Soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre: Tchaikovsky – Complete Operas, Fragments & Incidental Music (FLAC)

Composer: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre
Number of Discs: 22
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil Medien
Catalogue: PH17053
Release: 2018
Size: 5.3 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Voyevoda, Op. 3, TH 1, Act I
01. Overture. Moderato quasi allegro
02. Bastryukov’s Recitative. Adagio – Aria. Andantino
03. Scene. Allegro agitato
04. Duet of Marya Vlasyevna & Bastryukov. Andante non troppo
05. Matchmaking Scene. Allegretto comodo

Voyevoda, Op. 3, TH 1, Act II
06. Quartet. Adagio
07. Entr’acte & Dances of the Chambermaids. Andante comodo assai
08. Scene. Allegro vivo (1)
09. Duet of Marya Vlasyevna & Olyona. Allegro moderato
10. Scene. Allegro vivo (2)
11. Chorus. Allegro comodo

Voyevoda, Op. 3, TH 1, Act III
12. Scene. Andante non troppo
13. Dubrovin’s Aria. Andante
14. Scene. Allegro vivo
15. Quintet. Moderato assai
16. Quintet with Chorus. Moderato
17. Scene. Allegro moderato
18. Scene. Moderato
19. Finale. Allegro non troppo e maestoso

CD 02
Undina, TH 2
01. Introduction. Moderato assai
02. Undina’s Song. Moderato
03. Chorus, Duet & Finale. Allegro
04. Duet of Undina & Huldbrandt. Andante non troppo

Mandragora, TH 207
05. Chorus of Flowers & Insects. Andante non tanto

Oprichnik, TH 3, Act I
06. Introduction. Allegro giusto
07. Entertainment Scene. Allegretto comodo
08. Chorus of Maidens. Andantino
09. Natalya’s Song
10. Scene & Chorus. Moderato
11. Scene & Chorus of Oprichniks. Allegro molto e misterioso
12. Recitatives & Basmanov’s Arioso. Moderato assai quasi andante
13. Natalya’s Arioso. Moderato assai
14. Round Dance & Chorus. Allegro con moto

CD 03
Oprichnik, TH 3, Act II
01. Entr’acte. Andante sostenuto
02. Scene. Moderato assai
03. Morozova’s Aria
04. Scene
05. Duet of Andrey & Morozova. Andante non tanto
06. Prelude. Andante sostenuto – Allegro giusto
07. Scene. Moderato
08. Andrey’s Arioso. Andante
09. Oath Scene. Allegro non troppo
10. Finale. Allegro moderato

CD 04
Oprichnik, TH 3, Act III
01. Entr’acte. Andante non troppo
02. Chorus of People. Allegro moderato
03. Recitative. Moderato
04. Duet for Natalya & Morozova. Allegro giusto
05. Scene. Allegro
06. Natalya’s Arioso. Allegro tranquillo
07. Finale. Allegro giusto
08. Quartet. Andante non tanto
09. Finale. Chorus. Allegro vivo

Oprichnik, TH 3, Act IV
10. Wedding Chorus. Allegro moderato e maestoso
11. Dances of Oprichniks & Women. Allegro giusto – Allegro molto
12. Recitatives. Andante – Moderato assai
13. Chorus. Andante
14. Duet for Andrey & Natalya. Allegro giusto
15. Scene. Allegro vivo
16. Scene. Allegro vivo – Moderato
17. Quartet with Chorus. Andante
18. Closing Scene. Allegro

CD 05
Cherevichki, TH 8, Act I
01. Overture. Andante con moto – Allegro giusto
02. Scene & Duet. Allegro moderato
03. Snowstorm. Allegro vivo – Moderato
04. Aria. Moderato assai – Andante
05. Scene & Arioso. Moderato
06. Scene. Allegro
07. Scene & Duet. Allegro molto
08. Final Scene. Allegro moderato

