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ID: MELCD1001444
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera & Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
3 CD - Total time: 187.31
Yuri Masurok, Galiana Kalinina, Arthur Eizen & Tamara Sinjavskaia
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Mark Ermler
Tolstoy’s creative works were always the subject of excitement for Prokofiev. Having dismissed the idea of composing music on the subject of the novel “Resurrection” he became enthusiastic about “War and Peace”. Eleven of thirteen scenes were written within the year. Putting aside plenty (according to his opinion) of minor details the composer concentrated his attention on two main subject lines - lyrical and psychological connected with Natasha’s image and the patriotic one devoted to the ordeal of the Russian people in the Patriotic war of 1812. The conductor Samuel Samosud played rather important role in the destiny of the opera. He was a prominent person in the operatic art of the Soviet period. The opera survived re-birthing due to his support: first on the stage of the Bolshoi Hall of Moscow Conservatoire in 1945, then with Mali Opera Theatre Company in Leningrad. Being the last work of Prokofiev in the opera genre “War and Peace” combines the best features of the composer’s music talent. Characters and performers: Prince Andrei Bolkonsky - Yury Masurok, baritone Natasha Rostova - Galina Kalinina, soprano Sonia - Nina Terentyeva, mezzo-soprano The host at the ball - Andrei Sokolov, tenor Man-servant - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Master of ceremonies - Yury Korolev, bass Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova - Larisa Avdeeva, mezzo-soprano Peronskaja - Eleonora Andreeva, soprano Count Ilja Andreevich Rostov - Arthur Eizen, bass Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov - Eugene Raikov, tenor Ellen Besukhova - Tamara Sinyavskaya, soprano Antol' Kuragin - Eugene Shapin, tenor Dolokhov - Stanislav Suleimanov, bass Old man servant of the Bolkonskys - Vladislav Pashinsky, baritone The Bolkonskys’ maid - Glafira Koroleva, mezzo-soprano The Bolkonskys’ valet - Vladimir Filippov, bass Princess Maria - Nina Novoselova, mezzo-soprano Prince Nikolay Andreevich Bolkonsky - Alexander Ognivtsev, bass Coachman Balaga - Boris Morozov, bass Matriosha, gypsy woman - Nina Grigorieva, mezzo-soprano Dunjasha, the Rostovs’ young maid - Margarita Miglau, soprano Gavrila, Akhrosimova’s man-servant - Leonid Savitsky, bass Metivier, French doctor - Andrei Fedoseyev, baritone Abbot, Frenchman - Anatoly Mishutin, tenor Denisov - Yury Grigoriev, baritone Tikhon Scherbaty - Nikolai Nizienko, bass 1st Prussian General - Boris Kleiman 2nd Prussian General - Alexei Romanov Duke Andrei’s orderly - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Michael Illarionovich Kutuzov, Field Marshal - Alexander Vedernikov, bass Kutuzov’s orderly - Andrei Sokolov, tenor Napoleon Bonaparte - Alexander Voroshilo, baritone General Kopman’s orderly - Konstantin Pustovoy, tenor Murat’s orderly - Kolya Benyukov Marshal Berthier - Yury Korolev General Belliard - Anatoly Babykin, bass Prince Eugene’s orderly - Oleg Bektimirov, tenor Voice behind the curtain - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Orderly from Napoleon’s retinue - Vladislav Pashinsky, baritone Monsieur de Beausset - Alexander Arkhipov, tenor General Benigsen - Peter Gluboky, bass General Barclay de Tolly - Denis Korolev, tenor General Ermolov - Nicolai Nizienko, bass General Raevsky - Vladislav Romanovsky, baritone Captain Ramballe - Valery Jaroslavtsev, bass Lieutenant Bonnet - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Gerard - Vitaly Vlasov, tenor Marshal Davout - Leo Vernigora, bass French officer - Vladislav Pashinsky, tenor Platon Karataev - Konstantin Pustovoy, tenor 1st madman - Yury Korolev, bass 2nd madman - Anatoly Mishutin, tenor 1st French actress - Nina Glasyrina, mezzo-soprano 2nd French actress - Elena Kurovskaya, soprano |
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ID: AQVR177-2
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Musical Drama in 4 acts and prologue
Libretto by M.Mussorgsky after drama of Alexander Pushkin and the chronicle of Nikolai Karamzin
