Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Ambrosian Singers & Mstislav Rostropovich

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is an opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, premiered in 1934. The score blends expressionistic orchestration, starkly dramatic vocal writing and moments of lyricism within a modernist yet populist operatic idiom, and its politically fraught reception in the Soviet Union significantly influenced the trajectory of Shostakovich's subsequent works.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. "Akh, nye spitsa ból'she, popróbuyo"
    2:26
  2. 2.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. "V dyévkakh lúchshe býlo" (Katerina)
    2:58
  3. 3.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. "Gribki sevódnya búdut?"
    3:52
  4. 4.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. "Prigotóv otrávu dlya krys" (Boris, Katerina)
    1:34
  5. 5.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. "Govori!" - "Plotinu-to na" (Zinoviy, Mill-hand, Boris, Chorus, Sergey, Coachman)
    2:45
  6. 6.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. "Proshcháy, Katerina" (Zinoviy, Boris, Katerina)
    2:49
  7. 7.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. "Chevó vstal? Chevó ostanovilsa?" (Aksinya, Boris)
    1:39
  8. 8.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene I. Interlude
    2:43
  9. 9.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene II. "Ay! Ay! Ay!" (Aksinya, Shabby Peasant, Porter, Chorus, Steward, Sergey)
    2:04
  10. 10.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene II. "Bárynya!" - "Ay!" - "Shto s tobóyu?" (Shabby Peasant, Aksinya, Katerina, Sergey)
    2:24
  11. 11.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene II. "A nu-s, pozvól'te rúku-s" (Sergey, Katerina, Shabby Peasant, Boris)
    4:01
  12. 12.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene II. Interlude
    1:55
  13. 13.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene III. "Spat' porá. Dyen proshól" (Katerina, Boris)
    3:18
  14. 14.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene III. "Zherebyónok k kobýlke torópitsa" (Katerina)
    5:46
  15. 15.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene III. "Kto éto, kto, kto stuchit?" (Katerina, Sergey)
    3:16
  16. 16.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act I, Scene III. "Ya poydú" - "Proshcháy" (Sergey, Katerina, Boris)
    4:43
  17. 17.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "Shto znáchit stárost'"
    2:52
  18. 18.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "Pod óknami u chzuhikh" (Boris)
    2:39
  19. 19.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "Proshcháy, Kátya, proshcháy!" (Sergey, Boris, Katerina, Chorus, Shabby Peasant, Porter)
    4:29
  20. 20.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "Ustál" - "Prikázhete mnye postegát'?"
    2:38
  21. 21.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "V kladovúyu Sergéya záperli" (Boris, Porter, Katerina)
    3:50
  22. 22.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "Vídno, skóro uzh zaryá" (Chorus, Boris, Foremen, Priest)
    2:05
  23. 23.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "Bátya, ispovyédatsa" (Boris, Priest, Foremen)
    1:49
  24. 24.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. "Akh, Borís Timoféyevich" (Katerina, Priest)
    2:20
  25. 25.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene IV. Interlude
    6:43

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Sergéy, Seryózha!"
    1:58
  2. 3.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Kátya, prikhódit konyéts lyubvi náshey"
    2:08
  3. 4.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Nye pechál'sa, Sergéy" (Katerina, Sergey)
    1:47
  4. 5.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Opyát usnúl" (Katerina, Ghost of Boris)
    2:45
  5. 6.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Nu? Chevó tebye?"
    2:43
  6. 7.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Slúshay, Sergéy, Sergéy!" (Sergey, Katerina)
    1:13
  7. 8.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Katerína!" - "Kto tam?" (Zinoviy, Katerina, Sergey)
    3:00
  8. 9.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act II, Scene V. "Tepyér shabásh" (Sergey, Katerina)
    3:11
  9. 10.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VI. "Shto ty tut shoísh?" (Sergey, Katerina)
    1:58
  10. 11.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VI. "U menyá bylá kumá" (Shabby Peasant)
    3:15
  11. 12.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VI. Interlude
    1:28
  12. 13.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VII. "Sózdan politséysky byl vo vrémya onó" (Sergeant, Policemen)
    4:02
  13. 14.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VII. "U Izmaýlovoy seychás pir goróy" (Sergeant, Policemen, Policeman, Teacher)
    2:03
  14. 15.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VII. "Váshe blagorodie!" - "Chevó tebyé?" (Shabby Peasant, Sergeant, Policemen)
    1:13
  15. 16.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VII. Interlude
    2:23
  16. 17.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VIII. "Sláva suprúgam" (Chorus, Priest, Katerina)
    5:09
  17. 18.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VIII. "Shto takóe?" - "Zamók sórvan" (Sergey, Chorus, Katerina, Priest, Drunken Guest)
    1:52
  18. 19.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act III, Scene VIII. "Shto takóe? Pózdno!" (Katerina, Sergey, Policemen, Sergeant)
    2:38
  19. 20.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Vyórsty odná za drugóy" (Old Convict, Chorus)
    6:00
  20. 21.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Stepánych! Propustí menyá" (Katerina, Sentry, Sergey)
    3:27
  21. 22.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Nye lekhkó pósle pochóta da poklónov" (Katerina)
    2:48
  22. 23.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Moyó pochtyénye!" (Sergey, Sonyetka)
    2:48
  23. 24.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Ládno dostánu!" (Sergey, Katerina)
    2:59
  24. 25.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Na chulkí! Idyóm, tepyér ty moyá!" (Sergey, Sonyetka, Katerina, Chorus, Woman Convict, Sentry)
    2:28
  25. 26.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "V lesú, v sámoy cháshche yest' ózero" (Katerina)
    3:37
  26. 27.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Znáesh li, Sonyétka" (Sergey, Sonyetka)
    1:45
  27. 28.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Vstaváy! Po mestám! Zhívo!" (Officer, Chorus, Old Convict)
    2:04
  28. 29.
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29: Act IV, Scene IX. "Akh!" - "Bózhe moy! Shto takóe?" (Sonyetka, Chorus, Officer, Old Convict)
    4:06

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