[CD 1]

Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)

1 Promenade 1'29
2 No.1 Gnomus 2'34
3 Promenade 0'56
4 No.2 Il vecchio castello 3'35
5 Promenade 0'28
6 No.3 Tuileries 1'15
7 No.4 Bydlo 2'59
8 Promenade 0'44
9 No.5 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 1'18
10 No.6 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 2'41
11 No.7 Limoges: The Market 1'22
12 No.8 Catacombae: Sepulcrum romanum -- Con mortuis in lingua mortua 3'53
13 No.9 The Hut on Fowl's Legs 3'45
14 No.10 The Great Gate of Kiev 5'21

15 Night on Bare Mountain (ed. & orch. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) 10'24

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Igor Markevitch

Total time 43'01


[CD 2]

Pictures at an Exhibition

1 Promenade -- No.1 Gnomus 3'56
2 Promenade -- No.2 Il vecchio castello 5'09
3 Promenade -- No.3 Tuileries 1'30
4 No.4 Bydlo 3'10
5 Promenade -- No.5 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 1'56
6 No.6 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 1'52
7 Promenade -- No.7 Limoges: The Market 2'59
8 No.8 Catacombae: Sepulcrum romanum -- Con mortuis in lingua mortua 3'39
9 No.9 The Hut on Fowl's Legs 3'04
10 No.10 The Great Gate of Kiev 5'28

Alexander Warenberg piano

11 From Memories of a Childhood -- Nurse and I 1'25
12 Ein Kinderscherz 2'46
13 Impromptu passionne 2'29
14 Scherzo in B flat 3'40
15 Une larme 3'22
16 On the Southern Shore of the Crimea 2'54
17 Meditation 3'07
18 Au village (Quasi fantasia) 2'48
19 Sorochintsi Fair -- Gopak of joyful fellows (arr. for piano) 1'38
20 Sorochintsi Fair -- The Market Scene (arr. for piano) 4'05
21 Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea 3'54
22 Intermezzo in modo classico 5'02

Nino Gvetadze piano (11-20) - Vovka Ashkenazy piano (21, 22)

Total time 70'18


[CD 3]

Boris Godunov

Prologue
Scene 1
1 Introduction (Orchestra) 1'45
2 People's Chorus: Nu, shtozh vy? (Police Officer/People) 5'18
3 Shchelkalov's Address: Pravoslavnye! nye umolim boyarin (Shchelkalov) 3'20
4 Pilgrims' Chorus: Slava tebye (Pilgrims/People) 3'45

Scene 2 (Coronation Scene)
5 Introduction (Orchestra) 2'01
6 People's Chorus: Da zdrastvuet tsar Boris Feodorovich!(Shuisky/People/Boyars) 3'15
7 Entry of Boris: Skorbit dusha! (Boris) 3'10
8 People's Chorus: Slava! Slava! Slava! (People/Boyars) 2'25

Act 1
Scene 1
9 Pimen's Monologue: Yescho odno poslyednyeye skazanye (Pimen) 5'57
10 Grigory's Dream: Bozhe krepki, pravy (Monks/Grigory/Pimen) 3'06
11 Grigory's Dream: Ti vsyo pisal, i snom nye pozabylsa (Monks/Grigory/Pimen) 3'45
12 Boris's Crime: Davno, chestnoy otyets (Grigory/Pimen) 2'03
13 Boris's Crime: Zvonyat k zautrenye... (Grigory/Pimen/Monks) 3'47

Scene 2
14 Introduction (Orchestra) & Song of the Hostess: Poymala ya siza seleznya (Hostess/Varlaam/Missail) 3'24
15 Arrival of Varlaam & Missail: Zheno, mir domu tvoemu! (Varlaam/Hostess/Missail/Grigory) 2'30
16 Varlaam's Drinking Song: Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazane (Varlaam/Grigory/Missail) 3'34
17 Grigory's Questioning of the Hostess: Kak yedet yon (Varlaam/Grigory/Missail) 3'38
18 Interrogation by the Guard: Vy shto za lyudi? (Guard/Varlaam/Missail/Grigory/Hostess) 3'59
19 Grigory's Flight: Ya gramotny (Grigory/Guard/Varlaam/Missail) 3'45

