The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya

Album by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov & Ivan Petrov & Vladimir Ivanovsky & Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya & Большой симфонический оркестр имени П. И. Чайковского & Moscow Radio Chorus & Vasili Nebolsin

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya is an opera by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, first performed in 1907. The score blends Russian folk-influenced melodies, modal harmonies and rich orchestration to evoke mystical, pastoral and spiritual atmospheres, and the work, one of Rimsky-Korsakov's late operas, synthesises his interest in orchestral colour and nationalistic themes within the Russian operatic tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Act 1: Introduction "In praise of wilderness"
    3:05
  2. 2.
    Ah, you forest, my forest, beautiful wilderness - Fevroniya
    6:31
  3. 3.
    Oh Lord, what is the meaning of this! - Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya
    5:14
  4. 4.
    Whose child are you, where have you come from? - Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya
    4:34
  5. 5.
    Tell me. fair maiden. do you go to pray in God's church? - Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya
    2:51
  6. 6.
    Well spoken, fair maiden! - Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya
    5:30
  7. 7.
    Hail to thee, lips of honey - Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya
    3:57
  8. 8.
    As soon as the marksmen came out into the open field - Chorus, Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya, Poyarok
    4:06
  9. 9.
    Act 2: Show them, Mikhayluska, show them, playful bear - Bear leader, Chorus, Gusli player, Well-off people
    7:43
  10. 10.
    So what is that to us? - Kuterma, Well-off people, chorus
    5:46
  11. 11.
    Hey lads! I can hear some bells - Chorus, Poyarok, Well-off people
    2:27
  12. 12.
    Get away, clear off, you dog! - Chorus, Fevroniya, Poyarok, Kuterma
    3:57
  13. 13.
    Over the bridges of guelder-tree - Chorus
    3:28
  14. 14.
    Gayda! Gay! Gayda! - Tatars, Bedyay, Burunday, Chorus, Kuterma, Fevroniya
    3:55
  15. 15.
    Gayda! Gay! Stop, you godless heathens! - Chorus, Kuterma
    2:37

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Act 3, Scene 1: Good fortune to you, citizents of Kitezh - Poyarok, Chorus, Prince Vsevolod
    9:29
  2. 3.
    O glory, vain wealth! - Prince Yury
    4:34
  3. 4.
    Wondrous queen of heaven, our holy protectress! - Poyarok, Prince Yury, Chorus, Page
    5:12
  4. 5.
    Kitezh looted and us taken alive as a tribute - Prince Yury, Chorus, Prince Vsevolod
    7:24
  5. 6.
    What are we standing about for, sisters? - Chorus, Page, Prince Yury, Poyarok
    6:38
  6. 7.
    Entr' acte to the second scene "The Battle near Kerzhenets"
    4:31
  7. 8.
    Scene 2: Here is the oak grove, and here is the lake - Kuterma, Burunday, Bedyay, Chorus
    5:59
  8. 9.
    Oh, you Tartar Murzas! I don't need the gold or silver - Burunday, Bedyay, Chorus
    4:26
  9. 10.
    Ah, my dear husband, my hope! - Fevroniya
    2:09
  10. 11.
    Hear me, maiden ... Lovely princess! - Kuterma, Fevroniya
    6:12
  11. 12.
    Go, servant of the Lord! - Fevroniya, Kuterma, Chorus
    5:59

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Act 4, Scene 1: Oh, I can't go on, Grishenka - Fevroniya, Kuterma
    5:18
  2. 4.
    Earth, our merciful mother! - Fevroniya, Kuterma
    5:10
  3. 5.
    Grishenka! ... He will not listen - Fevroniya
    7:59
  4. 6.
    The free birds are toning up their voices - Fevroniya, Voice of Alkonost
    4:01
  5. 7.
    Is that you, radiant light of my eyes? - Fevroniya, Ghost
    4:51
  6. 8.
    The bridegroom has come - Voice of Sirin, Fevroniya, Ghost
    3:51
  7. 9.
    Entr'acte to Scene 2
    3:29
  8. 10.
    Scene 2: The doors of paradise have opened for you - Alkonost, Sirin, Chorus
    2:28
  9. 11.
    Radiant kingdom! O God! - Fevroniya, Chorus, Prince Vsevolod
    4:33
  10. 12.
    May the grace of God be with you! - Prince Yury, Fevroniya, Prince Vsevolod, Alkonost, Sirin
    5:16
  11. 13.
    Stay with us here for ever more - Chorus, Fevroniya, Sirin, Alkonost, Prince Vsevolod, Prince Yury
    4:15
  12. 14.
    Grishenka, even though you are feeble in mind - Fevroniya, Poyarok, Prince Yury, Chorus
    5:28
  13. 15.
    Bonus: Ivan Petrov sings Romances by Rimsky Korsakov (piano: S. Stuchevsky): The raind day has waned (Pushkin) Op. 51, No. 5
    5:32
  14. 16.
    The clouds begin to scatter (Pushkin) Op. 42, No. 3
    3:36
  15. 17.
    Oh, if thou couldst for one moment (Tolstoy) Op. 39, No. 1
    1:47
  16. 18.
    Not the wind, blowing from the heights (Tolstoy) Op. 43, No. 2
    2:07
  17. 19.
    The octave (Maykov) Op. 45, No. 3
    2:19
  18. 20.
    The messenger (Heine) Op. 4, No. 2
    1:39
  19. 21.
    The upas tree (Pushkin) Op. 49, No. 1
    4:54

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