Tracklist

Disc 1
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich - Lyricist
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
Pieczora, Stanislaw (bass)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
Borg, Kim (bass)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Romanova, Lydia (mezzo-soprano)
Pasternak, Wassili (tenor)
Lebedeva, Ludmila (soprano)
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Ustinov, Gustav (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Bonte, Raymond (tenor)
Bousquet, Eugène (bass)
Studio chorus (Choir)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Goossens, Eugene (Conductor)
Steimann, Max (Conductor)
1Prologue Scene 1: Introduction01:47
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
2Prologue Scene 1: People's Chorus - Nu, shtozh vy?05:17
Pieczora, Stanislaw (bass)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
3Prologue Scene 1: Shchelkalov's Address - Pravoslavnye! nye umolim boyarin!03:19
Borg, Kim (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
4Prologue Scene 1: Pilgrim's Chorus - Slava tebye03:46
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
5Prologue Scene 2: Introduction02:00
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
6Prologue Scene 2: People's Chorus - Da zdrastvuet tsar' Boris Feodorovich!03:15
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
7Prologue Scene 2: Entry of Boris - Skorbit dusha!03:10
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
8Prologue Scene 2: People's Chorus - Slava! Slava! Slava!02:28
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
9Act 1 Scene 1: Pimen's Mologue - Yeshcho odno poslyednyeye skazanye06:01
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
10Act 1 Scene 1: Grigory's Dream - Bozhe krepki, pravy03:08
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
11Act 1 Scene 1: Grigory's Dream - Ti vsyo pisal, i snom nye pozabylsa03:43
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
12Act 1 Scene 1: Boris's Crime - Davno, chestnoy otyets02:03
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
13Act 1 Scene 1: Boris's Crime - Zvonyat k zautrenye03:44
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
14Act 1 Scene 2: Introduction01:16
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
15Act 1 Scene 2: Song of the Hostess - Poymala ya siza seleznyd02:14
Romanova, Lydia (mezzo-soprano)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
16Act 1 Scene 2: Arrival of Varlaam and Missail - Zheno, mir domu tvoemu!02:30
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Romanova, Lydia (mezzo-soprano)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
17Act 1 Scene 2: Varlaam's Drinking Song - Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazane03:34
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
18Act 1 Scene 2: Grigory Questions the Hostess - Kak yedet yon03:37
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Pasternak, Wassili (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
19Act 1 Scene 2: The Guard's Interrogation - Vy shto za lyudi?03:57
Pieczora, Stanislaw (bass)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
20Act 1 Scene 2: Grigory's Flight - Ya gramotny03:46
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Pieczora, Stanislaw (bass)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act 2: Xenia's Lament - Gdye ty, zhenikh moy02:56
Lebedeva, Ludmila (soprano)
Romanova, Lydia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
2Act 2: Song of the Flez - Kak komar drova rubil02:00
Romanova, Lydia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
3Act 2: Clapping Game - Ekh, mama mamushka, vot tak skazochka!01:18
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Romanova, Lydia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
4Act 2: Boris Consoles Xenia - Chevo?01:54
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Romanova, Lydia (mezzo-soprano)
Lebedeva, Ludmila (soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
5Act 2: Map Scene - A ty, moy syn, chem zanyat?02:05
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
6Act 2: Boris's Monologue - Dostig ya vishey vlasti05:53
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
7Act 2: Shuysky's Treachery - Shto takoe?01:44
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Ustinov, Gustav (tenor)
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
8Act 2: Tale of the Parakeet - Popinka nash sidyel02:58
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
9Act 2: Shuysky's Information - Veliky gosudar', chelom byu03:32
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