Choeurs Russes de France
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Issay Dobrowen

Total time 64'60


[CD 4]

Boris Godunov

Act 2
1 Xenia's Lament: Gdye ty, zhenikh moy (Xenia/Nurse) 2'56
2 Song of the Gnat: Kak komar drova rubil (Nurse) 2'00
3 Clapping Game: Ekh, mama mamushka, vot tak skazochka! (Feodor/Nurse) 1'18
4 Boris consoles Xenia: Chevo? (Boris/Nurse/Xenia) 1'54
5 Map Scene: A ty, moy syn, chem zanyat? (Boris/Feodor) 2'04
6 Boris's Monologue: Dostig ya vishey vlasti (Boris) 5'54
7 Shuisky's Treachery: Shto takoe? (Boris/A Boyar/Feodor) 1'45
8 Tale of the Parakeet: Popinka nash sidyel (Feodor/Boris) 2'59
9 Shuisky's Information: V eliky gosudar, chelom byu (Shuisky/Boris/Feodor) 3'32
10 Boris's Fears: Slikhal li ty, kogda-nibud' (Boris/Shuisky) 2'20
11 Shuisky's Narration: V Ugliche, v soborye (Shuisky/Boris) 2'02
12 Clock Scene: Uf, tyazhelo! (Boris) 3'34

Act 3
Scene 1
13 Chorus of Girls: Na Vislye lazurnoy (Chorus/Marina) 2'32
14 Aria: Krasotka panna blagodarna (Marina/Chorus) 2'21
15 Aria: Skuchno Marinye (Marina) 3'33
16 Duet: Akh, eto ty, moy otyets! (Marina/Rangoni) 4'40
17 Duet: Krasoyu svoyeyu pleni samozvantsa! (Marina/Rangoni) 4'37

Scene 2
18 Aria: V polnoch... v sadu... u fontana (Dimitri) 3'01
19 Polonaise (Orchestra)... Vashey strasti ya nye vyeryu, panye (Marina/Guests) 3'59
20 Duet: Dimitri! Tsaryevich! Dimitri! (Marina/Dimitri) 3'36
21 Duet: Tebya, tebya odnu, Marina (Marina/Dimitri) 3'42
22 Duet: O, tsaryevich, umolyayu... Vivat! Vivat! (Marina/Dimitri/Guests) 3'51

Choeurs Russes de France
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Issay Dobrowen

Total time 68'23


[CD 5]

Boris Godunov

Act 4
Scene 1
1 The Capture of Khrushchov: Vali syuda! (Vagabonds) 2'06
2 The Mocking of Khrushchov: Nye sokol letit (Vagabonds/Boys) 2'31
3 The Taunting of the Simpleton: Trr...Zhelyezny kolpak (Simpleton/Boys) 2'23
4 Entry of Varlaam & Missail: Sontse, luna pomyerknuli (Varlaam/Missail/Crowd) 3'33
5 Entry of the Jesuits: 'Domine, Domine, salvum fac Regem' (Crowd/Dimitri/Khrushchov/Lavitsky/Chernikovsky) 2'29
6 Entry of Dimitri: Slava, tebye, tsaryevichu (Crowd/Dimitri/Khrushchov/Lavitsky/Chernikovsky) 3'47
7 The Simpleton's Lament: Lyeytyes, lyeytyes, slyozi gorkiye (Simpleton) 2'22

Scene 2
8 Council of Boyars: Shtozh, poydyom na golosa, boyare (Boyars) 3'34
9 Shuisky's Evidence & Boris's Denial: Zhal, Shuyskovo nyet knyazya (Boyars/Shuisky/Boris) 5'22
10 Pimen's Narration: Smirenny inok (Pimen/Boris) 5'18
11 Boris's Farewell & Prayer: Oy dushno! dushno! svyetu! (Boris) 7'14
12 Funeral Bell & Death of Boris: Zvon! Pogrebalny zvon! (Boris/People/Feodor/Monks/Boyars) 4'41

Choeurs Russes de France
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Issay Dobrowen

Total time 45'23


[CD 6]