Version revised by N.Rimsky-Korsakov
Boris Godounoff . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark REIZEN, bass
Ksenia, his daughter. . . . . . . . . . . Elizaveta SHUMSKAYA, soprano
Tsarievitch Fiodor Borissovich . . . . . . Bronislava ZLATOGOROVA, contralto
Ksenia's nurse . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yevgenia VERBITZKAYA, contralto
Boyar Vassily Shuisky . . . . . . . . . Nikandr KHANAEV, tenor
Tschelkalov, clerk of Duma . . . . . . . Ilya BOGDANOV, baryton
Pimen, chronicler, hermit . . . . . . . . Maxim MIKHAILOV, bass
Gregory Otrepiev, false-Dimitri. . . . . . . . Georgy NELEPP, tenor
Marina Mniszek, daugter of Sandomir's Voievode . . Maria MAKSAKOVA, mezzo-soprano
Varlaam, pilgrim . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily LOUBENTZOV, bass
Missail, pilgrim . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily YAKOUSHENKO, tenor
Hostess of a tavern . . . . . . . . . Alexandra TOURTCHINA, mezzo-soprano
Yurodivy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan KOZLOVSKY, tenor
Police-officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei KRASSOVSKY, bass
Khroustschov, boyar of Duma. . . . . . . Alexander PEREGOUDOV, tenor
Mitioukha, peasant . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan SYPAEV, baryton-bass
Chorus & orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Conductor: Nikolai GOLOVANOV
Recorded in Moscow, March 1948.
BONUS TRACKS:
Mark REIZEN in scenes of Pimen and Varlaam
Varlaam- M. REIZEN, bass / Hostess -Y. VERBITZKAYA, contralto / Missail- V. SHEVTZOV, tenor / Gregory -G. NELEPP, tenor / Police Officer- S. KRASSOVSKY, bass / Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra - Vasily NEBOLSIN (1951)
ACT 1 Scene 1. The Monastery cell of Pimen near Moscow
Pimen: M.REIZEN, bass /Gregory - G. NELEPP, tenor /Choir & orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre - Vasily NEBOLSIN (1953)
Pavel JOURAVLENKO, Varlaam
ACT 1 Scene 2. Scene at the Inn, at Lithuanian frontier
Varlaam - Pavel JOURAVLENKO, bass / Hostess - Ksenia KOMISSAROVA, mezzo-soprano / Missail - Alexander GONTAREV, tenor / Gregory - Mikhail KROUTYAKOV, tenor / Police Officer - Andrew ATLANTOV, bass / Theatre S.Kirov’s Orchestra - Edouard GRYGOROV (1947) |
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ID: AQVR179-2
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Complete version
Opera in four acts. Libretto by I. Shpazhinsky after his tragic story of the same name.
Prince Nikita Danilitch Kourlatieff - Mikhaïl KISSELIOFF, baryton
Grand-duc du Gouvernement de Novgorad
Princesse Yevpraksia Romanovna, son épouse - Vieronika BORISSENKO, mezzo-soprano
Prince Youri Nikititch, leur fils - Georgy NELEPP, ténor dramatique
Nastassya, surnommée Kouma, aubergiste - Natalya SOKOLOVA, soprano lyrique
Mamyroff, un vieux diacre - Aleksei KOROLEV, baryton-basse
Niénila, sa soeur. Femme de chambre de la Princesse -Anna MATIOUCHINA, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Jouran, Valet du Prince Nikita - Mikhaïl SKAZIN, baryton-basse
Foka, Oncle de Nastassya - Anatoly TIKHONOFF, baryton
Polya, une amie de Nastassya - Varvara GRADOVA, soprano
Balakin, un habitué venant de Novgorad - Sergueï SLADKOPEVTZEFF, ténor comprimario
Potap, un jeune gars - Levon KHATCHATOUROFF, baryton-basse
Loukach, autre jeune gars - Alexei Usmanov, ténor
Kitchiga, un pugiliste de foire - Guennadi TROITSKY, basse
Païssi, moine vagabond à peau noire - Pavel PONTRYAGUIN, ténor comprimario
Koudma, un sorcier - Pavel KOROBKOV, baryton
Choeurs de la Radio d'URSS
Philharmonie d'Etat de Moscou dirigés par Samouïl SAMOSSOUD
Moscou, Janvier 1954
BONUS:
Vladimir SLIVINSKIY - baritone
Eleonora ANDREYEVA - soprano
Aleksey IVANOV - baritone
Evgenia SMOLENSKAYA, soprano
Natalia SHPILLER, soprano |
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ID: MELCD1001979
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
This historic recording was made in 1952 and was one of the best recordings put on tape by the outstanding music director Boris Pokrovsky. The artists were awarded the Stalin Prize of the First Degree, one of the most honourable decorations which was later given the same status as the USSR State Prize.