10Act 2: Boris's Fears - Slikhal li ty, kogda-nibud02:20
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
11Act 2: Shuysky's Narration - V Ugliche, v soborye01:39
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
12Act 2: Clock Scene - Uf, tyazhelo!03:56
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
13Act 3 Scene 1: Chorus of Girls - Na Vislye lazurnoy02:38
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
14Act 3 Scene 1: Marina's Aira - Krasotka panna blagodarna02:22
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
15Act 3 Scene 1: Marina's Aria - Skuchno Marinye03:33
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
16Act 3 Scene 1: Duet - Akh, eto ty, moy otyets!04:40
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Borg, Kim (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
17Act 3 Scene 1: Duet - Krasoyu svoyeyu pleni samozvantsa!04:35
Borg, Kim (bass)
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
18Act 3 Scene 2: Dmitryi's Aria - V polnoch', v sadu, u fontana...03:01
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
19Act 3 Scene 2: Polonaise - Vashey strasti ya nye vyeru, panye03:59
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
20Act 3 Scene 2: Dimitri! Tsaryevich! Dimitri!03:36
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
21Act 3 Scene 2: Duet - Tebya, tebya, odnu, Marina03:41
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
22Act 3 Scene 2: Duet - O, tsaryevich, umolyayu03:52
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
Disc 3
1Act 4 Scene 1: The Capture of Krushchyov - Vali syuda!02:06
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
2Act 4 Scene 1: The Mocking of Krushchyov - Nye sokol letit02:31
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
3Act 4 Scene 1: The Taunting of the Simpleton - Trr ...Zhelyzny kolpak02:22
Pasternak, Wassili (tenor)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
4Act 4 Scene 1: Entrance of Varlaam and Missail - Sontse, luna pomyerknuli03:34
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
5Act 4 Scene 1: Entrance of Dmitri - Slava, tebye, tsaryevichu03:48
Bonte, Raymond (tenor)
Bousquet, Eugène (bass)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
6Act 4 Scene 1: The Simpleton's Lament - Lyeytyes', lyeytyes', slyozi gorkiye02:20
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Bonte, Raymond (tenor)
Bousquet, Eugène (bass)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
7Act 4 Scene 2: The Duma of the Boyars - Shtozh, poydyom na golosa, boyare03:32
Pasternak, Wassili (tenor)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
8Act 4 Scene 2: Shuysky's Evidence and Boris's Denial - Zhal', Shuyshkovo nyet knyazya05:21
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
9Act 4 Scene 2: Shuysky's Evidence and Boris's Denial - Zhal', Shuyshkovo nyet knyazya05:21
Bielecki, Andrzej (tenor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
10Act 4 Scene 2: Pimen's Narration - Smirenny inok06:21
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
11Act 4 Scene 2: Boris's Farewell and Prayer - Proshchai moy syn, umirau06:06
Christoff, Boris (bass)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
12Act 4 Scene 2: Funeral Bell and Death of Boris - Zvon! Pogrebalny zvon!04:37
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Zareska, Eugenia (mezzo-soprano)
Russian Chorus of Paris (Choir)
French National Radio Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dobrowen, Issay Alexandrovich (Conductor)
13Appendix: Prologue Scene 2: People's Chorus - Da zdrastvuet tsar' Boris Feodorovich!04:27
Studio chorus (Choir)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Goossens, Eugene (Conductor)
14Appendix: Prologue Scene 2: Entry of Boris - Skorbit dusha!04:08
Studio chorus (Choir)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Goossens, Eugene (Conductor)
15Appendix: Act 2: Boris's Monologue - Dostig ya vishey vlasti05:09
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steimann, Max (Conductor)
16Appendix: Act 2: Clock Scene - Uf, tyazhelo!04:02
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steimann, Max (Conductor)
17Appendix: Act 4 Scene 2: Boris's Farewell and Prayer - Proshchai moy syn, umirau04:25
Studio chorus (Choir)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Goossens, Eugene (Conductor)
18Appendix: Act 4 Scene 2: Funeral Bell and Death of Boris - Zvon! Pogrebalny zvon!04:20
Studio chorus (Choir)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Goossens, Eugene (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 03:27:17