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MUSSORGSKY Complete Operas & Fragments (17 discs, Profil) BOLSHOI 1911–1963 For Sale

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MUSSORGSKY Complete Operas & Fragments (17 discs, Profil) BOLSHOI 1911–1963:
$125.00

MODEST MUSSORGSKY

(1839–1881)

Complete Operas and Fragments

Boris Godunov • Khovanshchina • Zhenitba (Marriage)

Sorochinskaya yarmarka (The Fair at Sorochyntsi)

Salammbo • Mlada

The Star Solosts of the Bolshoi Theatre 1911-1963

Feodor Chaliapin • Alexey Ivanov • Nikandr Khanayev • Yevgenij Kibkalo

Ivan Kozlovsky • Alexei Krivchenia • Maria Maksakova • Aleksej Maslennikov

Maxim Mikhailov • Georgy Nelepp • Vladimir Petrov • Mark Reizen

Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya • Elizaveta Shumskaya • Evgenia Verbitskaya

Glafira Zhukovskaya • Bronislava Zlatogorova • Kira Leonova

Conductors

Nikolai Golovanov • Boris Khaikin • Alexei Kovalev

Alexander Melik-Pashaev • Vasily Nebolsin • Samuel Samosud •Lev Steinberg

Evgeny Svetlanov • Sergey Yeltsyn • Vincenzo Bellezza • Andre Cluytens

Samo Hubad • Walter Susskind

Guest Singers

Zara Dolukhanova • Boris Shtokolov • Boris Christoff • Dmitry Usunov

Era Krayushkina • Vsevolod Puchkov • Mikhail Chernozhukov

Lavrentiy Yaroshenko

This collection includes two versions of Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina, respectively in Rimsky-Korsakov\'s and Shostakovich\'s reworkings, and fragments from The Marriage, The Fair at Sorochyntsy, Salammbo and Mlada.

There is also a CD dedicated to Feodor Chaliapin singing arias from Boris Godunov across a period of twenty years (1911-1931).

Among major operas, Boris Godunov shares with Giuseppe Verdi\'s Don Carlos (1867) the distinction of having an extremely complex creative history, as well as a great wealth of alternative material. The composer created two versions—the Original Version of 1869, which was rejected for production by the Imperial Theatres, and the Revised Version of 1872, which received its first performance in 1874 in Saint Petersburg.

Several composers, chief among them Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Dmitri Shostakovich, have created new editions of the opera to \"correct\" perceived technical weaknesses in the composer\'s original scores. Although these versions held the stage for decades, Mussorgsky\'s individual harmonic style and orchestration are now valued for their originality, and revisions by other hands have fallen out of favor.

In the 1980s, Boris Godunov was closer to the status of a repertory piece than any other Russian opera, even Tchaikovsky\'s Eugene Onegin, and is the most recorded Russian opera.

Discs One through Three:

Boris Godunov

(Rimsky-Korsakov version)

Boris - Alexander Pirogrov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Georgi Nelepp
Marina - Maria Maksakova
Pimen - Maxim Mikhailov
Varlaam - Vassily Lubenchov
Shuisky - Nikander Khanayev
Missail - Vassili Yakuschenko
Rangoni - Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Fyodor - Bronislava Zlatogorova
Xenia - Yelena Dimitrievna Kruglikova
Hostess - Alexandra Tourtchina
Simpleton - Ivan Kozlovsky
Tchelkalov - Ilya Bogdanov
Krushchov - Alexander Peregudov
Nurse - Eugenia Verbitskaya
Nikitich - Sergei Krasovsky
Mityukha - Ivan Sipayev

Nikolai Golovanov conducting

Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre

STUDIO Recording: 1948/49

«In 1948 the scenes involving Boris were recorded with Mark Reizen; and the next year 1949, the entire score was set down with Alexander Pirogrov. As all the other protagonists were the same....the opera could be issued with a choice of interpreters in the title role».

Bonus Tracks

Boris Godunov

Act III. Scene 6

Choir of Sandomierz Girls

\"Na visle lazurnoy pod ivoy tenistoy”

STUDIO Recording : 1962

Scene and Aria of Marina

\"Dovolno! Krasotka panna blagodarna\"

\"Skuchno Marine, akh, kak suchno!\"

Scene and Duet of Marina and Rangoni

\"Akh, eto vy, moy otets!\"

Marina – Maria Maksakova

Rangoni – Alexey Ivanov

Alexander Melik-Pashaev conducting

Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre

STUDIO Recording: 1948/49

Act III. Scene 7. (Unabridged)

Dmitriy and Rangoni

\"V polnoch! V sadu, u fontana!\"

\"Zloy demon! Ty kak tat nochnoy\"

Rangonis Monologue and Dmitry

\"Smirennyi, greshnyi bogomolets\"

\"Da, ya ne rasstanus s toboy\"

Polonaise - Choir, Marina

\"Vashey strasti ya ne veryu”

Monologue Of Dmitriy

\"Lezuit lukavyi, krepko szhal menya v kogtyakh\"

Duet of Dmitriy and Marina

\"Dimitriy! Tsarevich! Dimitriy!\"

\"Ona! Marina!\"

\"Tebya, tebya odnu, Marina\"

\"O, tsarevich, umolyayu!”