Khovanshchina

Act 1
1 Introduction. Dawn over the Moskva River (Orchestra) 5'12
Scene 1
2 Podojdu, podojdu... pod Ivangorod (Kuzka/First and Second Musketeers) 2'27
Scene 2
3 Gusja tocit...Cernilisce-to, gospodi (Scribe/Musketeers/Shaklovity/Kuzka) 7'53
Scene 3
4 Bol'soj idet (Scribe/Musketeers/People/Ivan Khovansky) 6'45
Scene 4
5 Ostav'te, pustite menja (Andrey Khovansky/Emma/Marfa) 4'07
Scene 5
6 I V nej, V luce cudesnom (Andrey Khovansky/Emma/Marfa/Ivan Khovansky/Musketeers/People) 3'13
Scene 6
7 Stoj! Besnovatye! (Andrey Khovansky/Emma/Marfa/Ivan Khovansky/Musketeers/People/Dosifey/Old Believers) 9'33

Bulgarian National Choir 'Svetoslav Obretenov'
Georgi Robev chorus master
Sofia National Opera Orchestra
Atanas Margaritov

Total time 39'10


[CD 7]

Khovanshchina

Act 2
Scene 1
1 Svet moj, hratec Vasen'ka (Golitsin/Varsonofyev) 4'05
Scene 2
2 K vam, knajze, rovno by v zasadu popadaes (Golitsin/Marfa/Varsonofyev) 6'29
Scene 3
3 Vot v cem resen'e (Golitsin/Ivan Khovansky) 6'23
Scene 4
4 Knjas'ja, smiri vas gnev (Golitsin/Ivan Khovansky/Dosifey/Old Believers) 5'30
Scene 5
5 Knjaze, knjaze! Ne veli kaznit veli milovat! (Golitsin/Ivan Khovansky/Dosifey/Old Believers/Marfa/Varsonofyev) 1'02
6 Scene 6 (Golitsin/Ivan Khovansky/Dosifey/Old Believers/Marfa/Varsonofyev/Shaklovity) 1'43

Act 3
Scene 1
7 Posramichom, posramichom (Old Believers/Marfa) 3'06
Scene 2
8 Marfa's Song: Ischodila miadesen'ka (Marfa) 3'46
Scene 3
9 Grech! Tjazkij, neiskupimyi grech (Susanna/Marfa/Dosifey) 7'47
Scene 4
10 Ach ty, moja kasata, poterpi malen'ko (Marfa/Dosifey) 4'36
Scene 5
11 Spit streleckoe gnezdo (Shaklovity) 4'28
Scene 6
12 Podnimasja, molodcy (Shaklovity/Musketeers/Kuzka) 3'08
Scene 7
13 Beda, beda... ach, zlejsaja (Shaklovity/Musketeer/Kuzka/Scribe) 3'28
Scene 8
14 Strel'cy! Sprosim batju (Musketeers/Kuzka/Ivan Khovansky) 5'50

Bulgarian National Choir 'Svetoslav Obretenov'
Georgi Robev chorus master
Sofia National Opera Orchestra
Atanas Margaritov


[CD 8]

Khovanshchina

Act 4
Tableau 1
Scene 1
1 Vozle recki, na luzocke noceval ja (Ivan Khovansky/Peasant Women) 4'13
Scene 2
2 Ty zacem? Osmelilsja vojti? (Ivan Khovansky/Varsonofyev/Peasant Women) 2'18
Scene 3
3 Dance of the Persian Slaves (Orchestra) 6'47
Scene 4
4 Ty zacem...K tebe, knajz' (Ivan Khovansky/Varsonofyev/Peasant Women/Shaklovity) 5'01

Tableau 2
Scene 5
5 Gijan'-ko! Vezut (People of Moscow) 3'45
Scene 6
6 Sversiloja resenie sud'by (Dosifey/Marfa) 4'57
Scene 7
7 Ah, ty zdes', zlodejka! (Marfa/Andrey Khovansky) 3'37
Scene 8
8 Gospodi, bose moj! Vse pogiblo (Marfa/Andrey Khovansky/Musketeers/Streshnev) 4'45

