Modest Mussorgsky (1936-1881) - Boris Godounov (1998)
Cover Front Album
Composer Modest Mussorgsky (1936-1881)
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Orchestra / Ensemble I Kirov Orchestra
Length 305:57
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I Kirov Chorus
Chorus Master Valery Borisov
Index 370
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist Putilin; Vaneev; Trifonova; Bulycheva; Galusin; Ohotnikov; Pluzhnikov; Gerello; Akimov; Borodina; Nikitin; Laptev
Credits
Producer Anna Barry
Label Philips
Track List
Boris Godounov (1869) 58:03
01 Part I: Scene 1: Orchestral introduction; "Well, what are you waiting for?" 05:22
02 Part I: Scene 1: "For whom dost thou forsake us? 01:27
03 Part I: Scene 1: "People of the Orthodox faith" 02:51
04 Part I: Scene 1: "Glory to thee, our Lord" 06:15
05 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): Orchestral introduction; "Long live Tsar Boris Feororovich" 04:06
06 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): "My soul is sad" 02:39
07 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): "Glory! Glory! Glory!" 01:55
08 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): Part II: Scene 1: "Just one more final tale" 04:51
09 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): "Lord, our Heavenly Father" "That same dream again" 02:14
10 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): "You have gone on writing" 06:22
11 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): "Holy Father, for a long time" 05:15
12 Part I: Scene 2 (Corontation Scene): "Boris! Boris!" 01:10
13 Part II: Scene 2: Orchestral introduction; "Can I bring you anything, reverent fathers?" 01:48
14 Part II: Scene 2: "It all happened in the town of Kazan" 02:50
15 Part II: Scene 2: "Why don't you join in the singing?" 01:55
16 Part II: Scene 2: "There he goes" "What sort of people are you?" 03:22
17 Part II: Scene 2: "I can read" 03:41
Boris Godounov (1869) 63:57
01 Part III: "My dear husband" 02:29
02 Part III: "That's enough now, my precious tsarevich" 05:36
03 Part III: "I have acheived supreme power" 05:20
04 Part III: "Yesterday evening, Pushkin's servant..." 03:46
05 Part III: "No! Wait, wait, Shuisky" 03:06
06 Part III: "It is not execution that I fear" 05:05
07 Part IV: Scene 1: Orchestral introduction; "What? Is mass over?" 03:53
08 Part IV: Scene 1: "Trrr, trrr, tin hat" "The moon is on its travels" 04:33
09 Part IV: Scene 1: "What is he weeping about?" 03:50
10 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "Boyars on noble rank" 02:59
11 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "What? Let us vote, boyars" 02:36
12 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "It's a pity that Prince Shuisky isn't here" 03:13
13 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "Get away... get away!" 02:50
14 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "A humble monk" 02:55
15 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "Once in a deep sleep" 02:24
16 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "Leave us! All of you, go!" 03:48
17 Part IV: Scene 2 (Death of Boris): "Oh, Lord! Look down" 05:34
Boris Godounov (1872) 61:43
01 Prologue: Scene 1: Orchestral introduction; "Well, what are you waiting for?" 05:25
02 Prologue: Scene 1: "For whom dost thou forsake us?" 01:27
03 Prologue: Scene 1: "People of the Orthodox faith" 02:51
04 Prologue: Scene 1: "Glory to thee, our Lord" 06:14
05 Prologue: Scene 2: Orchestral introduction; "Long live Tsar Boris Feordorovich" 04:06
06 Prologue: Scene 2: "My soul is sad" 02:22
07 Prologue: Scene 2: "Glory! Glory! Glory!" 01:56
08 Act I: Scene 1: "Just one more final tale" 04:52
09 Act I: Scene 1: "Lord, our Heavenly Father" "That same dream again" 02:15
10 Act I: Scene 1: "You have gone on writing" 06:17
11 Act I: Scene 1: "Holy father, for a long time" 01:41
12 Act I: Scene 1: "It is the bell for matins" 03:02
13 Act I: Scene 2: "I caught a grey drake" 05:40
14 Act I: Scene 2: "It all happened in the town of Kazan" 01:55
15 Act I: Scene 2: "Why don't you join in the singing?" 04:20
16 Act I: Scene 2: "There he goes" "What sort of people are you?" 03:40
17 Act I: Scene 2: "I can read" 03:40
Boris Godounov (1872) 77:03
01 Act II: "Where are you, my dear husband?" 02:14
02 Act II: "Ah! That's enough now" 01:40
03 Act II: "So the gnat was chopping some firewood" 01:28
04 Act II: "Ah, nurse, nanny" 02:00