Anton Diakov • Dimiter Usunov • Evelyn Lear

André Cluytens conducting

Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphoniques de Paris

Sofia National Opera Chorus

Recorded: 1962 Studio Paris

Discs Four through Six

Boris Godunov

(Dmitri Shostakovich version)

Aleksandr Danilovich Iljin
Andrey Kramtsov
Era Krayushkina
Mikhail Chernozhukov
Nikolay Volchkov
Nikolay Voskov
Nina Aksyuchits
Rimma Barinova
Valeria Lyubavina
Boris Timofeyevich Shtokolov
Vladimir Morozov
Vladimir Ulyanov
Vsevolod Puchkov
Ivan Alexeev
Ivan Bugaev
Ivan Melentjev
Konstantin Laptev
Lavrentiy Yaroshenko
Ludmila Grudina
Saveliy Stezhnev

Sergey Yeltsyn conducting

Kirov Orchestra and ChoruS

LIVE Recording: 14th December 1960 performance at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg

Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The opera was almost finished in piano score when the composer died in 1881, with the orchestration lacking. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov completed, revised, and orchestrated Khovanshchina in 1881–1882.

Dmitri Shostakovich was commissioned to revise and reorchestrate the opera for a film version in 1956. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky\'s score, Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.

Discs Seven through Nine

Khovanshchina

(Rimsky-Korsakov version)

Ivan Khovansky - Alexei Krivchenia
Andrey Khovansky - Alexei Bolshakov
Vasily Golitsyn - Nikander Khanayev
Shaklovity - Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Dosifey - Mark Reizen
Marfa - Maria Maksakova
Scribe - Tikhon Chernyakov
Emma - N Koshisina
Kuzka - Mikhail Skazin
Streshniev - Alexei Bolshakov
Pastor - Sergei Krasovsky
Varsonofiev - ? Tioutiounnik
Strelets I - Sergei Koltipin
Strelets II - Leonid Ktitorov

Vasily Nebolsin conducting

Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre

STUDIO recorded: 1953, Moscow

Bonus Tracks

The Tsar’s Bride

Zara Dolukhanova mezzo-soprano

Marfa\'s Divination – \"Sily Potaynye, Sily Velikie!\"

Song Of Marfa – \"Iskhodila, Mladioshenka\"

Alexi Kovalev conducting

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: 1953

Discs Ten and Eleven

Khovanshchina

(Dmitri Shostakovich version)

Ivan Khovansky - Alexei Krivchenia
Andrey Khovansky - Anton Grigoriev
Vasily Golitsyn - Vladimir Petrov
Shaklovity - Yevgeny Kibkalo
Dosifey - Mark Reizen
Marfa - Kira Leonova
Susanna - L. Gritsyenko
Emma - Viveja Gromova
Kuzka - Alexei Maslennikov
Streshniev - E. Demyentev
Pastor - Gennadi Pankov
Varsonofiev - Philip Fokin

Evgeny Svetlanov conducting

Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre

STUDIO recording: 1959/62, Moscow

Discs Twelve and Thirteen

Zhenitba (Marriage)

Ivan Kuzmich Podkolesin - Daniel Demyanov
Ilya Fomich Kochkarev - Pavel Pontryagin
Fiokla Ivanovna - Anna Matiushina
Stepan - Georgi Abramov
Agafya Tikhonovna - Alexandra Yakovenko
Arina Panteleimonovna - Nina Kulagina
Ivan Pavlovich Yaichitsa - Sergei Kasbanov
Anuchkin - Sergei Fomichev
Baltazar Zhevakin - Alexander Lebedev
Dunyashka - Lydia Kazanskaya
A Coachman - Trofim Antonenko

Alexei Kovalev conducting

USSR State Radio Orchestra

STUDIO recording: 1952, Moscow

Disc Fourteen and Fifteen

Sorochinskaya yarmarka

(The Fair at Sorochintsy)

Cherevik - Latko Koroshetz
Khivria - Bogdana Stritar
Parassia - Vilma Bukovetz
Kum - Friderik Lupsha
Gritzko - Miro Branjnik
Afansy Ivanovich - Slavko Shtrukel
Gypsy - Andrei Andreev
Chernobog - Samo Smerkolj

Samo Hubad conducting

Orchestra and Chorus of the Slovenian National Opera

Recorded: 1955

Bonus Tracks

Prelude \"A Hot Day In Little Russia\"

Nikolay Golovanov conducting

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orchestrated by Anatoly Lyadov

Recorded: 1950

Dumka Of Grytso

\"Zachem Ty Serdtse Rydaesh I Stonesh?\"

