Russian Opera arias and songs.

Author/creator Christoff, Boris vocalist.
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication Info[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2007]
Description1 online resource.
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Subjects

Other author/creatorDobrowen, Issay, 1893-1953, conductor.
Other author/creatorKarajan, Herbert von, conductor.
Other author/creatorMalko, Nicolai, 1883-1961 conductor.
Other author/creatorMoore, Gerald, 1899-1987 instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorRimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908, arranger of music.
Other author/creatorSchüchter, Wilhelm, conductor.
Included WorkBorodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887. Kni͡a︡zʹ Igorʹ. Arii͡a︡ khana Konchaka.
Included WorkBorodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887. Kni͡a︡zʹ Igorʹ. Pesni͡a︡ Vladimira Galit͡s︡kogo.
Included WorkMussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (1872). Selections.
Included WorkMussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami.
Included WorkMussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Khovanshchina. Zdes, na ėtom meste svi͡a︡te.
Included WorkMussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Pesni i pli͡a︡ski smerti. Polkovodet͡s︡.
Included WorkMussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Pesni͡a︡ o blokhe.
Included WorkRimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Sadko (Opera). Pesni͡a︡ vari͡a︡zhskogo gosti͡a︡.
Included WorkRimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazanie o nevidimom grade Kitezhe i deve Fevronii. O, slava, bogatstvo suetnoe!
Included WorkTchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 Evgeniĭ Onegin. Arii͡a︡ kni͡a︡zi͡a︡.
Other author/creatorPhilharmonia Orchestra (London, England), performer.
Other author/creatorRoyal Opera House (London, England). Chorus, performer.
Other author/creatorRoyal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra, performer.
SeriesGreat recordings of the century
Great recordings of the century. ^A639127
Contents Boris Godunov. Pimen's Monologue: 'Yet one last tale' ; Varlaam's Drinking Song: 'Once in the town of Kazan' ; I have attained the highest power ; Farewell, my son, I am dying ; 'Hark, 'tis the funeral bell' / Mussorgsky -- Khovanshchina. Dositheus' Aria: 'Here on this spot' (Act 5) ; Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) / Mussorgsky -- Prince Igor. I hate a dreary life ; How goes it Prince? / Borodin -- Sadko. Song of the Viking Guest: 'O fearful crags' / Rimsky-Korsakov -- The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh. Prince Yuri's Aria: 'O vain illusion of glory and grandeur' / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Eugene Onegin. Prince Gremin's Aria: 'Everyone knows love on earth' / Tchaikovsky -- Song of the Volga boatmen -- Siberian Prisoner's Song -- Songs and Dances of Death. Death of the Field Marshal ; Softly the spirit flew up to heaven / Mussorgsky.
General notePreviously released as a compact disc.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
Performer Boris Christoff, bass ; Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in the Boris Godunov excerpts) ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Nikolai Malko, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Wilhelm Schüchter, conductors ; Gerald Moore, piano (in the last 2 works).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1949-1952, No. 1 and No. 3 Studios, Abbey Road, London, and Oct. 5, 1950, Kingsway Hall, London.
LanguageSung in Russian.
Genre/formSound recordings.