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Tchaikovsky «EUGENE ONEGIN»+opera scenes from «The SLIPPERS», «MAZEPPA», «The ENCHANTRESS» 4CD

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«EUGENE ONEGIN»
Opera (lyrical scenes) in three acts (seven scenes)
Libretto by K. Shilovsky based on the novel by A. Pushkin

Onegin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Panteleimon Nortsov
Lensky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan Jadan
Tatiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glafira Zhukovskaya
Olga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bronislava Zlatogorova
Larina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margarita Butenina
Filippyevna, nanny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concordia Antarova
Gremin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Pirogov
Triquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan Kovalenko
Company Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan Manshavin
Zaretsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anatoly Yakhontov
Lead singer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily Lapin

Bolshoi Theatre Choir and Orchestra
Conductor - Vassily Nebolsin
Choirmaster - Vladimir Stepanov
Announcer - Natalia Tolstova
Recorded in 1936

CD 1 (67:49)
  1. Announcer
Act 1
Scene 1
  2. Introduction
  3. Duet of Tatiana and Olga, quartet (Larina, Nanny, Tatiana, Olga)
  4. Chorus and peasant’s dance (Lead singer, choir)
  5. Olga’s scene and aria
  6. Scene (Larina, Nanny, Tatiana, Olga)
  7. Scene and quartet (Lensky, Onegin, Olga, Tatiana)
  8. Scene (Lensky, Olga, Onegin, Tatiana)
  9. Lensky’s arioso
10. Finale
Scene 2
11. Introduction and scene (Nanny, Tatiana)
12. Tatiana’s letter scene
13. Scene and duet (Tatiana, Nanny)
Scene 3
14. Girls chorus
15. Tatiana’s scene
16. Onegin’s recitative and aria

CD 2 (73:13)
Act 2
Scene 1
  1. Entr’acte and waltz
  2. Scene (Onegin, Lensky, choir)
  3. Scene (Lensky, Olga, Onegin, Triquet)
  4. Triquet’s couplets
  5. Mazurka
  6. Scene (Onegin, Lensky, Larina, choir)
  7. Quintet and Finale
Scene 2
  8. Introduction and scene (Zaretsky, Lensky)
  9. Lensky’s aria
10. The Duel scene
Act 3
Scene 1
11. Polonaise
12. Onegin’s monologue
13. Ecossaise
14. Scene (Onegin, Tatiana, Gremin, choir)
15. Gremin’s aria and scene (Gremin, Tatiana, Onegin)
16. Onegin’s arioso
Scene 2
17. Finale

Bonus:
18. P. Nortsov speaks (1980)
19. Une dame noble et sage (G. Meyerbeer «Les Huguenots», act 1)

Glafira Zhukovskaya. Recorded in 1928. Muztrest, No. 100. The test recording from the «gramoriginal» of the Russian State Archive of Phonographic documents. Published here for the first time.

CD 3 (77:56)
«The SLIPPERS»                                 «MAZEPPA»
Solokha . . . . . . . Vera Davydova          Mazeppa . . . . . . Alexei Ivanov
Vakula . . . . . .Grigory Bolshakov          Maria . . . Alexandra Byshevskaya
Chub . . . . . . . . Maxim Mikhailov          Orlik . . . . . . . Ivan Serdyukov
Pan Golova . . . Vassily Lubentsov
Schoolmaster . . Sergey Streltsov
The Devil . . . . . . . Alexei Ivanov
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra                                Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor - Alexander Melik-Pashaev                 Conductor - Lev Steinberg
Recorded in 1940                                                        Recorded in 1940

  1. The Scene at Solokha’s house («The Slippers», act 2)
  2. Vakula’s song («The Slippers», act 3)
  3. Mazeppa’s scene and arioso («Mazeppa», act 2)
  4. Mazeppa and Maria’s duet («Mazeppa», act 2)
Bonus: Olga Leontieva. The complete Gramplastrest recordings
  5. Maria’s lullaby (P. Tchaikovsky «Mazeppa», act 3) / 03087
  6. Kuma’s arioso (P. Tchaikovsky «The Enchantress», act 1) / 03088
  7. Natasha’s aria (A. Dargomyzhsky «Rusalka», act 4) / 276
  8. Vissi d’arte (G. Puccini «Tosca», act 2) / 273
  9. Die Trommel gerühret (L. van Beethoven «Egmont») / 4376
10. Freudvoll und leidvoll (L. van Beethoven «Egmont») / 4377
11. It was in the early spring (P. Tchaikovsky - A.K. Tolstoy) / 7589
12. Does the Day reign (P. Tchaikovsky - A. Apukhtin) / 7590
Alexandra Byshevskaya
13. Freudvoll und leidvoll (L. Beethoven «Egmont»), tonfilm

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (5-12), Grand Symphony Orchestra (13)
Conductors: Vassily Nebolsin (5, 6), Alexander Chugunov (7), Alexander Melik- Pashaev (8-10), Nikolai Golovanov (13). Piano: Vladimir Shraibman (11, 12)
Recorded in: 1934 (7, 8), 1935 (5, 6), 1936 (9, 10), 1937 (13), 1938 (11, 12)

CD 4 (77:44)
«The ENCHANTRESS»
  1. Kuma’s arioso (act 1)
  2. The Princess’s scene and arioso (act 2) (Princess, Mamyrov, Nenila, choir)
  3. The Prince Yuri and the Princess’s duet (act 2)
  4. The Prince’s scene and arioso (act 2)
  5. The Prince and the Princess’ scene (act 2)
  6. Finale (act 2)
  7. Kuma and the Prince’s scene and duet (act 3)
  8. Kuma and Prince Yuri’s scene and duet (act 3)
  9. Kuma’s arioso (act 4)
10. Bonus: The Prince’s scene and arioso (act 2)

Kuma - Lilia Lobanova (1), Tatiana Tugarinova (7), Natalia Shpiller (8), Evgenia Arutyunova (9)
Prince Nikita - Vladimir Prokoshev (4, 5), Alexei Ivanov (7, 10)
Princess Yevpraksia - Tamara Antipova (2, 3, 5, 6)
Prince Yuri - Nikolai Kuznetsov (3, 6), Georgy Nelepp (8)
Mamyrov - Konstantin Polyaev (2, 6)
Nenila - Anna Matyushina (2)
Paisy - Alexander Peregudov (6)
Ivan Zhuran - Mikhail Solovyov (8)
Choir and Orchestra of the Radio Information Committee (1-3, 6, 9),
The All-Union Radio Orchestra (4, 5), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (7, 8, 10)
Conductors: Samuil Samosud (1-6, 9), Alexander Melik-Pashaev (8), Eugene Svetlanov (7, 10)
Recorded in 1947 (8), 1951 (1-6), 1952 (9), 1965 (7, 10)

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Tchaikovsky «EUGENE ONEGIN»+opera scenes from «The SLIPPERS», «MAZEPPA», «The ENCHANTRESS» 4CD

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