(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 Abbado Claudio - 1979(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*
2 Abbado Claudio - 1993 - Berliner Philharmoniker*
3 Adler Peter Herman - 1961(FI) - Symphony of the Air Orchestra**
4 Ahronovitch Yuri - 1974(LI) - Covent Garden*
5 Ahronovitch Yuri - 1981(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
6 Albrecht Gerd - 1985(LI) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
7 Ancerl Karel - 1949(RA) - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra*
8 Ansermet Ernest - 1948(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
9 Baranovich Kresimir - 1954(STU) - Belgrade National Opera*
10 Barenboim Daniel - 2005(LI) - Staatskapelle Berlin*
11 Bartoletti Bruno - 1965(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
12 Bartoletti Bruno - 1980(LI) - Chicago Lyric Opera*
13 Bellezza Vincenzo - 1928(LE) - Covent Garden*
14 Berezowsky Nicolai - 1945(SE) - RCA Victor Orchestra*
15 Bychkov Semyon - 2003(LI) - Covent Garden*
16 Bychkov Semyon - 2005(LI) - Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
17 Cluytens André - 1962(STU) - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)*
18 Cooper Emil - 1944(SE) - Metropolitan Opera*
19 Cooper Emil - 1946(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
20 Daniel Paul - 1997(SE) - Northern Philharmonia*
21 Dimitriady Odissei Akhillesovich - 1975(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
22 Dobrowen Issay - 1952(STU) - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française*
23 Epstein Max - 1987(LI) - Opera Company of Philadelphia*
24 Ermler Mark - 1985(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*
25 Fedoseyev Vladimir - 1978-1983 - USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus - «Spring» Studio Children's Chorus*
26 Gergiev Valery - 1990 - Kirov Theatre (Leningrad)**
27 Gergiev Valery - 1997(STU) - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)*
28 Gergiev Valery - 1997(STU) - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)*
29 Gergiev Valery - 1998(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
30 Golovanov Nikolai - 1948-49(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*
31 Golovanov Nikolai - 1949(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*
32 Goodall Reginald - 1961(LI) - Covent Garden*
33 Jochum Eugen - 1957(RA) - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
34 Karajan Herbert von - 1965(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
35 Karajan Herbert von - 1966(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
36 Karajan Herbert von - 1970(STU) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
37 Kegel Herbert - 1972(SE) - Dresdener Staatskapelle*
38 Khaikin Boris - 1972(RA) - RAI Roma*
39 Khaikin Boris - 1978(LI) - Bolshoi Theatre**
40 Kitaienko Dmitri - 1986(LI) - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra*
41 Kolobov Yevgeny - 1991(FI) - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre**
42 Kontarsky Bernhard - 2003(LI) - Grand Théâtre de Genève*
43 Kord Kazimierz - 1973(LI) - San Francisco Opera*
44 Kord Kazimierz - 1978(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
45 Kubelik Rafael - 1958(LI) - Covent Garden*
46 Kubelik Rafael - 1971(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
47 Lazarev Alexander - 1987 - Bolshoi Theatre**
48 Leinsdorf Erich - 1959(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
49 Leinsdorf Erich - 1961(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
50 Leonhardt Carl - 1938(RE) - Reichssenders Stuttgart*
51 Lloyd-Jones David - 1980(LI) - English National Opera*
52 Matacic Lovro von - 196?(SE) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
53 Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - 1962(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*
54 Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - 1962-63(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*
55 Merola Gaetano - 1946(RE) - Orchestra*
56 Miladinovic Dusan - 1967(LI) - Belgrade National Opera*
57 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1956(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
58 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1956(SE) - Metropolitan Opera*
59 Naidenov Assen - 1959(LI) - Orchestra*
60 Naidenov Assen - 1973(STU) - National Opera Sofia*
61 Nebolsin Vasily - 1954(FI) - Bolshoi Theatre**
62 Panizza Ettore - 1939(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
63 Raichev Rouslan - 1980 - L'Opéra de Paris**
64 Rodzinsky Artur - 1952(RA) - RAI Roma*
65 Rostropovich Mstislav - 1987(STU) - National Symphony Orchestra*
66 Rozhdestvensky Gennady - 1970(LI) - Covent Garden*
67 Satanowski Robert - 1976(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
68 Satanowski Robert - 1985?(STU) - Warsaw National Opera*
69 Schippers Thomas - 1961(SE) - Columbia Symphony Orchestra*
70 Schippers Thomas - 1975(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
71 Schüchter Wilhelm - 1950(RA) - Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*
72 Sébastian Georges - 1945(LE;Acts 3 & 4) - San Francisco Opera*
73 Semkow Jerzy - 1972(LI) - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*
74 Semkow Jerzy - 1976(STU) - Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra*
75 Simonov Yuri - 1975(LI) - Bolshoi Theatre*
76 Singer George - 1962(SE) - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra*