Act 5
Scene 1
9 Zdes', na etom meste svatje (Dosifey) 5'39
Scene 2
10 Bratija! (Dosifey/Marfa/Old Believers) 5'47
11 Brag celovekow, Knjaz' mira sego vassta! (Chorus of Old Believers) 2'32
Scene 3
12 Podviglis' (Marfa/Andrey Khovansky/Dosifey) 9'36
Scene 4
13 Finale: Gospodi slavy, grjadi vo slavu tvoju! (Marfa/Andrey Khovansky/Dosifey/Old Believers) 3'14

Bulgarian National Choir 'Svetoslav Obretenov'
Georgi Robev chorus master
Sofia National Opera Orchestra
Atanas Margaritov

Total time 62'21


[CD 9]

Sorochintsi Fair

1 Introduction (arr. A. Lyadov) 4'29

Act 1
2 The fair scene 3'45
3 Gypsy's appearance 6'20
4 Scene of Cherevik and Godfather 2'46
5 Scene of Cherevik and Khivrya 4'39
6 Grits'ko's meditation and finale 8'05

Act 2
7 Scene of Cherevik and Khivrya 8'41
8 Khivrya alone 5'54
9 Khivrya's song and scene with Ivanovich 10'14
10 Guests are coming 7'14
11 Cherevik's song with guests 5'56
12 Godfather's tale and finale 5'09

Chorus and Orchestra of Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera
Theatre of Russia
Vera Davydova chorus master
Evgeny Brazhnik

Total time 73'19


[CD 10]

Sorochintsi Fair

Act 3
Scene 1
1 Cherevik and Godfather with lads, then Gypsy, Grits'ko 8'50
2 Lad's dreaming vision 10'04
Scene 2
3 Parasya's meditation 7'02
4 Final hopak 1'37

Chorus and Orchestra of Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera
Theatre of Russia
Vera Davydova chorus master
Evgeny Brazhnik

Total time 27'34


[CD 11]

Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death) (Golenishchev-Kutuzov)

1 I. Kolibel'naya (Lullaby) 5'12
2 II. Serenada (Serenade) 4'29
3 III. Trepak 4'55
4 IV. Polkovodets (The Field-Marshal) 5'50


Detskaya (The Nursery) (Mussorgsky)

5 I. S nyaney (With Nurse) 1'67
6 II. V uglu (In the Corner) 1'44
7 III. Zhuk (The Beetle) 2'22
8 IV. S kukloy (With the Doll) 2'08
9 V. Na son gryadushchiy (Going to Sleep) 2'13
10 VI. Poyekhal na palochke (On the Hobbyhorse) 3'32
11 VII. Kot Matros (The Cat Sailor) 2'41
12 Rayok (The Gallery) (Mussorgsky) 14'31
13 Zabitiy (Forgotten) (Golenishchev-Kutuzov) 2'31
14 Seminarist (The Seminarist) (Mussorgsky) 4'31
15 Darling Savishna (Sveti Savishna) (Mussorgsky) 1'16
16 Svetskaya skazochka: kozyol (A Society Tale: The Goat) (Mussorgsky) 2'31
17 Pesnya Mefistofelya v pogrebke Auerbakha 3'07
(Mephistopheles's Song in Auerbach's Cellar) (Goethe, trans. Strugovshchikov)

Sergei Leiferkus baritone
Semyon Skigin piano

Total time 66'00


[CD 12]

1 Nadgrabnoye pis'mo (Epitaph) (Mussorgsky) 3'40
2 Neponyatnaya (The Misunderstood One) (Mussorgsky) 2'12
3 Ne bozhim gromom udarilo (Not like thunder, trouble struck) (Tolstoy) 2'37
4 Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami (Softly the spirit flew up to heaven) (Tolstoy) 2'54
5 Spes' (Pride) (Tolstoy) 2'10
6 Oy, chest'li to molodtsu len pryasti? (Is spinning man's work?) (Tolstoy) 2'00
7 Ya videl noch (The Vision) (Golenishchev-Kutuzov) 2'43
8 Rassevayetsya, rasstupayetsya (It scatters and breaks) (Tolstoy) 2'11
9 Pesn' Yaremi 'Na Dnepre' (Yarema's Song 'On the Dnieper') (Shevchenko, trans. Mey) 6'10
10 Kolibel'naya Eryomushki (Eremushka's Lullaby) (Nekrasov) 3'57
11 Pirushka (The Feast) (Kol'tsov) 2'37
12 Klassik (The Classicist) (Mussorgsky) 3'15
13 Iz slyoz moikh (From my tears) (Heine, trans. Mikhaylov) 2'28