Cherevichki, TH 8, Act II
09. Entr’acte. Allegro moderato
10. Scene. L’istesso tempo
11. Scene. Moderato assai
12. Scene & Schoolmaster’s Song. Moderato
13. Scene & Quintet. Moderato
14. Arioso. Andante

CD 06
Cherevichki, TH 8, Act II
01. Choral Scene. Andante non troppo
02. Scene & Cherevichki Song. Allegro giusto
03. Finale

Cherevichki, TH 8, Act III
04. Entr’acte. Andante non tanto
05. Chorus of Rusalka’s. Allegro moderato
06. Scene & Vakula’s Song. Moderato – Andante
07. Scene. Allegro moderato
08. Polonaise. Tempo di polacca. Molto maestoso
09. Couplets. Andante – Allegro moderato
10. Minuet & Scene. Tempo di menuetto
11. Russian Dance & Cossack Dance. Allegro comodo – Andante
12. Scene. Andante non troppo

Cherevichki, TH 8, Act IV
13. Duet. Moderato
14. Finale. Allegro moderato – Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

CD 07
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5, Act I
01. Introduction. Duet & Quartet. Andante con moto
02. Choir Peasant’s Dance. Adagio
03. Scene. Olga’s Arioso. Andante
04. Larina’s Scene. Andante
05. Scene. Quartet. Moderato
06. Scene. Lensky’s Arioso. Moderato
07. Finale. Scene. Moderato
08. Introduction & Scene with Nurse. Andante mosso
09. Tatiana’s Letter Scene. Andante con moto
10. Duet. Allegro moderato
11. Chorus of Maidens. Allegro moderato
12. Onegin’s Aria. Andante non tanto

CD 08
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5, Act II
01. Entr’acte Waltz with Scene & Chorus. Andante non tanto
02. Scene & Couplets of Monsieur Trique. Andantino
03. Mazurka & Scene. Tempo di mazurka
04. Finale. Andante
05. Introduction & Lensky’s Aria. Andante quasi adagio
06. The Duel. Allegro moderato

Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5, Act III
07. Polonaise. Moderato. Tempo di polacca
08. Scene. Ecossaise & Prince Gremin’s Aria. L’istesso tempo
09. Onegin’s Arioso. Allegro moderato
10. Final Scene. Moderato

CD 09
The Maid of Orleans, TH 6, Act I
01. Introduction. Andante con moto – Allegro vivo
02. Chorus of Maidens. Moderato
03. Scene. Trio. Moderato
04. Scene. Moderato
05. Chorus of People. Allegro vivo
06. Scene. Moderato assai
07. Hymn. Moderato assai quasi andantino
08. Joan’s Recitative & Aria. Moderato assai – Andantino. Alla breve
09. Finale. Chorus of Angels

CD 10
The Maid of Orleans, TH 6, Act II
01. Entr’acte. Allegro molto vivace
02. Chorus of Minstrels. Moderato
03. L’istesso tempo (1)
04. Gypsies’ Dance. Allegro vivace – Dance of the Pages & Dwarves. Allegro moderato – Dance of the Clowns & Tumblers. Allegro molto
05. Scene. Moderato
06. Duet. Andante
07. Molto espressivo
08. L’istesso tempo (2)
09. Allegro
10. Scene King. Andante
11. Agnes’s Arioso
12. Duettino. Allegro moderato – Lento assai
13. Scene & Archbishop’s Narrative
14. Joan’s Narrative. Moderato assai quasi andante – Moderato e semplice
15. Finale

CD 11
The Maid of Orleans, TH 6, Act IV
01. Final Scene. Moderato assai. Tempo di marcia funebre
02. Joan

