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Boris Godunov (Ed. Dobrowen)

Arrangement: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Issay Dobrowen, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Choeurs Russes de Paris, Boris Christoff (Bass), Eugenia Zareska (Mezzo Soprano), Ludmila Lebedeva (Soprano), Lydia Romanova (Alto), André Bielecki (Tenor), Kim Borg (Bass), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Wassili Pasternak (Tenor), Stanislav Pieczora (Baritone), Raymond Bonte (Tenor), Eugène Bousquet (Bass)
1952, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
32 Tracks, 2:58:16

  • Prologue

    • 1. Well then, what's wrong with you? (Scene 1: Nikitich)
      02:25
    • 2. Who are you abandoning us (Scene 1: Nikitich, A peasant, Two women, Chorus)
      04:39
    • 3. Orthodox folk! The boyar is implacable - Glory to Thee, Creator on high (Scene 1: Shchelkalov, Chorus)
      07:05
    • 4. Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich (Scene 2: Shuisky, Chorus)
      05:17
    • 5. My soul is sad - Glory! Glory! Glory! (Scene 2: Boris Godunov, Chorus)
      05:38

  • Act I

    • 1. Just one more final story - Oh Lord, strong and righteous - Do not complain, brother (Scene 1: Pimen, Dimitri, Chorus)
      14:51
    • 2. They are ringing for matins - Boris! Boris! Everything trembles before you (Scene 1: Pimen, Dimitri, Chorus)
      03:48
    • 3. I caught a grey drake - Give me some fun (Scene 2: Varlaam, Misail, Innkeeper)
      04:05
    • 4. Why have you fallen into thought, comrade - Here's what happened at the town of Kazan (Scene 2: Varlaam, Misail, Innkeeper, Dimitri)
      03:54
    • 5. Why don't you sing along - We are humble elders (Scene 2: Varlaam, Misail, Dimitri, Innkeeper, Nikitich)
      07:39
    • 6. What are you staring at me like that for? (Scene 2: Nikitich, Dimitri, Varlaam, Misail, Innkeeper)
      05:16

  • Act II

    • 1. Where are you, my betrothed - Oh, that's enough (Xenia, Nurse)
      02:54
    • 2. A gnat was chopping wood (Song of the gnat) (Feodor, Nurse)
      02:01
    • 3. My little tale is about this and that (Clapping Song) - What's the matter? (Nurse, Feodor, Xenia, Boris Godunov)
      05:08
    • 4. I have achieved the greatest power (Boris Godunov)
      06:03
    • 5. What have you come for? (Boris Godunov, Shuisky, Boyar)
      10:37
    • 6. In Uglich, in the cathedral - Phew! I feel terrible (Clock scene) (Boris Godunov, Shuisky)
      05:39

  • Act III

    • 1. By the shyblue waters of the Vistula (Scene 1: Marina)
      02:31
    • 2. Enough! The beautiful lady is grateful - Marina is bored! Oh how bored! (Scene 1: Marina, Chorus)
      05:55
    • 3. Ah! Oh, it's you, my father (Scene 1: Marina, Rangoni)
      09:17
    • 4. At midnight - in the garden - Polonaise (Scene 2: Dimitri, Marina)
      07:02
    • 5. Dimitri! Tsarevich - Oh Tsarevich, I beg you (Scene 2: Marina, Dimitri, Chorus)
      11:09

  • Act IV

    • 1. Bring him over here (Scene 1: Chorus)
      04:37
    • 2. Trrr rrr! Iron Cap - Ah! Ah! Boris! (Scene 1: Simpleton, Chorus)
      02:23
    • 3. The sun and the moon have grown dark (Scene 1: Varlaam, Misail, Chorus)
      03:33
    • 4. Domine, domine, salvum fac (Scene 1: Varlaam, Misail, Levitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
      02:29
    • 5. Glory to you, Tsarevich! (Scene 1: Dimitri, Varlaam, Misail, Khrushchov, Levitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
      03:47
    • 6. Flow, flow, bitter tears (Scene 1: Simpleton)
      02:22
    • 7. Well then? Let's go and vote, boyars (Scene 2: Chorus)
      03:35
    • 8. What a shame that prince Shuisky isn't here - He was wispering 'Go away, go away' (Scene 2: Shuisky, Boris Godunov, Chorus)
      05:23
    • 9. A humble monk (Pimen's narration) - The Tsarevich, quickly! (Scene 2: Pimen, Boris Godunov, Chorus)
      06:23
    • 10. Farewell, my son (Scene 2: Boris Godunov, Feodor)
      10:51