Georgy Nelepp (Sadko), Vera Davydova (Lyubava), Elizaveta Shumskaya (Volkhova), Elizaveta Antonova (Nezhata), Pavel Lisitsian (The Venetian Guest), Ivan Kozlovsky (The Indian Guest), Mark Reizen (The Varangian Guest), Alexander Peregudov (Sopel), Sergei Koltypin (Duda), Tikhon Chernyakov (First Father Superior), Stephan Nikolau (Second Father Superior)
Orchestra and chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre, Nikolai Golovanov |
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ID: MELCD1001811
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Total time : CD 1 - 72:04 / CD 2 - 64:35 / CD - 3 44:30
Rimma Glushkova, soprano
Pyotr Gluboky, baritone
Galina Molodtsova, soprano
Vladimir Makhov, tenor
Sergei Stukachev, bass-baritone
Lev Eliseev, tenor
Vladimir Matorin, bass
Andrei Sokolov, character tenor
Victor Rybinsky, baritone |
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ID: MELCD1001526
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
The author of the story, Ostrovsky, wrote “Korsakov’s music to my “The Snow Maiden” is astonishing. I could hardly imagine anything that might be more suitable and could express so lively the poetry of the ancient pagan cult and this cold as snow at first and then irrepressibly passionate heroine of the tale.”
Easiness and quickness of composing the opera were the evidence of not only Rimsky-Korsakov’s keenness on Ostrovsky’s fairy tale subject but of his maturity as composer. The opera was completed in clavier within two months and a half! The sensitive composer could catch the main idea -The Snow Maiden was not cold and heartless, without any feeling of love but she was longing to love, to be near the people, feel and experience as most of them. The author of the fairy tale A.N. Ostrovsky admired the opera. Both musicians who performed “The Snow Maiden” and audience fell in love with the opera at once; it won the composer’s heart as well. “The Snow Maiden” (a spring fairy tale), Opera in 4 Acts with the Prologue. Libretto by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov based on the like-named play by A.N. Ostrovsky.
CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS IN THE PROLOGUE: SPRING BEAUTY
SPRING BEAUTY - Nina Terentieva, mezzo-soprano;
FATHER FROST - Georgy Seleznev, bass;
THE SNOW MAIDEN - Irina Zhurina, soprano;
WOOD GOBLIN - Oleg Biktimirov, tenor;
MASLENITSA-THE STRAW WOMAN - Vladimir Pashinsky, bass;
BOBYL BAKULA - Alexander Arkhipov, tenor;
BOBYLIKHA, his wife - Raisa Kotova, mezzo-soprano
CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS IN THE OPERA
TSAR BERENDEI - Alexander Fedin, tenor;
BERMYATA, the confidant of the tsar, a boyar - Boris Morozov, bass;
SPRING BEAUTY - Nina Terentieva, mezzo-soprano;
SNOW MAIDEN - Irina Zhurina, soprano;
BOBYL BAKULA - Alexander Arkhipov, tenor;
BOBYLIKHA, his wife - Raisa Kotova, mezzo-soprano;
LEL, a shepherd - Tatiana Erastova, mezzo-soprano;
KUPAVA, a young girl, a daughter of a wealthy settler -Lyudmila Sergienko, soprano;
MIZGIR, a merchant guest from Berendey settlement - Igor Morozov, baritone;
FIRST HERALDS - Konstantin Baskov, Yuri Markelov, tenors;
SECOND HERALDS - Nikolay Nizienko, Stanislav Suleimanov, bass;
TSAR’S BOY - Sasha Karpikov; WOOD GOBLIN - Oleg Biktimirov, tenor. |
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ID: AQVR268-2
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
A Spring fairy-tale
Libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov after the piece of Alexander Ostrovsky
Tsar Berendei - Sergey Lemeshev
Bermyata - Sergey Krassovsky
Beautiful Spring - Nadezhda Obukhova
Father Christmas - Maxim Mikhailov
Snow-Maiden - Irina Maslennikova
Lel', shepherd - Maria Maksakova
Kupava - Sofia Panova
Mizgir - Alexey Ivanov
Choir & orchestra of Bolshoi theatre, USSR. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
Recorded in 1946 |
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ID: AQVR370-2