CD 12
Mazeppa, TH 7, Act I
01. Introduction. Allegro non troppo
02. Chorus of Maidens & Scene
03. Scene & Mariya’s Arioso
04. Duet
05. Scene. Allegro moderato
06. Chorus & Dance. Moderato
07. Hopak. Vivace
08. Scene. Moderato
09. Mazeppa’s Arioso. Andante
10. Quarrel Scene. Allegro moderato
11. Chorus & Mother’s Lament. Meno mosso
12. Finale. Moderato assai
13. Finale. Moderato assai – Allegro moderato

Mazeppa, TH 7, Act II
14. Introduction
15. Dungeon Scene. Andante – Adagio
16. Kotchubey’s Arioso. Andante non troppo
17. Introduction. Andante
18. Mazeppa’s Monologue and Scene with Orlik

CD 13
Mazeppa, TH 7, Act II
01. Mazeppa’s Arioso. Moderato
02. Mazeppa’s Scene with Mariya. Andante con moto
03. Mazeppa’s Scene with Mariya. Allegro moderato
04. Scene of the Mother’s Appearance. Andante
05. Folk Scenes. Allegro moderato
06. Song of Drunk Cossack
07. Finale. Chorus. Allegro
08. Finale. Execution of the Kochubei. Largo

Mazeppa, TH 7, Act III
09. Entr’acte. The Battle Of Poltava. Brillante, con fuoco
10. Scene & Andrei’s Aria. Allegro non troppo – Larghetto
11. Scene & Duet. Allegro giusto
12. Scene. Onset of Mariya’s Madness. Moderato assai quasi andante – Moderato assai
13. Finale. Andante con moto
14. Andre’s Death. Andante un poco rubato
15. Maria’s Lullaby. Andante non tanto

CD 14
The Enchantress, TH 9, Act I
01. Introduction. Andante sostenuto
02. Folk Scene. Allegro giusto
03. Folk Scene. L’istesso tempo
04. Scene (1)
05. Chorus of Guests & Scene. Moderato – Allegro giusto
06. Scene. Allegro
07. Kuma’s Arioso. Andante sostenuto
08. Chorus & Scene. Moderato con moto – Allegro giusto
09. Scene. Maestoso in tempo moderato assai
10. Decimet with Chorus. Andante
11. Scene & Chorus. Allegro – più mosso, allegro vivo
12. Dance of the Tumblers. Allegro vivace assai – Adagio con moto
13. Scene (2)

CD 15
The Enchantress, TH 9, Act II
01. Entr’acte. Andante molto sostenuto
02. Scene. Moderato
03. Princess’s Arioso. Allegro risoluto ma non troppo
04. Scene. Moderato assai quasi andante
05. Duet. Moderato con moto
06. Scene. Moderato con moto
07. Scene. Moderato assai
08. Prince’s Arioso. Andantino
09. Scene of the Prince with the Princess. Adagio
10. Folk Scene. Allegro giusto
11. Finale. Allegro non troppo

The Enchantress, TH 9, Act III
12. Scene & Duet. Allegro moderato
13. Scene. Moderato

CD 16
01. Scene & Duet. Allegro giusto

The Enchantress, TH 9, Act IV
02. Entr’acte. Andante non tanto
03. Scene with Chorus. L’istesso tempo
04. Scene. Allegro giusto
05. Duet. Allegretto
06. Scene. Andante
07. Kuma’s Arioso. Andante
08. Scene & Duet. Allegro moderato
09. Scene. Allegro vivo ed agitato
10. Finale. Allegro non tanto
11. Scene (1)
12. Scene (2)

CD 17
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, TH 10, Act I
01. Introduction. Andante mosso
02. Scene. In the Summer Garden
03. Scene. Liza’s Room

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, TH 10, Act II
04. Scene. Ballroom in Saint Petersburg

CD 18
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, TH 10, Act II
01. Scene. Intermezzo. Prilepa & Milovzor
02. Scene. The Countess’s Sleep Room

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, TH 10, Act III
03. Scene. Herman’s Room in the Barracks
04. Scene. By the Winter Canal in Saint Petersburg
05. Scene. The Gaming House

