CD 1
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908) | |
Prologue | |
1. | Introduction | 3:18 | |
2. | Spring's recitative and aria | 4:46 | |
3. | Spring's recitative | 3:06 | |
4. | Song and dance of birds | 3:10 | |
5. | Scene (Spring, Father Christmas) | 0:27 | |
6. | Father Christmas's song | 2:29 | |
7. | Scene (Father Christmas, Spring, Snow-maiden) | 3:23 | |
8. | Snow-Maiden's aria | 3:06 | |
9. | Scene | 0:57 | |
10. | Snow-Maiden's arietta | 2:14 | |
11. | Scene | 2:52 | |
12. | Farewell to the pancake week (choir) | 5:20 | |
13. | Final scene | 4:15 | |
Act 1 | |
14. | Introduction | 1:50 | |
15. | Scene (Snow-Maiden, Lel') | 3:39 | |
16. | The first song of Lel' | 3:19 | |
17. | The second song of Lel' | 3:49 | |
18. | Snow-Maiden's arietta | 3:16 | |
19. | Scene and Kupava's arietta | 2:27 | |
20. | Wedding ceremony | 3:21 | |
21. | Scene (Kupava, Snow-Maiden, Mizgir) | 5:49 | |
22. | Finale | 6:56 | |
Total time: 73:54 | |
CD 2
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Act 2 | |
1. | Guslars's song | 4:35 | |
2. | Scene (Berendei, Bermyata) | 3:51 | |
3. | Berendei and Kupava's duet | 6:29 | |
4. | Biryuchi's cry | 1:42 | |
5. | The procession of tzar Berendei | 1:42 | |
6. | Berendeis's Hymn and scene | 5:43 | |
7. | Berendei's cavatine | 3:35 | |
8. | Scene (Berendei, Snow-Maiden, Bermyata, Lel', Mizgir, choir) | 8:02 | |
9. | Final Hymn | 1:20 | |
Act 3 | |
10. | Round-dance and song about beaver | 4:34 | |
11. | Skomorokh's dance | 3:14 | |
12. | The third song of Lel' and scene | 8:07 | |
13. | Snow-Maiden's scene | 2:56 | |
14. | Snow-Maiden and Mizgir's duet | 3:39 | |
15. | Mizgir's arioso | 1:21 | |
16. | Scene (Snow-maiden, Mizgir, Leshy) | 5:12 | |
Total time: 66:05 | |
CD 3
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Act 4 | |
1. | Introduction | 2:43 | |
2. | Scene and duet (Snow-Maiden, Spring) | 6:13 | |
3. | Spring's aria with chorus, Spring and Snow-Maiden scene | 6:09 | |
4. | Snow-Maiden and Mizgir's duet | 4:58 | |
5. | Chorus | 1:14 | |
6. | Scene (Berendei, Mizgir) | 1:25 | |
7. | Snow-Maiden melting scene and Mizgir's death | 6:20 | |
8. | Berendei's scene | 0:51 | |
9. | Finale | 2:13 | |
Supplements: Sergei Lemeshev as Berendei | |
10. | Berendei's cavatine (act 2), recorded in 1928 (Victor, 4068A, Harbin) | 3:13 | |
11. | Berendei's cavatine (act 2), recorded in 1940 | 3:22 | |
12. | Berendei's cavatine (act 2), recorded in 1945 | 3:04 | |
13. | Berendei's cavatine (act 3), recorded in 1948 | 2:51 | |
14. | Berendei and Kupava's duet (act 2), recorded in 1948 (Kupava - A. Ivanova) | 5:05 | |
15. | Berendei's cavatine (act 2), recorded in 1956 | 3:30 | |
16. | Berendei's cavatine (act 2), recorded in 1957 | 4:40 | |
17. | Interview of Sergei Lemeshev (March 14, 1976) | 2:40 | |
Highlights from performance "The Snow-Maiden" by Alexander Ostro | |
18. | 18-21. Scenes from act 2 | 14:52 | |
(Berendei - Sergei Lemeshev, Bermyata - Yury Ilchuk, Snow-Maiden - S. Kuznetsova, Mizgir - V. Korop, Kupava - T. Vasilyeva, Beautiful Elena - V. Arkhangelskaya) | |
19. | Berendei's monologue (act 4) | 1:28 | |
Total time: 77:15 | |