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ORLOV Alexander (conductor) 2CD FIDELIO, The BARTERED BRIDE, RUSALKA, The ENCHANTRESS. Opera fragments

AQVR 427-2
Recorded in 1937
16-pgs booklet

Ludwig van Beethoven «Fidelio»
Leonore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lina Shukhat
Florestan . . . . . . . . . . . Dmitry Tarkhov
Rocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgy Abramov
Marzelline . . . . . . . . . . . Olga Amatova
Jaquino . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexei Lebedev
Don Pizarro . . . . . . . Daniil Demyanov
Don Fernando . . . Konstantin Polyaev
First prisoner . . . . . Sergey Fomichyov
Second prisoner . . . . . . . Pyotr Ozerov

Bedřich Smetana «The Bartered Bride»
Mařenka . . . . . . . . . . . Varvara Gradova
Jenik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anton Tkachenko
Kecal . . . . . . . . . . . Konstantin Polyaev
Vašek . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergey Fomichyov

Alexander Dargomyzhsky «Rusalka»
Miller . . . . . . Konstantin Polyaev
Natasha . . . . . . . Sofya Kiselyova
Prince . . . . . . . . . . . Lev Ashkinazi
Princess . . . . . Polina Levchenko

Pyotr Tchaikovsky «The Enchantress»
Kuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofya Kiselyova
Prince Nikita Kurlyatev . Daniil Demyanov
Prince Yuriy . . . . . . . . . . Anton Tkachenko
Mamyrov . . . . . . . . . . . Konstantin Polyaev
Paisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavel Pontryagin

          Choir and orchestra of the All-Union Radio, Moscow
                Conductor - Alexander Orlov
                    Recorded in 1937

CD1 (70:50)
L. van Beethoven «Fidelio»
  1. Duet of Marzelline and Jaquino (act 1)
  2. Trio (act 1, Rocco, Leonore, Marzelline)
  3. Don Pizarro’s aria with chorus (act 1)
  4. Leonore’s recitative and aria (act 1)
  5. Chorus of prisoners (act 1)
  6. Introduction and Florestan’s aria (act 2)
  7. Quartet (act 2, Pizarro, Leonore, Florestan, Rocco)
  8. Duet of Leonore and Florestan (act 2)
  9. Finale

B. Smetana «The Bartered Bride»
10. Overture
11. Mařenka’s aria (act 1)
12. Duet of Mařenka and Jenik (act 1)
13. Duet of Vašek and Mařenka (act 2)

CD2 (74:14)
B. Smetana «The Bartered Bride» (continued)
  1. Duet of Jenik and Kecal (act 2)
  2. Final scene (act 2)

A. Dargomyzhsky «Rusalka»
  3. Miller’s aria (act 1)
  4. Trio (act 1, Miller, Natasha, Prince, fragment)
  5. Princess’s recitative (act 3)
  6. Prince’s cavatina (act 4)
  7. Scene of Miller and Prince (act 4)
  8. Finale

P. Tchaikovsky «The Enchantress»
  9. Kuma’s scene and arioso (act 1)
10. Chorus and scene (act 1)
11. Chorus and dance of skomorokhs (act 1)
Bonus:
12. Duet of Prince Yuriy and Princess Evpraksia (P. Tchaikovsky «The Echantress», аct 2) GPT 8527-8

Prince Yuriy - Anton Tkachenko, Princess Evpraksia - Lyudmila Legostaeva.
Choir and orchestra of the All-Union Radio, Moscow.
Conducted by Alexander Orlov. Recorded in 1938.
From the collection of Yu. Boyarintsev (12)

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ORLOV Alexander (conductor) 2CD FIDELIO, The BARTERED BRIDE, RUSALKA, The ENCHANTRESS. Opera fragments

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