; Prokofiev's witty cantata, The Ugly Duckling; and Prometheus (The Poem of Fire), Scriabin's exciting score for large orchestra, chorus and solo piano. with Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Victoria Postnikova (piano) BBC SINUERS director JOHN POOLE
BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS conductor BRIAN WRIGHT
Introduced by Richard Baker