77 Solti Georg - 1963(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
78 Stiedry Fritz - 1953(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
79 Stiedry Fritz - 1954(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
80 Stokowski Leopold - 1952(SE) - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
81 Szell George - 1943(LI;13/2/43;Kipnis)) - Metropolitan Opera*
82 Szell George - 1943(LI;4/12/43;Pinza) - Metropolitan Opera*
83 Tchakarov Emil - 1986(STU) - Sofia Festival Orchestra*
84 Waart Edo De - 1993(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande***
85 Waart Edo De - 2001(LI) - Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra**
86 Weigle Sebastian - 2004(LI) - Gran Teatro del Liceo**
87 Yeltsin Sergei Vitalevich - 1962(SE) - Kirov Theatre*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Michail Svetlev
Marina - Lucia Valentini-Terrani
Pimen - Nicola Ghiuselev
Varlaam - Ruggero Raimondi
Shuisky - Philip Langridge
Missail - Florindo Andreolli
Rangoni - John Shirley-Quirk
Fyodor - Helga Müller(-Molinari)
Xenia - Alida Ferrarini
Hostess - Fedora Barbieri
Simpleton - Carlo Gaifa
Tchelkalov - Luigi De Corato
Krushchov - Aronne Ceroni
Nurse - Eleonora Jankovic
Nikitich - Alfredo Giacomotti
Mityukha - Giovanni Savoiardo
Lavitsky - Giuseppe Morresi
Cherniovsky - Carlo Meliciani
First Policeman - Giovanni Foiani
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 021.254 {3CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86 [SS]
Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 p.69 [VH]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.32 [AV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.84 [TF]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Mussorgsky's original orchestration (7 december 1979; see OPERA February 1980 pp.185-186). The year of this performance is given incorrectly as 1978 by Myto.
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1993
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Slovak Philharmonic - Berlin Radio - Tölzer Singerknaben
Boris - Anatoly Kotcherga (Kocherga)
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Sergei Larin
Marina - Marjana Lipovsek
Pimen - Samuel Ramey
Varlaam - Gleb Nikolsky
Shuisky - Philip Langridge
Missail - Helmut Wildhaber
Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus
Fyodor - Liliana Nichiteanu
Xenia - Valentina Valente
Hostess - Elena Zaremba
Simpleton - Alexander Fedin
Tchelkalov - Albert Shagidullin
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Compact Disc - Sony «Classical» S3K 58977 {3CDS}
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1994 p.16 p.108 [AB]; July 1994 p.30
Opera - July 1994 p.889
Opera Now - July 1994 p.54
HiFi News & Record Review - September 1994 p.72
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.271
Orpheus - Juni 1994 S.59
Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.3 Spring 1996 p.138
Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.75
Diapason - No.405 juin 1994 p.140
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130
BBC Music Magazine - May 1994 p.67
Classic CD - July 1994 p.45
The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.137
Stereophile - January 1995 p.199
Répertoire - No.71 juillett/aoüt 1994 p.56
American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.135
Comments:- Original Orchestration. See The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books Sat July 23 1994 p.17
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Conductor Peter Herman Adler - 1961(FI)
Orchestra - Symphony of the Air Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Boris - Giorgio Tozzi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Frank Porretta
Marina - Gloria Lane
Pimen - Richard Cross
Varlaam - Spiro Malas
Shuisky - Andrew McKinley
Rangoni - Lee Cass
Xenia - Jeanette Scovotti
Nurse - Joan Caplan
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 8618; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5235 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - House of Opera Video 8618 (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Video recording of a television film. The Video cassette and the DVD issued by House of Opera are listed in their online catalogues. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «2005 Winter/Spring New Releases»
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Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Jon Andrew
Marina - Josephine Veasey
Pimen - Gwynne Howell
Varlaam - Michael Langdon
Shuisky - John Lanigan
Missail - Alexander Oliver
Rangoni - Raimund Herincx
Fyodor - Anne Pashley
Xenia - Elizabeth Gale
Hostess - Elizabeth Bainbridge
Simpleton - Robert Tear
Tchelkalov - Robert Lloyd
Krushchov - William Elvin
Nurse - Johanna Peters
Nikitich - Richard Van Allan
Lavitsky - William Elvin
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00354
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's version in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (November 1974). It appears that this performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». In one of the seven performance that were given the role of Varlaam was sung by Richard Van Allan and that of the Hostess was sung by Anne Wilkens in two of them (see OPERA September 1975 pp.887-889). It is therefore possible that these singers appear in the recording issued by Charles Handelman which is listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 p.13.
