Act 2: In Uglick, In The Cathedral, In Front Of All The People - Georgy Shulpin/Ivan Petrov
Act 2: The Chiming Clock: Phew! I Feel Terrible! - Ivan Petrov
Act 3, Scene 1: Chor Of Young Girls From Sandomir: By The Sky-Blue Waters Of The Vistula, Under... - Irina Arkhipova
Act 3, Scene 1: Enough! The Beautiful Lady Is Grateful - Irina Arkhipova
Act 3, Scene 1: Marina's Aria: Marina Is Bored. Oh, How Bored? - Irina Arkhipova
Act 3, Scene 1: Ah! Oh, It's You, My Father - Irina Arkhipova/Yevgeny Kibkalo
Act 3, Scene 1: With Tender, Ardent Words Of Love - Yevgeny Kibkalo/Irina Arkhipova
Act 3, Scene 1: What? You Impudent Liar! - Irina Arkhipova/Yevgeny Kibkalo
Act 3, Scene 2: At Midnight...In The Garden...By The Fountain... - Vladimir Ivanovsky
Act 3, Scene 2: I Do Not Believe In Your Passion, Sir - Irina Arkhipova
Act 3, Scene 2: Dimitri! Tsarevich! - Irina Arkhipova/Vladimir Ivanovsky
Act 3, Scene 2: Oh, Tsarevich, I Beg You - Irina Arkhipova/Vladimir Ivanovsky
Track Listings (23) - Disc #3
Act 4, Scene 1: Intro. Moderato - Orch Of The Bolshoi Theatre/Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Act 4, Scene 1: What, Is Mass Finished Already? - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev/Leonid Ktitorov
Act 4, Scene 1: Trrr, rrr - Iron Cap - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev/Anton Grigoryev
Act 4, Scene 1: Our Father And Benefactor - Anton Grigoryev
Act 4, Scene 1: A-ah! Boris! - Anton Grigoryev/Ivan Petrov/Georgy Shulpin
Act 4, Scene 2: Intro. Moderato - Orch Of The Bolshoi Theatre/Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Act 4, Scene 2: Well, Then? Let's Go And Vote, Boyars - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Act 4, Scene 2: What A Shame That Prince Shuisky Isn't Here - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev/Georgy Shulpin
Act 4, Scene 2: He Was Whispering: 'Go Away, Go Away' - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev/Georgy Shulpin/Ivan Petrov
Act 4, Scene 2: Pimen's Narrative: A Humble Monk - Mark Reshetin/Ivan Petrov
Act 4, Scene 2: The Tsarevich-Quickly! - Ivan Petrov
Act 4, Scene 2: Farewell, My Son - Ivan Petrov
Act 4, Scene 2: A Bell! A Knell! - Ivan Petrov/Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev/Valentina Klepatskaya
Act 4, Scene 3: Intro. Allegro - Orch Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Act 4, Scene 3: Bring Him Over Here! - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Act 4, Scene 3: It's Not A Falcon Flying In The Heavens - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Act 4, Scene 3: The Sun And Moon Have Grown Dark - Alexey Geleva/Nikolay Zakharov
Act 4, Scene 3: Hurrah! - Alexey Geleva/Nikolay Zakharov
Act 4, Scene 3: Domine, Domine, Salvum Fac - Vladimir Valaitis/Yury Galkin/Alexey Geleva/Nikolay Zakharov
Act 4, Scene 3: Glory To You, Tsarevich - Nikolay Zakharov/Alexey Geleva
Act 4, Scene 3: Glory To You, Tsarevich - Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Act 4, Scene 3: We, Dimitri Ivanovich - Vladimir Ivanovsky/Anatoly Mishutin/Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Melik-Pashayev/Vla
Act 4, Scene 3: Flow, Flow, Bitter Tears - Anton Grigoryev
No matter how much the engineers may try to clean it up, Soviet-era recorded sound is generally mediocre at best, and this set is no exception. Still, for old-style "stand and deliver" Russian singing, particularly from ... more »the chorus, you won't find many recordings that are idiomatic. Ivan Petrov's Czar Boris is well sung, if not as dramatically involved as Boris Christoff's. Irina Arkhipova's dominatrix of a Marina sings beautifully, and Mark Reshetin is a distinguished Pimen. The tenors singing Dmitri and Shuisky are somewhat lamentable, but Alexander Melik-Pashayev's conducting is masterful. --Sarah Bryan Miller« less
No matter how much the engineers may try to clean it up, Soviet-era recorded sound is generally mediocre at best, and this set is no exception. Still, for old-style "stand and deliver" Russian singing, particularly from the chorus, you won't find many recordings that are idiomatic. Ivan Petrov's Czar Boris is well sung, if not as dramatically involved as Boris Christoff's. Irina Arkhipova's dominatrix of a Marina sings beautifully, and Mark Reshetin is a distinguished Pimen. The tenors singing Dmitri and Shuisky are somewhat lamentable, but Alexander Melik-Pashayev's conducting is masterful. --Sarah Bryan Miller
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moskvich | Moscow | 01/25/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Melik-Pashayev was one of the best conductors of his time. He secures great playing from the Bolshoi orchestra and the chorus is better then on any other operatic recording that I ever heard. Ivan Petrov is very powerfull and he is the first bass who tries to sing Boris not as an actor, but as a singer. Other Roles are also sung well. Arkhipova is solid and light at the same time, Ivanovskiy is dramaticly the best Dmitriy you could hear. Shulpin is making a great contribution as Shuyskiy. He realy sounds more like a threat to Boris than the Dmitriy. Reshetin is solid and severe as Pimen, Gheleva and Zakharov make a good pair of Varlaam and Missail, and the great Alexey Ivanon is playing the small role of Schelkalov. Anton Grigoryev has a light, but powerfull tenor, and he is a great Simpleton. Veronika Borisenko is a charming Innkeeper, Valentina Klepatskaya is a good Fedor, and Vladimir Filippov a great police officer Mikitich. This recording got many international prizes."
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moskvich | 09/19/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If thre is a perfect Boris Godunov recording, this is it. The atmosphere that Melik-Pashsayev brings to thi performance is spectacular. Petrov is one of the few singers, who try to SING Boris not just act. Arkhipova is the most beutifull Marina on records. She is most memorable in garden scene. The scene in her room is fine, but she seems new to it, since it was never performed in the Bolshoi. Vladimir Ivanovsky, the Dmitry, was never a great vocalist, but dramaticly he is always allert. Unlike most tenors, he is DIFFERENT in every act. Georgy Schulpin is a very good Shuyskiy. Most western listeners will not be happy with his voice (it may seem "tight", as one american critic wrote), but that is just what we need in this role. Mark Reshetin is a solid Pimen, Anton Grigoryev a very bright-voiced Simpelton and Alexy Gheleva a fine Varlaam. The relativly small role of Schelkalov is sung by Alexei Ivanov, one of the best Russian baritones. The chorus is better than on any other operetic recordin I heard. There are some cuts, but not as much as on other recordings."
Track Listings (24) - Disc #1