Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833-1887) - Prince Igor (1990)
Cover Front Album
Composer Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833-1887)
Conductor Emil Tchakarov
Orchestra / Ensemble I Sofia Festival Orchestra
Length 210:17
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I Sofia National Opera Chorus
Chorus Master Lyubomir Karoleev
Index 125
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Martinovich; Evstatieva; Kaludov; Ghiuselev; Ghiaurov; Miltcheva; Popov; Georgiev; Petkov; Stoyanova
Credits
Producer Michel Glotz
Label Sony
Track List
Prince Igor: Overture; Prologue; Act I 73:29
01 Ouverture 10:22
02 Prologue 21:27
03 Act I: Scene 1: At Vladimir Galitsky's court 18:39
04 Act I: Scene 2: Arioso of Yaroslavna 09:57
05 Act I: Scene 2: Yaroslavna with the girls 04:59
06 Act I: Scene 2: Yaroslavna and Galitsky 08:05
Prince Igor: Act I: Finale; Act II 73:26
01 Finale of Act I 09:36
02 Act II: Choir of the Polovtsian Maidens 06:07
03 Act II: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens 02:16
04 Act II: Cavatina of Konchakovna 06:40
05 Act II: Scene with choir 03:44
06 Act II: Recitative and cavatina of Vladimir Igoryevich 05:26
07 Act II: Duet of Igoryevich and Konchakovna 06:40
08 Act II: Aria of Prince Igor 07:04
09 Act II: Prince Igor and Ovlur 04:03
10 Act II: Aria of Konchak 06:30
11 Act II: Recitative of Prince Igor and Konchak 03:26
12 Act II: Polovtsian dance with choir 11:54
Prince Igor: Act III; Act IV 63:22
01 Act III: Polovtsian march 05:53
02 Act III: Song of Konchak 03:11
03 Act III: Recitative of Konchak and Choir of the Khans 04:50
04 Act III: Choir and dance of the guards 03:46
05 Act III: Recitative of Ovlur and Prince Igor 02:01
06 Act III: Trio 04:13
07 Act III: Finale 04:59
08 Act IV: Aria of Yaroslavna 10:13
09 Act IV: Song of the peasants 03:05
10 Act IV: Recitative of Yaroslavna and duet with Igor 07:48
11 Act IV: Song of the gudok-players and choir 09:34
12 Act IV: Choral finale 03:49
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Purchase Date 9/15/2002
Value $53.00
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Condition 100%
Librettist Alexander Borodin
Nationality Russian
Premiere Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, October 23, 1890
"Form" Opera in four acts and prologue
Language Russian
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Hall 1, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
Catalog Number S3K 44878
Live No
Recording Date 7/14/1987
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince Seversky: Boris Martinovich
Yaroslavna: Stefka Evstatieva
Vladimir Igoryevich: Kaludi Kaludov
Vladimir Yaroslavich, Prince Galitsky: Nicola Ghiuselev
Khan Konchak: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Konchakovna: Alexandrina Miltcheva
Ovlur: Mincho Popov
Skula: Stoil Georgiev
Yeroshka: Angel Petkov
Yaroslavna's Nanny: Elena Stoyanova
Polovstian Maiden: Elena Stoyanova

Notes, biographies, illustrations, transliterated text and translations

Essay: "Russian Opera" by Detlev Gojowy
Essay: "Prince Igor" by Dorothea Redpenning