Boris Godunov

Album by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky & Alexander Pirogov & Georgi Nelepp & Maria Maksakova & Maxim Mikhailov & Nikhander Khanaev & Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky & Bolshoi Theater Chorus & Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra & Nikolai Golovanov

Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky, first completed in 1869 and premiered in 1874. The score exemplifies Russian nationalist opera through its dramatic choral writing, declamatory vocal lines, modal and chromatic harmonies and orchestration that emphasises folk-derived melodies and speech-like rhythms, reflecting Mussorgsky's mature operatic style and its place in his compositional career.
First released: 30th April 2002

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Boris Godunov: Act 2: Most noble Lord and Tsar, thy servant
    9:02
  2. 2.
    Boris Godunov: Act 4, Scene 3: A glade in the forest of Kromy
    17:58
  3. 3.
    Boris Godunov: Prologue, Scene 1: The yard of Novodevichy Convent
    13:32
  4. 4.
    Boris Godunov: Prologue, Scene 2: Square in the Kremlin
    4:47
  5. 5.
    Boris Godunov: Square in the Kremlin
    4:41
  6. 6.
    Boris Godunov: Act 2: Ah! I am suffocating
    4:01
  7. 7.
    Boris Godunov: My heart is heavy
    4:55
  8. 8.
    Boris Godunov: Prologue, Scene 2: My heart is heavy
    4:51
  9. 9.
    Boris Godunov: Act 3: Castle in Sandomir
    6:23
  10. 10.
    Boris Godunov: Act 1, Scene 1: The cell in Chudov monastery
    16:35
  11. 11.
    Boris Godunov: Act 3: Dimitri! Tsarevich!
    11:11
  12. 12.
    Boris Godunov: What's this?
    3:46
  13. 13.
    Boris Godunov: Act 1, Scene 2: An inn at the frontier of Lithuania
    5:09
  14. 14.
    Boris Godunov: Act 4, Scene 1: At the Pokrovsky Cathedral
    13:21
  15. 15.
    Boris Godunov: I have attained the highest power
    6:21
  16. 16.
    Boris Godunov: Act 1, Scene 2: In the Town of Kazan
    14:54
  17. 17.
    Boris Godunov: Act 4, Scene 2: Granovitaya Palata in the Kremlin
    4:51
  18. 18.
    Boris Godunov: Most noble Lord and Tsar, thy servant
    8:29
  19. 19.
    Boris Godunov: Ah! I am suffocating
    3:53
  20. 20.
    Boris Godunov: Act 4, Scene 2: Go away, child!
    3:39
  21. 21.
    Boris Godunov: Act 2: Tsar's appartments in the Kremlin
    10:42
  22. 22.
    Boris Godunov: Act 4, Scene 2: Once at eve
    6:11
  23. 23.
    Boris Godunov: Act 2: I have attained the highest power
    6:34
  24. 24.
    Boris Godunov: Granovitaya Palata in the Kremlin
    4:41
  25. 25.
    Boris Godunov: Act 4, Scene 2: Farewell, my son
    5:27
  26. 26.
    Boris Godunov: Go away, child!
    3:32
  27. 27.
    Boris Godunov: Once at eve
    5:53
  28. 28.
    Boris Godunov: Act 4, Scene 2: The bell! the passing bell!
    4:17
  29. 29.
    Boris Godunov: Farewell, my son
    5:35
  30. 30.
    Boris Godunov: The bell! the passing bell!
    4:09

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