Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov (Highlights)

Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Vincenzo Bellezza (Conductor), Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra (Orchestra), Angelo Bada (Performer), Dennis Noble (Performer), Dino Borgioili (Performer), Dino Borgioli (Performer), Luigi Manfrini (Performer), Margherita Cariosio (Performer), Margherita Carosio (Performer), Octave Dua (Performer), Salvatore Baccaloni (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Angelo Bada, Dennis Noble, Dino Borgioili, Dino Borgioli, Luigi Manfrini, et al.
• Orchestra: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
• Conductor: Vincenzo Bellezza
• Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
• Audio CD (March 6, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Guild
• ASIN: B000062R6J
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,863 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prelude And Chorus

2. Pilgrim's Chorus

3. Coronation

4. I Am Oppressed

5. And Now My Son

6. I Have Obtained The Highest Power

7. Clock Scene

8. Chorus & Polonaise

9. Varlaam & Missail

10. Dimitri: We, Dimitri...

11. Well, Shall We Vote?

12. Out! Out! (Choo!)

13. Pimen Narrative

14. Farewell

15. Prayer & Farewell

16. Death Of Boris

Customer Reviews

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This review is from: Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov (Highlights) (Audio CD)

Feodor Chaliapin was one of the great Boris Godounovs of the last, or of any century; we are therefore lucky to have these selections ,using the Rimsky-Korsakov version, recorded at Covent Garden in 1928.Chaliapin, was in his 50's at the time, still, the voice is gorgeous and imposing. The balance of the cast is Italian, therefore the balance of the singing is in Italian. Jarring to our ears, but multilingual performances, through the 1940s, were often the rule, not the exception. Vincenzo Bellezza, best known for conducting Italian and French works, keeps things moving nicely. Sound is more than tolerable. This CD is a must!!