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London, Schippers, Ormandy: Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov Excerpts, Pictures at an Exhibition (FLAC)

London, Schippers, Ormandy: Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov Excerpts, Pictures at an Exhibition (FLAC)
London, Schippers, Ormandy: Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov Excerpts, Pictures at an Exhibition (FLAC)

Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Performer: Thomas Schippers, Bliss Hebert, Mildred Allen, Howard Fried, George London, Stanley Kolk
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 82876787472
Release: 2006
Size: 335
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

Scenes from Boris Godunov
01. Prologue, Scene 2 (The square in the Moscow Kremlin): Da zdrávstvuyet Tsar Borís Feódorovich! [Prince Shuiski: Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich!]
02. Uzh kak na nébe sólntsu krásnomu [Even as glory to the radiant sun]
03. Skorbit dushá! [My soul is torn with anguish!]
04. Sláva! [Glory!]
05. Boris’ Monologue from Act II: Dostig ya vïsshey vlasti [I have attained the highest power]
06. Dialogue and Hallucination Scene from Act II: Ty zachém? [What do you want?]
07. Velíkii gosudár, chelóm byu [Mighty lord…]
08. Ne kázen strashná, strashná tvoyá nemílost [It is not death that is hard to bear…]
09. Uf tyazheló! [God, how stifling it’s become!]
10. Bori’s Farewell to his Son and Death of Boris from Act IV: Scene II: Ostav’te nas! Ujdite vse! [Need english translation]
11. Zvon!…Pogrebálnyi zvon! [Listen! It’s ringing!…The funeral bell is ringing!]

Pictures at an Exhibition
12. Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
13. I. Gnomus (The Gnome). Vivo
14. Promenade. Moderato comodo assai e con delicatezza
15. II. Il vecchio castello (The Old Castle). Andante molto cantabile e con dolore
16. Promenade. Moderato non tanto, pesamente
17. III. Tuileries (Dispute between Children at Play). Allegretto non troppo, capriccioso
18. IV. Bydlo (Cattle). Sempre moderato, pesante
19. Promenade. Tranquillo
20. V. Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques (Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks). Scherzino. Vivo leggiero
21. VI. Samuel Goldenburg and Schmuyle. Andante
22. VII. Limoges: le marché (The Market Place of Limoges). Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzando
23. VIII. Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum (Catacombs: A Roman Grave). Largo
24. Cum mortuis in lingua morta (With the Dead in a Dead Language). Andante non troppo, con lamento
25. IX. La cabane de Baba-Yaga sur des pattes de poule (The Hut of Baba-Yaga on Chicken’s Legs). Allegro con brio, feroce – Andante mosso
26. X. La grande porte de Kiev (The Great Gate of Kiev). Maestoso, con grandezza

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