Offer,Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (highlights)
John Tomlinson (Boris), Stuart Kale (Prince Shuisky), Clive Bayley (Varlaam), Joan Rodgers (Xenia), Susan Parry (Feodor), Yvonne Howard (Old Nurse), Matthew Best (Pimen)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
John Tomlinson has made the part of Boris his own, and this generous, 75-minute selection of excerpts from Boris Godunov is highly recommendable, even when compared with current Russian versions... — More…
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Penguin GuideRosette
Contents
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Highlights), Coronation Scene
- Paul Daniel, English Northern Philharmonia, John Tomlinson, Stuart Kale, Brian Cookson, Opera North Chorus
Long life to our Tsar Boris Feodorovich! (Shuisky, Boyar, Chorus)
My soul is sad (Boris, Chorus)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Highlights), Varlaam's Song: By the walls of Kazan the mighty fortress (Varlaam)
- Paul Daniel, English Northern Philharmonia, Clive Bayley
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Highlights), Apartments Scene
- Paul Daniel, English Northern Philharmonia, John Tomlinson, Joan Rodgers, Stuart Kale, Susan Parry, Brian Cookson, Yvonne Howard
Ah, my dear betrothed (Boris, Xenia, Feodor, Nurse)
I stand supreme in power (Boris)
What is it? (Boris, Boyar, Shuisky, Feodor)
Ugh! Give me air! (Boris)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Highlights), St. Basil Scene
- Paul Daniel, English Northern Philharmonia, Edward Thornton, John Tomlinson, Mark Curtis, Stuart Kale, Opera North Chorus
What, has the service finished? (Mitiukha, Simpleton, Chorus)
Merciful, gracious Tsar (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Highlights), Death Scene
- Paul Daniel, English Northern Philharmonia, Stuart Kale, John Tomlinson, Brian Cookson, Matthew Best, Susan Parry, Stephen Dawson, Choristers of Leeds Parish Church
Sad, Shuisky is not with us (Boyar, Shuisky, Shchelkalov)
A humble hermit (Pimen, Boris)
Farewell, my son (Boris, Feodor, Chorus)