05 Act II: "Ah!" "What? Has a wild beast" 03:20
06 Act II: "I have achieved supreme power" 01:49
07 Act II: "Wow heavily weighs the right hand of the fearful judge" 02:54
08 Act II: "Ah, shoo!" 01:52
09 Act II: "Our little parrot was singing" 01:53
10 Act II: "My son, my own dear child!" 01:35
11 Act II: "Ah, the most illustrious orrator" 03:51
12 Act II: "Take measures immediately" 03:25
13 Act II: "At the cathedral in Uglich" 05:37
14 Act III: Scene 1: "On the azure Vistula" 02:47
15 Act III: Scene 1: "Enough!" 02:00
16 Act III: Scene 1: "Ruzya, I do not need you today" "How tediously..." 04:05
17 Act III: Scene 1: "Ah! It's you, my father!" 04:28
18 Act III: Scene 1: "Captivate the Pretender with your beauty!" 02:13
19 Act III: Scene 1: "Your eyes have started to sparkle with a hellish flame" 02:05
20 Act III: Scene 2: "At midnight... in the garden... near the fountain" 02:21
21 Act III: Scene 2: "Tsarevich!" 04:24
22 Act III: Scene 2: "A humble, sinful pilgrim" 01:24
23 Act III: Scene 2: "Tsarevich, conceal yourself!" 03:46
24 Act III: Scene 2: "That crafty Jesuit" 01:25
25 Act III: Scene 2: "The wife of that toothless debauchee" 01:01
26 Act III: Scene 2: "It is she! Marina! 01:09
27 Act III: Scene 2: "But it is not for amorous conversations" 02:31
28 Act III: Scene 2: "You alone, Marina I worship" 02:43
29 Act III: Scene 2: "Leaders from all corners of Russia" 00:57
30 Act III: Scene 2: "A, tsarevich, I beg you, do nor curse me" 04:06
Boris Godounov (1872) 45:11
01 Act IV: Scene 1: Boyars of noble rank" 03:01
02 Act IV: Scene 1: "What? Let us vote, boyars" 02:04
03 Act IV: Scene 1: "It's a pity that Prince Shuisky isn't here" 03:45
04 Act IV: Scene 1: "Get away... get away!" 02:54
05 Act IV: Scene 1: "A humble monk" 02:54
06 Act IV: Scene 1: "Once in a deep sleep" 02:26
07 Act IV: Scene 1: "Leave us! All of you, go!" 04:11
08 Act IV: Scene 1: "O Lord! Look down" 05:46
09 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "Over here! Sit him down on the stump!" 04:24
10 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "Trrr, trrr, tin hat!" "The moon is on its travels" 02:14
11 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "The sun and the moon have faded" 01:22
12 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "Hurrah! Daring boldness has broken free" 02:38
13 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "Domine, salvum fac Regem" 02:20
14 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "Glory to you, Tsarevich!" 01:31
15 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "We, Dmitry Ivanovich" 01:26
16 Act IV: Scene 2 (Revolution Scene): "Flow, flow bitter tears!" 02:15
Personal
Purchase Date 10/1/1999
Value $59.50
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Librettist Modest Mussorgsky
Nationality Russian
Premiere St. Petersburg, February 8, 1874
Language Russian
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Studio 5, Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Catalog Number 462 230-2
Live No
Recording Date 11/1/1997
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
1869 Version:
Boris Godounov: Nikolai Putilin
Xenia: Olga Trifonova
Fyodor: Zlata Bulycheva
Grigory: Viktor Lutsuk
Pimen: Nikolai Ohotnikov
Scuisky: Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Schchelkalov: Vassily Gerello
Varlaam: Fyodor Kuznetsov
Misail: Nikolai Gassiev
Innkeeper: Liubov Sokolova
Simpleton (Holy Fool): Evgeny Akimov
Nurse: Evgenya Gorochovskaya
Nikitich: Grigory Karassev
Mityukha: Evgeny Nikitin
Boyar-in-attendance: Yuri Laptev
Voice in the crowd: Andrei Karabanov

1872 Version:
Doris Godounov: Vladimir Vaneev
Xenia: Olga Trifonova
Fyodor: Zlata Bulycheva
The Pretender (Grigory): Vladimir Galusin
Pimen: Nikolai Ohotnikov
Scuisky: Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Schchelkalov: Vassily Gerello
Varlaam: Fyodor Kuznetsov
Misail: Nikolai Gassiev
Marina Mnishek: Olga Borodina
Rangoni: Evgeny Nikitin
Innkeeper: Liubov Sokolova
Simpleton (Holy Fool): Evgeny Akimov
Nurse: Evgenya Gorochovskaya
Nikitich: Grigory Karassev
Mityukha: Evgeny Nikitin
Boyar-in-attendance: Yuri Laptev
Khruschov: Yuri Schikalov
Lavitsky: Andrei Karabanov
Police officer: Grigory Karassev
Voice in the crowd: Andrei Karabanov
Notes, illustrations, text and translations

Essay: "The Quintessential Russian Opera" by Robert Layton
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