Borodin «Prince Igor» 2CD (fragments of the opera 1936-38)

Moscow, Gramplasttrest (Noginsk Plant)

CD1 (76:28)

  1. Overture / 06242-4 (No. 1-3)

  2. Galitsky’s recitative and song (act 1) / 05974 (No. 4)

  3. Yaroslavna’s arioso (act 1) / 04535-6 (No. 5-[6])

  4. Scene of Yaroslavna and Galitsky (act 1) / 05975-6 (No. 7-8)

  5. Chorus of the Polovtsian maidens (act 2) / 06253-4 (No. 9-10)

  6. Dance of the Polovtsian maidens (act 2) / 05932 (No. 11)

  7. Konchakovna’s cavatina (act 2) / 06449-50 (No. 12-13)

  8. Recitative and cavatina of Vladimir Igorevich (act 2) / 06346-7 (No. 14-15)

  9. Vladimir Igorevich and Konchakovna’s duet (act 2) / 06422 (No. 16)

10. Prince Igor’s aria (act 2) / 05988-9 (No. 17-18)

11. Konchak’s aria (act 2) / 03721-2 (No. 19-20)

12. Polovtsian dances (act 2) / 05933-5 (No. 21-23)

Bolshoi Theater Choir and Orchestra

Conductors - Lev Steinberg (1, 3, 5, 7-9), Alexander Orlov (11), Alexander Melik-Pashayev (2, 4, 6, 10, 12)

Recorded in: 1936 (3, 11), 1937 (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12), 1938 (7, 9)

CD2 (77:11)

  1. Polovtsian march (act 3) / 06267-8 (No. 24-25)

  2. Yaroslavna’s Lament (act 4) / 04537, 05433 (No. 26-27)

  3. Villager’s chorus (act 4) / 06252 (No. 28)

  4. Igor and Yaroslavna’s duo (act 4) / 05431 (No. 29)

  5. Skula and Yeroshka’s song, scene and chorus (act 4) / 06313, 06315-6 (No. 30-32)

Bonus tracks:
Xenia Derzhinskaya solo recordings

  6. Masha’s arioso (E. Napravnik «Dubrovsky», act 2) / MT 0849

  7. Kuma’s arioso (P. Tchaikovsky «The Enchantress», act 1) / MT 0850

  8. Non la sospiri la nostra casetta (G. Puccini «Tosca», act 1) / MT 2870

  9. Die Trommel gerühret (L. Beethoven «Egmont») / MT 2868

10. Freudvoll und leidvoll (L. Beethoven «Egmont») / MT 2869

11. Lisa’s arioso (P. Tchaikovsky «The Queen of Spades», act 1) / GPT 010183

12. Venetian night (M. Glinka) / TF (previously unreleased)

13. Oh, if I could know before (M. Glinka) / GPT 10030

14. Song of the Coachman (A. Gurilev) / GPT 10029

15. Not a word, my friend (P. Tchaikovsky) / MT 2855

16. Oriental romance (The nightingale captivated by a rose) (N. Rimsky-Korsakov) / MT 2856A

17. April song (G. Bizet) / GPT 10031

18. Flickan kom ifrån (The girl returned from a walk) (J. Sibelius) / GPT 10032

19. Brother for brother (K. Dankevich) / GPT 5918

20. Captains of the air spaces (S. Protopopov) / GPT 5903

Leonid Savransky

21. Igor’s aria (A. Borodin «Prince Igor», act 2)

GPT - Gramplasttrest, MT - Muztrest, TF - census from the side track of the film

Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater

Conductors - Lev Steinberg (1-5), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (6-10), Samuil Samosud (11)

Piano: Boris Abramovich (13, 14, 17-19), Matvey Sakharov (15, 16), Sergey Protopopov (20), Naum Walter (21), pianist unknown (12)

Recorded in: 1930 (6, 7), 1933 (8-10, 15, 16), 1936/7 (2), 1937 (1-5, 19, 20), 1939 (12-14, 17, 18), 1940 (11), 1950’s (21)

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