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Mstislav Rostropóvich feat. Malcolm Smith & Richard Cowan

Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)

Mstislav Rostropóvich feat. Malcolm Smith & Richard Cowan

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

3 MINUTES AND 16 SECONDS • JAN 01 1990

Album Tracklist

1
Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
02:18
2
Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
04:40
3
Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
06:30
4
Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
03:16
5
Boris Godunov, Prologue: Coronation Scene. "Da zdravstvuet tsar Boris Fedorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
04:03
6
Boris Godunov, Prologue: "My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
03:53
7
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "One last narration" (Pimen)
05:19
8
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
01:59
9
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
08:09
10
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)
06:14
11
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
01:58
12
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
03:17
13
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
02:36
14
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
02:26
15
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
04:51
16
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
05:55
17
Boris Godunov, Act 1: "What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
02:23
18
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
03:27
19
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
02:50
20
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
02:18
21
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
03:45
22
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
05:15
23
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
01:52
24
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
01:44
25
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
06:38
26
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "No, I cannot ... I cannot, my child! Tsarevich, obey!" (Boris, Shuisky)
03:05
27
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Why, you do not believe me?" (Shuisky)
03:17
28
Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Enough! Oh, I can hardly breathe!" (Boris)
03:20
29
Boris Godunov, Act 3: "On the azure Vistula under a shady willow" (Chorus, Marina)
03:11
30
Boris Godunov, Act 3: "Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)
01:53
31
Boris Godunov, Act 3: "I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)
03:20
32
Boris Godunov, Act 3: "Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni)
08:39
33
Boris Godunov, Act 3: "At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)
09:05
34
Boris Godunov, Act 3: "Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)
05:29
35
Boris Godunov, Act 3: "It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
11:13
36
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
04:41
37
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
03:06
38
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
05:33
39
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
03:18
40
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
02:53
41
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
03:40
42
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
03:41
43
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Gracious Sovereign! ... My story will be simple and short" (Shuisky, Boris, Pimen)
05:29
44
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Oh, I can't breathe! ... Lord! Lord! Look down, I beseech Thee" (Boris)
06:52
45
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Weep, weep, people" (Chorus, Boris, Fyodor)
04:15
46
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
04:44
47
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
02:21
48
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
01:11
49
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
02:51
50
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
01:34
51
Boris Godunov, Act 4: "What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
06:45
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
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Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
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