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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka (Pimen), Kenneth Riegel (Shuisky), Nicolai Gedda (Simpleton), Galina Vishneyevskaya (Marina), Catherine Dubosc (Xenia), Matthew Adam Fish (Feodor), Mira Zakai (Nurse), Vyacheslav Poloznov (Grigory), Misha Raitzin (Missail), Lajos Miller (Shchelkalov)

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  • Release Date: 18th May 2018
  • Catalogue No: 9029573551
  • Label: Erato
  • Series: The Home of Opera
  • Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

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Contents

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Prologue

Work length24:39
$7.80
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  • Lajos Miller (baritone), Richard Cowan (bass-baritone), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Malcolm Smith (bass-baritone)
  • Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
  • Mstislav Rostropovich

"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)

Track length2:18
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"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)

Track length4:40
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"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)

Track length6:30
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"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)

Track length3:16
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"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)

Track length4:02
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"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)

Track length3:53
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1

Work length45:06
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  • Paul Plishka (bass), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass), Stefan Szkafarowsky (baritone), Vyacheslav Polozov (tenor), Misha Raitzin (tenor)
  • National Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Washington, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
  • Mstislav Rostropovich

"One last narration" (Pimen)

Track length5:19
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"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)

Track length1:59
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"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)

Track length8:09
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"Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)

Track length6:13
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"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)

Track length1:58
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"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)

Track length3:17
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"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)

Track length2:36
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"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)

Track length2:26
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"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)

Track length4:51
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"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)

Track length5:55
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"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)

Track length2:23
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 2

Work length37:24
$14.30
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  • Matthew Adam Fish (boy soprano), Mira Zakai (contralto), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Catherine Dubosc (soprano), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Thomas Booth (tenor)
  • National Symphony Orchestra
  • Mstislav Rostropovich

"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)

Track length3:26
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"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)

Track length2:49
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"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)

Track length2:18
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"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)

Track length3:44
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"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)

Track length5:15
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"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)

Track length1:52
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"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)

Track length1:44
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"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)

Track length6:37
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"No, I cannot ... I cannot, my child! Tsarevich, obey!" (Boris, Shuisky)

Track length3:04
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"Why, you do not believe me?" (Shuisky)

Track length3:16
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"Enough! Oh, I can hardly breathe!" (Boris)

Track length3:19
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 3

Work length42:48
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  • Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Nikita Storozhev (bass), Vyacheslav Polozov (tenor)
  • Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
  • Mstislav Rostropovich

"On the azure Vistula under a shady willow" (Chorus, Marina)

Track length3:10
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"Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)

Track length1:52
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"I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)

Track length3:20
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"Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni)

Track length8:39
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"At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)

Track length9:05
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"Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)

Track length5:29
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"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)

Track length11:13
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 4

Work length1:02:44
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  • Richard Cowan (bass-baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Lajos Miller (baritone), Paul Plishka (bass), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass), Jacques Trigeau (baritone), Thomas Booth (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Matthew Adam Fish (boy soprano), Misha Raitzin (tenor), Michel Pastor (tenor), Vyacheslav Polozov (tenor)
  • Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Choral Arts Society of Washington
  • Mstislav Rostropovich

"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)

Track length4:40
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"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)

Track length3:05
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"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)

Track length5:33
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"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)

Track length3:17
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"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)

Track length2:52
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"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)

Track length3:39
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"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)

Track length3:40
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"Gracious Sovereign! ... My story will be simple and short" (Shuisky, Boris, Pimen)

Track length5:28
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"Oh, I can't breathe! ... Lord! Lord! Look down, I beseech Thee" (Boris)

Track length6:51
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"Weep, weep, people" (Chorus, Boris, Fyodor)

Track length4:15
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"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)

Track length4:44
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"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)

Track length2:21
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"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)

Track length1:10
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"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)

Track length2:51
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"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)

Track length1:34
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"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)

Track length6:44
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