CD 19
Iolanta, Op. 69, TH 11
01. Introduction. Andante quasi adagio
02. Scene & Iolanta’s Arioso. Andante semplice
03. Scene & Chorus. Adagio con moto
04. Scene & Lullaby Chorus. Moderato mosso
05. Scene & King René’s Arioso. Allegro semplice
06. Scene & Ebn-Hakia’s. Monologue. Allegro moderato
07. Scene & Robert’s Aria. Allegro vivo
08. Scene & Duet for Iolanta & Vaudemont. Allegro non troppo

CD 20
Iolanta, Op. 69, TH 11
01. Scene. Allegro vivo – Allegro agitato
02. Finale. Allegro non troppo – Moderato assai
03. King René’s Arioso (Bonus)

Romeo and Juliet
04. Romeo & Juliet, TH 215
05. Romeo & Juliet, TH 215 (Bonus)

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, TH 10
06. Herman’s Arioso
07. Herman’s Aria

CD 21
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, TH 19, Prologue
01. No. 5a, Melodrama

The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, TH 19, Act I
02. No. 5b, Entr’acte
03. No. 6, Lel’s First Song
04. No. 7, Lel’s Second Song

The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, TH 19, Act II
05. No. 8, Entr’acte
06. No. 9, Chorus of Blind Gusli-Players
07. No. 10, Melodrama
08. No. 11, Chorus of People & Courtiers

The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, TH 19, Act III
09. No. 12, Girls’ Round Dance
10. No. 13, Dance of the Tumblers
11. No. 14, Lel’s Third Song
12. No. 15, Brussilo’s Song
13. No. 16, Appearance of the Forest-Spirit & Apparition of the False Snow Maiden

CD 22
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, TH 19, Act IV
01. No. 17a, Entr’acte
02. No. 17b, Declamation of the Fairy of Spring
03. No. 18, Tsar Berendey’s March & Chorus
04. No. 19, Finale

Hamlet, Op. 67a, TH 23, Act I
05. Overture. Lento lugubre
06. No. 1, Mélodrame. Moderato assai
07. No. 2, Fanfare. Allegro vivo
08. No. 3, Mélodrame. Moderato assai
09. No. 4, Mélodrame. Allegro giusto ed agitato

Hamlet, Op. 67a, TH 23, Act II
10. No. 5, Entr’acte. Allegro semplice
11. No. 6, Fanfare. Allegro

Hamlet, Op. 67a, TH 23, Act III
12. No. 7, Entr’acte. Andante quasi allegretto
13. No. 8, Mélodrame. Allegro giusto ed agitato

Hamlet, Op. 67a, TH 23, Act IV
14. No. 9, Entr’acte. Elégie. Andante non troppo
15. No. 10, Scène d’Ophélie. Andantino

Hamlet, Op. 67a, TH 23, Act V
16. No. 12, Entr’acte. Marcia. Moderato assai
17. No. 13, Chant du fossoyeur. Andantino
18. No. 14, Marche funèbre. Moderato assai
19. No. 15, Fanfare. Allegro giusto
20. No. 16, Marche finale. Allegro risoluto ma non troppo

Tchaikovsky composed his first opera – The Voyevoda – in 1867. It was not a success – after the disastrous premiere in 1869, the excessively self-critical composer burnt the manuscript of the work. As a composer of opera, Tchaikovsky could seek inspiration in centuries of operatic tradition in western Europe, but the history of the genre in Russia had only just begun a few years before he was born. Tchaikovsky’s last opera, Iolanta, a one-act work, never achieved the same popularity as Queen of Spades. And it certainly never attained the same reputation as his ballet The Nutcracker, premiered at the same time in 1892. When Tchaikovsky died in 1893, he was hailed worldwide primarily for his instrumental music and his ballets, the first Russian to be so revered. He composed between nine and twelve operas (counting adaptations and fragments). This Edition also includes the stage music to Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden) and Hamlet.