Georgy Vinogradov tenor • Jan Shubert bassoon

Samuel Samosud conducting

Bolshoi Theatre Symphony orchestra

Orchestrated by César Cui

Recorded: 1948

Duettino of Khivrya and Afanassy Ivanovich

\"Akh! Eto Vy Afanasiy Ivanovich!\"

Vera Makarova mezzo-soprano • Sergey Streltsov

Lev Steinberg conducting

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Orchestrated by Yuri Sakhnovsky

Recorded: 1938

\"Night on the Bare Mountain\"

Nikolay Golovanov conducting

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Recorded: 1950

Dumka of Parasya

\"Ty Ne Grusti, Moy Milyi\"

Glafira Zhukovskaya soprano

Nikolay Golovanov conducting

Orchestrated by Anatoly Lyadov

Recorded: 1940

Gopak

Nikolay Golovanov conducting

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orchestrated by Anatoly Lyadov

Recorded: 1950

Disc Sixteen:

Salammbô. Mlada. Fragments

Salammbô

Six Fragments

Recorded: 1952 / 56

Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya soprano

Boris Christov bass • Vladimir Sakharov baritone

Alexandre Labinsky piano

Alexei Kovalev conducting

Act I. Song of the Balearic Islander

\"V obyatiyakh devy molodoy\"

War Song of the Libyans for Male Choir

\"Svobodno, vysoko vzletayet oryol\"

Act II. Salammbô’s Song to the Moon

\"Umchalas oblakov letuchaya gryada”

Ritual Scene with Flowers and Salammbô’s Prayer Song

\"Tanita Zezhnaya! Pust Svetlyj Obraz Tvoy\"

Act IV. Prelude And Monologue Of Matho

\"Ya V Tyurme, Pozornogo Plena Dobycha\"

Arioso Of Matho - \"Ya Umru Odinok\"

\"Joshua\" (\"Lisus Navin\")

Cantata for voice, choir and orchestra

(Based on \"War Song of the Libyans\" From \"Salammbô\")

Maria Maksakova mezzo-soprano

Nikolay Golovanov conducting

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

USSR Radio Choir

Orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Recorded: 1939

\"Intermezzo Symphonique in Modo Classico\" Vers. II. (Based on music from \"Salammbô\")

Boris Khaykin conducting

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Recorded: 1955

Mlada

Solemn-Triumphal March (\"The Capture of Kars\")

(Based On \"Solemn march of the Princes and Priests\")

Walter Susskind conducting

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Recorded: 1952

Disc Seventeen

Feodor Chaliapin

Boris Godunov

Studio Recordings 1911-1931

Prologue. Coronation

\"Skorbit dusha\"

Eugene Goossens conducting

Recorded: 27th May 1926 London

Act II

Boris\' Monologue

\"Dostig ja vysshey vlasti\"

Clock Scene

\"Okh! Tjazhelo, day dukh perevedu\"

Max Steinmann conducting

London Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: 6th June 1931

Act IV

Farewell of Boris

\"Proshchay, moy syn, umirayu\"

Recorded: 21st May 1926 London

Death Of Boris

\"Zvon, pogrebalnyi zvon\"

Lawrance Collingwood conducting

Lawrance Collingwood Orchestra

Recorded: 13th June 1927

Act I Scene 2. Varlaam\'s Song

Recorded: 31st May 1926

Rosario Bourdon conducting

Act I Scene 1. Pimen\'s Monologue

\"Yeshchio Odno Posledneye Skazanye\"

George W. Byng conducting

Recorded: 23rd October 1922

Act IV. Pimen\'s Narration

\"Odnazhdy, v vecherniy chas, prishol ko mne pastukh\"

Recorded: 26th November 1911

Live Recordings of Boris Gudonov Fragments

6th July 1928, Covent Garden, London

Boris - Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin

Shuisky - Angelo Bada

Fyodor - Margherita Carosio

Vincenzo Bellezza conducting

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Act II. Scene of Boris and his son Feodor

\"A ty, moi, syn, chem. zanyat?\"

Monologue of Boris

\"Dostig ya vysshey vlasti\"

Hallucination Scene (Clock Scene)

\"Uf, tyazhelo! day dukh perevedu\"

Act IV. Choir of Boyars

\"Teper poydiom na golosa”

Shuyskis Narration

\"Na medni, ukhodya ot gosudarya\"

Boris\'s Appearance

\"Chur, Ditya, Chur!\"

\"Kto govorit ubiytsa? ubitsy net”

Monologue of Boris; Shuyskiy

\"Ya sozval vas, boyare”

Farewell of Boris

\"Ostavte nas, uydite vse\"

\"Proshchay moy syn, umirayu\"

Death of Boris and Finale

\"Zvon, pogrebalnyi zvon\"

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MUSSORGSKY Complete Operas & Fragments (17 discs, Profil) BOLSHOI 1911–1963 For Sale

MUSSORGSKY Complete Operas & Fragments (17 discs, Profil) BOLSHOI 1911–1963: $125.00

MUSSORGSKY Complete Operas & Fragments (17 discs, Profil) BOLSHOI 1911–1963:
$125.00