If you’re here in search of a link to the film “Lieutenant Kijé,” mentioned on this week’s “Picture Perfect,” I thought I’d make it easier for you and include it here it under a separate post.
The famous “Troika” begins just before the 45 minute mark. Allegedly, that’s Prokofiev himself on the soundtrack, tossing off a bawdy drinking song in his lusty baritone. He stepped in on the spur of the moment when he deemed the original singer hired for the purpose to be too refined.
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