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Author Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881, composer, librettist.

Title George London in the Bolshoi Theatre production of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Sony Classical, [2002]
©2002

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 Talbott Media  CD 24815    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Media  CD 24815  Booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 3 audio discs (176 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 025600
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Note Musical folk drama in 4 acts; arranged and orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov, with the scene at St. Basil's Cathedral as orchestrated by Ippolitov-Ivanov.
Libretto by the composer, after Pushkin and Karamzin.
Performer George London (Boris Godunov) ; Maria Mitukova (Feodor) ; Elisaveta Shumskaya (Xenia) ; Georgi Shulpin (Prince Shuiski) ; Vladimir Ivanovsky (Grigori) ; Irina Arkhipova (Marina) ; Anton Grigoriev (The Fool) ; supporting soloists ; chorus and orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater USSR ; Alexander Melik-Pashaev, conductor.
Event Recorded 1963 May 1-10 Mezhdunorodnaya Kniga Studio, Moscow, Russia.
Original Version Originally released: 1964. Columbia Masterworks M4L 296.
Note Title from disc label.
Program notes by Louis Biancolli and George London, and synopsis, from the original LP (27 pages : portraits) laid in container.
Language Sung in Russian.
Subject Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Czar of Russia, 1551 or 1552-1605 -- Drama.
Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Czar of Russia, 1551 or 1552-1605.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Operas.
Operas.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Studio recordings.
Studio recordings.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908, arranger of music.
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich, 1859-1935, arranger of music.
Arkhipova, Irina, 1925-2010, singer.
Shumskai͡a, E. (Elizaveta Vladimirovna), 1905-1988, singer.
Mitukova, Maria, singer.
Ivanovskiĭ, V., singer.
Grigorʹev, A., singer.
Shulʹpin, Georgiĭ, singer.
London, George, 1920-1985, singer, writer of added commentary.
Biancolli, Louis, writer of added commentary.
Melik-Pashaev, Aleksandr Shamilʹevich, 1905-1964, conductor.
Opera adaptation of (work): Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Boris Godunov.
Opera adaptation of (work): Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1766-1826. Istorii͡a gosudarstva rossiĭskogo.
Container of (work): Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Khor, singer.
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Orkestr, instrumentalist.
Added Title Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97081268
Boris Godunov
Standard No. 074645257129
Music No. S3K 52571 Sony Classical (set)
52572 Sony Classical (disc 1)
52573 Sony Classical (disc 2)
52574 Sony Classical (disc 3)
M4L 296 Columbia Masterworks