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Borodin: Prince Igor (Ivanov, Smolenskaya, Melik-Pashayev) (1951)

11/1/2005, 45 Tracks, 3:20:59

Featuring

  • Alexander Melik-Pashayev
  • Alexander Pirogov
  • Alexey Serov
  • Andrei Ivanov
  • Antonina Ivanova
  • Elena Korneyeva
  • Evgenia Smolenskaya
  • Feodor Godovkin
  • Ivan Mikhailovich Skobtsov
  • Mark Reizen
  • Sergei Lemeshev
  • Vera Borisenko
  • Feodor Chaliapin
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Bruno Reibold
  • Nina Koshetz
  • Nadezhda Obukhova
  • Charles Friant
  • Gustave Cloëz
  • Frieder Weissmann
  • Georges Baklanoff
  • Boris Christoff
  • Issay Dobrowen
  • Bolshoi Theatre Chorus
  • Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
  • RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Staatskapelle Berlin
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Alexander Borodin

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Recording & Production

This historic 1951 recording of "Prince Igor" features the legendary Bolshoy Opera, the pre-eminent opera company of the Soviet era, at its peak.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Borodin was part of 'The Five' or 'The Mighty Handful' with Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov, a group that opposed academic approaches to music and championed Russian patriotism.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Sergey Lemeshev, who sings Vladimir, was one of the biggest Soviet music stars of the period, studying at the Moscow Conservatory and acting with Stanislavsky.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

"Prince Igor" is a nationalist epic set in the twelfth century, depicting the clash between the Russians, symbolized by Prince Igor, and the Tartar Polovtski tribe.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Borodin's opera "Prince Igor" remained unfinished at his death and was completed and orchestrated by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

This recording of "Prince Igor" omits Act III, in accordance with the performance practice of the time.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Alexander Borodin, the composer of "Prince Igor," was an internationally famous scientist and physician who considered music a pastime.

Source: Booklet

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