Ruslan and Lyudmila

Album by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka & Симфонический оркестр Большого театра & Aleksandr Vedernikov

Ruslan and Lyudmila is an opera in five acts by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, premiered in 1842. As Glinka's second opera, it blends Romantic-era orchestration, lyrical vocal writing and material drawn from Russian folk-song and choral traditions, marking a foundational step in the development of Russian national opera and influencing later composers.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
    5:17
  2. 2.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 1: Introduction: “Dela davno minuvsikh dnei”
    7:03
  3. 3.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: “Est’pustynnyi kraj”
    7:58
  4. 4.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 2: Lyudmila’s Cavatina: “Grustno mne, roditel’ dorogoi”
    8:01
  5. 5.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 3: Finale: “Chada rodimye”
    6:03
  6. 6.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: “Chto sluchilos’?”
    8:40
  7. 7.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 4: Entr’acte
    3:12
  8. 8.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 5: Finn’s Ballad: “Dobro pozhalovat’, moi syn”
    8:30
  9. 9.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 6: Duet of Finn and Ruslan: “Blagodaryu tebya, moi divnyi pokrovitel”
    2:05
  10. 10.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 7: Scene and Farlaf’s Rondo: “Ya ves’ drozhu”
    4:14
  11. 11.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: (Rondo) “Blizok uz chas torzhestva moego”
    3:49

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 8: Ruslan’s Aria: “O pole, pole”
    6:16
  2. 3.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: “Dai, Perun, bulatnyi mech”
    4:44
  3. 4.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 9: Scene with The Head: “Kto zdes’ bluzhdaet”
    2:34
  4. 5.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 10: Finale: The Tale of The Head: “Nas bylo dvoe, brat moi i ya”
    3:32
  5. 6.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 11: Entr’acte
    2:41
  6. 7.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 12: Persian Chorus: “Lozhitsya v pole mrak”
    4:41
  7. 8.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 13: Gorislava’s Scene and Cavatina: “Kakie sladostnye zvuki”
    4:37
  8. 9.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 14: Ratmir’s Aria: “I zhar, i znoi smenila nochi ten’”
    11:49
  9. 10.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 15: Dances
    13:03
  10. 11.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 16: Finale: “O moi Ratmir!”
    6:24
  11. 12.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: “Vityazi! Kovarnaya Naina”
    4:21

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 17: Entr’acte
    1:34
  2. 4.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 18: Lyudmila’s Scene and Aria: “Vdali ot milogo”
    5:04
  3. 5.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: “Akh ty dolya, dolushka”
    10:17
  4. 6.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 19: March of Chernomor
    4:54
  5. 7.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 20: Oriental Dances: a.Turkish Dance (Allegretto)
    2:15
  6. 8.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 20: Oriental Dances: b. Arabian Dance (allegro con spirito)
    1:41
  7. 9.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 20: Oriental Dances: c. Lesginka (Caucasian Dance)
    3:13
  8. 10.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 21: Chorus: “Pogibnet, nezhdannyij prishlets!”
    3:12
  9. 11.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 22: Finale: “Pobeda, pobeda, Lyudmila”
    7:19
  10. 12.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 23: Entr’acte
    2:44
  11. 13.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 24: Ratmir’s Romance: “Ona mne zhizn’, ona mne radost ”
    6:38
  12. 14.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 25: Recitative and Chorus: “Vsyo tikho!
    1:50
  13. 15.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 26: Duet of Ratmir and Finn: “Chto slyshu ya? Lyudmily net?”
    6:18
  14. 16.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No. 27: Finale: “Akh ty svet,- Luydmila”
    5:10
  15. 17.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: “Kogo nam bogi shlyut?”
    4:35
  16. 18.
    Ruslan and Lyudmila: “Slava velikim bogam”
    7:10

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