Bez solntsa (Sunless) (Golenishchev-Kutuzov)

14 I. V chetiryokh stenakh (Within four walls) 2'08
15 II. Menya ti v tolpe ne uznala (You did not know me in the crowd) 1'06
16 III. Okonchen prazdniy, shumniy den' (The useless, noisy day is ended) 3'47
17 IV. Skuchay (Be bored) 2'20
18 V. Elegiya (Elegy) 4'24
19 VI. Nad rekoy (On the River) 5'09

Sergei Leiferkus baritone
Semyon Skigin piano

Total time 58'38


[CD 13]

1 Gde ti, zvezdochka? (Where art thou, little star?) (Grekov) 4'18
2 Vesyoliy chas (The Joyous Hour) (Kol'tsov) 2'09
3 List'ya shumeli unilo (The leaves rustled sadly) (Pleshcheyev) 3'55
4 Mnogo yest' u menya teremov i sadov (I have many palaces and gardens) (Kol'tsov) 3'14
5 Molitva (Prayer) (Lermontov) 3'09
6 Otchego, skazhi (Tell me why) (Pleshcheyev) 2'41
7 Chto vam slova lyubvi? (What are words of love to you?) (Ammosov) 1'55
8 Duyut vetri, vetri buyniye (The winds blow, the wild winds) (Kol'tsov) 5'02
9 No yesli bi s toboyu ya vstretit'sya mogla (But if I could meet thee again) (Kurochkin) 2'36
10 Malyutka: akh, zachem tvoy glazki poroyu? (Dear one, why are thine eyes sometimes so cold?) (Pleshcheyev) 2'35
11 Pesn' startsa: stanu skromno u poroga (Old Man's Song) (Goethe, trans. ?Mussorgsky) 2'55
12 Tsar' Saul (King Saul) (Byron, trans. Kozlov) 2'58
13 Noch' (Night) (Pushkin) 3'46
14 Kalistratushka (Little Kalistrat) (Nekrasov) 6'15
15 Otverzhennaya: opit rechitativa (The Outcast: Essay in Recitative) (Holz-Miller) 2'44
16 Kolibel'naya pesnya (Cradle Song) (from Ostrovsky's Voyevoda) 4'45
17 Salammbo -- Pesn baleartsa (Balearic Song) (Mussorgsky) 3'13

Sergei Leiferkus baritone
Semyon Skigin piano

Total time 58'18


[CD 14]

1 Gde ti, zvezdochka? (Where art thou, little star?) (Grekov) 4'03
2 Noch' (Night) (Pushkin) 4'30
3 Gopak (Hopak) (Shevchenko, trans. Mey) 3'39
4 Krapivnaya gora (The nettle mountain) (Mussorgsky) 2'47
5 Akh ti, p'yanaya teterya! (You drunken sot!) (Mussorgsky) 3'19
6 Sirotka (The Orphan) (Mussorgsky) 2'12
7 Strekotun'ya beloboka (The Magpie) (Pushkin) 2'09
8 Detskaya pesenka (Child's Song) (Mey) 1'30
9 Ozornik (The Ragamuffin) (Mussorgsky) 2'01
10 Vechernyaya pesenka (Evening song) (Pleshcheyev) 1'12
11 Po gribi (Gathering Mushrooms) (Mey) 1'43
12 Strannik (The Wanderer) (Ruckert, trans. Pleshcheyev) 1'30
13 Po nad Donom sad tsvetyot (A garden blooms by the Don) (Kol'tsov) 2'30
14 Yevreyskaya pesnya (Hebrew Song) (Mey) 3'25
15 Zhelaniye serdtsa (Meines Herzens Sehnsucht) (Anon, trans. Usov) 2'49
16 Zhelaniye (Ich wollt' meine Schmerzen ergossen) (Heine, trans. Mey) 3'30

Sergei Leiferkus baritone
Semyon Skigin piano

Total time 42'57