Voices of Russian Opera
CD 1
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
A Life for the Tsar, Act I: Antonida's
Cavatina and Rondo
Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano)
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Brother, in the darkness
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: My poor horse is dead
Mela Bugarinović (contralto)
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: They begin to guess the truth
A Life for the
Tsar, Act IV: Not so long ago, at home
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Death
of Susanin
Boris Christoff (bass)
Ruslan and Ludmila, Act III: Farlaf's Rondo
Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)
Rusalka, Act I: Song of the Miller
Rusalka,
Act III: Mad Scene and Death of the Miller
Feodor Chaliapin (bass)
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor, Act I: Prince Galitsky's Aria
Boris Christoff (bass)
Prince Igor, Act II: Konchakovna's Aria
Reni Penkova (mezzo-soprano)
Prince Igor, Act II: Vladimir's Aria
Todor Todorov (tenor)
CD 2
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor, Act II: Prince Igor's
Aria
Constantin Chekerliiski (baritone)
Prince Igor, Act II: Khan Konchak's Aria
Boris Christoff (bass)
Prince Igor, Act IV: Yaroslavna's Lament
Julia Wiener (soprano)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Boris Godunov, Prologue: O ye faithful!
Boris will not yield
Jacques Mars (baritone)
Boris Godunov, Prologue: Coronation Scene
Martti Talvela (bass)
Boris Godunov, Act I: Pimen's Narrative
Leonard Mróz (bass)
Boris Godunov, Act I: In the Town of Kazan
Aage Haugland (bass)
Boris Godunov, Act II: Song of the Gnat
Lydia Romanova (mezzo-soprano)
Boris Godunov, Act II: Clapping Game
Ana Alexieva (mezzo-soprano), Mela Bugarinović (contralto)
Boris Godunov, Act II: Boris's Monologue
Martti Talvela (bass)
Boris Godunov, Act II: Tale of the Parakeet
Wiera Baniewicz (contralto)
Boris Godunov, Act II: In the cathedral of Ulglich
Bohdan Paprocki (tenor)
Boris Godunov, Act II: Clock Scene
Feodor Chaliapin (bass)
Boris Godunov, Act III: Marina's Aria
Evelyn Lear (soprano)
Boris Godunov, Act III: Marina/Rangoni Duet
Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Kim Borg (bass)
Boris Godunov, Act III: Dmitri's Aria
Dimitr Ouzounov (tenor)
Boris Godunov, Act III: That wily Jesuit has firmly seized me
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Shuisky's Evidence
André Bielecki (tenor)
CD 3
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Hear ye, noble
Boyars
Andrzej Hiolski (baritone)
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Simpleton's Song
Kiril Dulguerov (tenor)
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Flow, flow, o bitter tears
Paulos Raptis (tenor)
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Boris's Farewell and Prayer
Boris Godunov, Act IV:
Death of Boris
Boris Christoff (bass)
Songs and Dances of the Death: The Field Marshal
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Sorochintsy, Act I: Why cry and lament, my poor eart?
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Khovanshchina, Act V: Dosifei's Aria
Boris Christoff (bass)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Eugene Onegin, Act I: Tatyana's
Letter Scene
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Eugene Onegin, Act II: Lensky's Aria
Rolando Villazón (tenor)
Eugene Onegin, Act III: Prince Gremin's Aria
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
The Queen of Spades, Act I: Forgive me, loveliest of creatures
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
The Queen of Spades, Act III: It is close on midnight already
Lucia Popp (soprano)
The Queen of Spades, Act III: What is our life? A game!
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
The Snow Maiden: Lel's Song
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
CD 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
May Night, Act I: The sun sinks
low
Sadko, Scene 2: Oh, you dark little wood
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Sadko, Scene 2: Lullaby of the Sea Princess
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Sadko, Scene 4: Song of the Viking Guest
Feodor Chaliapin (bass)
The Snow Maiden, Act II: Nature, sacred sweet
Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)
The Tsar's Bride, Act II: Marfa's Scene and Aria
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Act III: Prince Yuri's Aria
Boris Christoff (bass)
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Aleko: Romance of the Young Gypsy
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Aleko: Aleko's Aria
Feodor Chaliapin (bass)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
War and Peace, Scene 3: What right have
they?
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: Song about the Beaver
Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)
Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: Feodor Basmanov's Song
Anatoly Mokrenko (baritone)
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act
I: Oh, I don't feel like sleep
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act II: That's what old age means
Dimiter Petkov (bass)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act III: Only a lady friend of mine
Robert Tear (tenor)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act III: The police were formed
Aage Haugland (bass)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: In the wood, right in a grove
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: Thank you Katerina Lvovna
Birgit Finnilä (mezzo-soprano)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: We trudge along day after day
Alexander Malta (bass)
CD 5 Singers of Imperial Russia
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
A Life for the Tsar, Act II: I look over
the bare fields
Marie Michailova (soprano)
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Ah, not to me, poor wretch
Eugenia Zbrueva (contralto)
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: They guess the truth
Vladimir Kastorsky (bass)
Ruslan and Ludmila, Act III: O my Ratmir!
Marianne Tcherkasskaya (soprano)
Alexander Serov (1820-1871)
Judith: I shal don my robe of byssus
Natalia Yuzhina (soprano)
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
The Demon: On desire's soft, fleeting wing
Andrei Labinsky (tenor)
The Demon: In the quiet of the night
Nina Koshetz (soprano)
The Demon: Accursed world
Joachim Tartakov (baritone)
Nero: Epithalamium
Nikolai Shevelev (baritone)
César Cui (1835-1918)
Prisoner of the Caucasus: The sun was brightly
shining
Ivan Grizunov (baritone)
Eduard Nápravník (1839-1916)
Dubrovsky: O give me oblivion
Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Oprichnik: I swear before God
and thee
Nikolai Figner (tenor)
Eugene Onegin, Act II: In your house
Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)
Eugene Onegin, Act III: Lensky's Aria
Leonid Sobinov (tenor)
The Maid of Orleans, Act I: Farewell to the forests
Vera Petrova-Zvantseva (mezzo-soprano)
The Queen of Spades, Act III: It is midnight
Medea Mei-Figner (soprano)
Iolanthe, Act I: Why have I not known this before?
Lydia Lipkowska (soprano)
Iolanthe: My lord, if I offend
Lev Sibiriakov (bass)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
The Snow Maiden, Prologue: Gathering
berries
Antonina Nezhdanova (soprano)
Aleksandr Grechaninov (1864-1956)
Dobrinya Nikitich: Flowers were
blooming
Leonid Sobinov (tenor)
Various pianists, orchestras and conductors
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