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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Recommended1869 version
Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
I am very grateful that we have a well-made recording of this production, which allows us at last to see the 1869 version as an independent work of art that makes sense in its own terms, a testimony... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Paata Burchuladze (Ivan Khovansky), Klaus Florian Vogt (Andrei Khovansky), John Daszak (Golitsin), Valery Alexejev (Shaklovity), Anatoly Kotcherga (Dosifey), Doris Soffel (Marfa), Ilrich Reß (Scrivener), Camila Nylund (Emma)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Solti: Journey of a lifetime
Celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Talking heads opine that Solti's career only soared after Bohm retired and Karajan died...it does provide some remarkable anecdotes...such as Solti becoming great cronies with Theodor Adorno...Most... — More…
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mussorgsky & Borodin
Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, 2007
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
…is a sophisticated Russian New Year's Eve event from Berlin. …the impression remains that Rattle brings off the subtler, more atmospheric passages best. — More…
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Mariss Jansons conducts Dvorak & Mussorgsky
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna);
Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Orlin Anastassov (Boris), Alessandra Marianelli (Xenia), Pavel Zubov (Fyodor), Ian Storey (Grigory), Vladimir Vaneev (Pimen), Peter Bronder (Prince Shuisky), Vasily Ladjuk (Andrey Shchelkalov), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam)
Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrei Konchalovsky
Konchalovsky sticks to the 1869 original...Orlin Anastassov makes a rich-voiced but wildly over-the-top Godunov...It's good to have the superlative treble Pavel Zubov as Boris's son Fyodor...Best... — More…
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Weinberg: Trumpet Concerto & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
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An Evening with Renée Fleming
Recorded live at Waldbühne, Berlin, 2010
Renée Fleming
Berliner Philharmoniker, Ion Marin
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris), Yulia Sokolik (Fyodor), Eri Nakamura (Xenia), Heike Grötzinger (Nurse), Gerhard Siegel (Schuisky), Markus Eiche (Andrey), Anatoli Kotscherga (Pimen), Sergey Skorokhodov (Grigory), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano, Calixto Bieito
the updating seems neither modish nor forced, and is carried out with economy and intelligence...There's no dip in commitment anywhere in the cast. Tsymbalyuk's Boris, sung in a pleasingly smooth,... — More…
