Opera - Boris Godunov (Highlights)

MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY

Boris Godunov Highlights

74:43

(based on the initial version of 1869)

Libretto by the composer, based on Pushkin's historical tragedy of the same name and Karamzin's History of the Russian State

English translation by David Lloyd-Jones

Coronation Scene

8:04

1

Shuisky: 'Long life to our Tsar Boris Feodorovich!'

4:05

2

Boris: 'My soul is sad'

3:59

Varlaam's Song

3

Varlaam: 'By the walls of Kazan the mighty fortress'

2:30

Apartments Scene

27:59

4

Xenia: 'Ah, my dear betrothed'

7:26

5

Boris: 'I stand supreme in power'

5:14

6

Boris: 'What is it?'

11:53

7

Boris: 'Ugh! Give me air!'

3:26

St Basil Scene

11:16

8

Men: 'What, has the service finished?'

6:12

9

Women: 'Merciful, gracious Tsar'

5:04

Death Scene

24:20

10

Boyars: 'Sad, Shuisky is not with us'

6:39

11

Pimen: 'A humble hermit'

7:10

12

Boris: 'Farewell, my son'

10:31

John Tomlinson bass - Boris

Stuart Kale tenor - Prince Shuisky

Clive Bayley bass - Varlaam

Joan Rodgers soprano - Xenia

Susan Parry mezzo-soprano - Feodor

Yvonne Howard mezzo-soprano - The Old Nurse

Mark Curtis tenor - Simpleton

Matthew Best bass - Pimen

Brian Cookson tenor - Boyar

Edward Thornton baritone - Mitiukha

Stephen Dawson baritone - Shchelkalov

Martin Fitzpatrick chorus master

Simon Lindley chorus master

Paul Daniel

8-10 June 1997