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
GPT - Gramplasttrest
Ivan Khovansky - Vassily Lubentsov (4, 11), Marfa - Maria Maksakova (5, 6, 15), Shaklovity - Alexei Ivanov (7, 8), Scribe - Dmitriy Marchenkov (10),
Kuzka - Sergei Koltypin (10), Andrei Khovansky, Dosifei - artists unknown (15)
Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre. Conductor - Lev Steinberg. Chorus Master - Max Cooper
Recorded in 1939 (4, 9-11, 13, 14), 1940 (5-8, 12, 15)
National historic music drama in five acts (six scenes)
Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, edition by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Prince Ivan Khovansky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXEI KRIVCHENYA
Prince Andrei Khovansky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRIGORI BOLSHAKOV
Prince Vassily Golitsyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIKANDR KHANAEV
Dosifei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK REIZEN
Marfa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARIA MAKSAKOVA
Boyar Shaklovity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXEI IVANOV
Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SERGEI KRASSOVSKY
Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIKHON TCHERNYAKOV
Emma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NADEZHDA KOSITSYNA
Varsonofiev, Golitsyn's confidant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VSEVOLOD TYUTYUNNIK
Kuzka, strelyets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKHAIL SKAZIN
1st Strelyets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SERGEI KOLTYPIN
2nd Strelyets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEONID KTITOROV
Streshnev, a young herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXEI BOLSHAKOV
Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi theatre - Conductor - Vassily Nebolsin
Choirmaster - Alexander Rybnov. Stage Orchestra - Conductor - Sergei Gosatchinsky. Recorded 1953
Bonus: “Khovanshchina” at the Bolshoi theatre in 1939. The complete collection
of the surviving fragments of this recording. Conductor - Lev Steinberg.
Artists - V. Lubentsov M. Maksakova, Al. Ivanov, D. Marchenkov, S. Koltypin |
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ID: MNRCD203
CDs: 4
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
This box set contains CDs that are also available separately from MN Records.
Man and Boy: Dada - an opera in two acts
Love Counts - an opera in two acts
MNRCD101-2 Man and Boy: Dada - an opera in two acts
MNRCD111-2 Love Counts - an opera in two acts
MAN AND BOY: DADA
An Opera in two acts composed by Michael Nyman
Libretto: Michael Hastings
The generously packaged, slip cased 2-CD set contains a full colour 44-page booklet with complete libretto.
Man and Boy: Dada is the first in a triptych of chamber operas written by Nyman with librettist Michael Hastings. It tells the story of the unlikely friendships between the ageing Dadaist artist Kurt Schwitters, who is exiled in war-torn London; a 12-year-old boy called Michael, who shares the artist's obsession with collecting London Transport bus tickets; and Michael's mother, widowed by the war. The recording reunites the cast from the UK premiere performance at the Almeida Theatre in July 2004 - tenor John Graham Hall as Schwitters, William Sheldon as the boy, and soprano Vivian Tierney as the boy's mother. Paul McGrath conducts the Michael Nyman Band.
LOVE COUNTS
An Opera in two acts composed by Michael Nyman
Libretto: Michael Hastings
The generously packaged, slip cased 2-CD set contains a full colour 44-page booklet with complete libretto.
Love Counts is a love story between the unlikeliest of couples: Avril, a lecturer in mathematics at a major college who has divorced a man who physically abused her, and Patsy, a middle-weight fighter at the end of his career who cannot read or recognise numbers. |
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