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GLINKA M. «Ruslan & Lyudmila» 4CD (1938 recording)

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AQVR 418-2

          Opera in 5 acts.
Libretto by V. Shirkov, K. Bakhturin and M. Glinka with the assistance of
N. Markevich, N. Kukolnik and M. Gedeonov, based on A.Pushkin’s poem of the same name
     Ruslan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Reizen
     Lyudmila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valeria Barsova
     Svetozar ,The Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxim Mikhailov
     Gorislava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elena Slivinskaya
     Ratmir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizaveta Antonova
     Farlaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily Lubentsov
     Finn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikandr Khanaev
     Naina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lyubov Stavrovskaya
     Bayan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solomon Khromchenko

                    Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi theatre
          Conductor – Samuil Samosud, choir master - Max Cooper
                   Recorded in 1938

CD1 (64:49)
  1. Overture Act I
  2. The first song of Bayan
  3. The second song of Bayan
  4. Chorus
  5. Lyudmila’s cavatina
  6. Finale
Act II
  7. Entr’acte
  8. Finn’s ballad
  9. Ruslan and Finn’s duettino
10. Farlaf and Naina’s scene
11. Farlaf’s rondo

CD2 (73:26)
  1. Ruslan’s aria
  2. Scene with the Head
Act III
  3. Entr’acte
  4. Persian chorus
  5. Gorislava’s cavatina
  6. Ratmir’s aria
  7. Dances in Naina’s castle
  8. Finale
Act IV
  9. Entr’acte
10. Scene (Lyudmila, choir)
11. Lyudmila’s aria and scene (Lyudmila, choir)
12. Chernomor’s march

CD3 (67:43)

Act IV (continue)
Oriental dances in Chernomor’s garden
  1. a) Turkish
  2. b) Arabian
  3. c) Lezghinka
  4. Chorus
  5. Finale
Act V
  6. Ratmir’s romance
  7. Recitative (Ratmir, choir) and duet (Ratmir, Finn)
  8. Scene (Svetozar, Farlaf, choir)
  9. Scene(Ruslan, Lyudmila, Ratmir, Gorislava, Svetozar, choir)
10. Final chorus

Bonus tracks:
11. Farlaf’s rondo (act 2) tonfilm
12. Ruslan’s aria (act 2) Gramplasttrest 03568

Valeria Barsova’s rare tonfilm recordings
13. Cio-cio-san’s arioso (G. Puccini «Madama Butterfly»)
14. Recitative and waltz of Juliet (C. Gounod «Romeo and Juliet», act 1)
15. Duet of Romeo and Juliet (C. Gounod «Romeo and Juliet», act 2)
16. Philine’s polonaise (A. Thomas «Mignon», act 2)
17. Farandole (G. Bizet)
18. Waltz (L. Arditi)
19. Tarantella (G. Rossini)

Mark Reizen (11), Maxim Mikhailov (12), Georgy Vinogradov (15)
Conductors - Samuil Samosud (11), Alexander Melik-Pashaev (12), Alexander Orlov (13-19)
Recorded in: 1936 (12), 1939 (13, 14, 16-19), 1942 (11), early 1940s (15)

CD4 (72:08)
Mikhail Glinka «Ruslan and Lyudmila» (fragments of the opera)
Moscow, Gramplasttrest, 1937-1938
Ruslan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Baturin
Lyudmila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valeria Barsova
Gorislava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elena Slivinskaya
Ratmir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bronislava Zlatogorova
Naina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lyubov Stavrovskaya
Bayan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solomon Khromchenko
Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi theatre
Conductor – Samuil Samosud
  1. Overture / 05972-3
  2. The second song of Bayan (act 1) / 06388
  3. Lyudmila’s cavatina (act 1) / 06400-1
  4. Entr’acte (act 2) / 06997
  5. Ruslan’s aria (act 2) / 06435-7
  6. Persian chorus (act 3) / 06434
  7. Gorislava’s cavatina (act 3) / 06461-2
  8. Ratmir’s aria (act 3) / 06361-3
  9. Dances in Naina’s castle (act 3) / 06385-7
10. Chernomor’s march (act 4) / 06207
11. Turkish and arabian dances (act 4) / 06209
12. Lezghinka (act 4) / 06208

Bassoon solo: Ivan Vorobiev (7)
Recorded in: 1937 (1), November 29, 1937 (10-12), January 7-9, 1938 (8),
January16,1938 (2, 9), end of January 1938 (3), February 10, 1938 (5, 6),
February 19, 1938 (7), 1938 (4)

Album's personalities

Listen to fragments

CD1 1-   3-   5-   9-   11-

CD2 1-   12-

CD3 13-   19-

CD4 7-   8-




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