A Life for the Tsar

Album by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka & Boris Martinovich & Alexandrina Pendatchanska & Chris Merritt & Stefania Toczyska & Stoil Georgiev & Mincho Popov & Konstantin Videv & Sofia National Opera Chorus & Софийски Фестивален Оркестър & Emil Tchakarov

A Life for the Tsar is an opera by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, first performed in 1836. The score combines nationalist themes with Romantic orchestration and vigorous choral writing, and it occupies a pivotal place in the development of Russian national opera, marking a turn in Glinka's career toward large-scale stage works.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act I. Overture
    8:33
  2. 2.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act I. "V burju, vo grozu"
    7:29
  3. 3.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act I. "V pole, v pole čistoe gljažu"
    7:26
  4. 4.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act I. "Čto gadat’ o svad’be"
    6:04
  5. 5.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act I. "Radost’ bezmernaja!"
    18:31
  6. 6.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act II. "Bog vojny posle bitv"
    4:46
  7. 7.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act II. Cracovienne
    6:00
  8. 8.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act II. Dances
    5:30
  9. 9.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act II. Mazurka
    7:44

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act II. "Otkuda?"
    5:28
  2. 3.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. Entr’acte
    2:46
  3. 4.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. "Kak mat’ ubili"
    9:27
  4. 5.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. "My na rabotu v les"
    6:19
  5. 6.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. "Antonida! Milye deti!"
    11:48
  6. 7.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. "Itak, ja dožil, slava Bogu"
    14:05
  7. 8.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. "Razguljalasja, razlivalasja"
    3:13
  8. 9.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. "Ne o tom skorblju, popdružen’ki"
    4:46
  9. 10.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act III. "Čto takoe? Kak poljaki"
    11:19

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act IV. Entr’acte
    2:14
  2. 4.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act IV. "Davno li odnoj"
    9:05
  3. 5.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act IV. "Bednyj kon’ v pole pal"
    11:53
  4. 6.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act IV. "Ustali my!"
    4:06
  5. 7.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act IV. "Čujut pravdu!"
    6:00
  6. 8.
    A Life for the Tsar: Act IV. "Davno li s sem’ej svoej"
    14:44
  7. 9.
    A Life for the Tsar: Epilogue. Entr’acte
    3:26
  8. 10.
    A Life for the Tsar: Epilogue. "Slav’sja, slav’sja, svataja Rus’!"
    1:54
  9. 11.
    A Life for the Tsar: Epilogue. "Vse ta že toska, pečal’ v duše!"
    11:13
  10. 12.
    A Life for the Tsar: Epilogue. "Slav’sja, slav’sja, naš Russkij Car’!"
    4:05

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