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Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Boris - Matti Salminen
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman
Marina - Viorica Cortez
Pimen - Gwynne Howell
Varlaam - Aage Haugland
Shuisky - Robert Tear
Missail - Florindo Andreolli
Rangoni - Luigi De Corato
Fyodor - Marijke Hendriks
Xenia - Christine Barbaux
Hostess - Jocelyne Taillon
Simpleton - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
Tchelkalov - Hartmut Welker
Nurse - Arlette Chédel
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 088 {3CDRS} (Australia)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (May 1981; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juillet/aoüt 1981 No.41 p.39).
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Conductor Gerd Albrecht - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Boris - Martti Talvela
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman
Marina - Carol Wyatt
Pimen - Bengt Rundgren
Varlaam - Tomislav Neralic
Shuisky - Sven Olof Eliasson
Missail - Karl-Ernst Mercker
Rangoni - William Dooley
Xenia - Barbara Vogel
Hostess - Vera Little
Simpleton - David Knutson
Nurse - Sieglinde Wagner
Frontier Guard - Josef Becker
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Compact Disc - //House of Opera DVDM 145\\
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Video recording of a perfromance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (25 May 1985; see ORPHEUS August 1985 S.601-S.602). I thank Mr. Andrey Kovalev for drawing my attention to this recording.
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Conductor Karel Ancerl - 1949(RA)
Orchestra - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Czech Radio Chorus - Czech Radio Children's Chorus
Boris - Václav Bednár
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Beno Blachut
Marina - Slavka Prochazkova
Pimen - Karel Kalas
Varlaam - Vladimir Jedenáctik
Shuisky - Jaroslav Gleich
Rangoni - Ladislav Mraz
Fyodor - Julie Charvatova
Xenia - Jaroslava Vymazalová
Tchelkalov - Bohumir Vich
Nurse - Stepanka Stepanova
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Compact Disc; - Spolecnost Benno Blachuta SBB 002-04-02 (+Dimitrij) {5CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
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Conductor Ernest Ansermet - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chorus - Choeurs
Boris - André Pernet
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Francis Armel
Marina - Renée Gilly
Pimen - Jean Claverie
Varlaam - Ernest Mestrallet
Shuisky - René Bonneval
Missail - René Hérent
Rangoni - Julien Giovannetti
Fyodor - Nadine Wolf
Xenia - Julianna Farkas
Hostess - Lucrece Mistral
Simpleton - Hugues Cuénod
Nurse - Lucrece Mistral
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Compact Disc; - Malibran Music CDRG 179 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 pp.72-73 [JP]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2001 pp.100-101 [JTH]
American Record Guide - November/December 2001 Vol.64 No.6 pp.257-258 [DA]
Répertoire - No.149 septembre 2001 p.96
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Geneva
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Conductor Kresimir Baranovich - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Belgrade National Opera
Chorus - Belgrade National Opera
Boris - Miroslav Changalovich
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Miro Branjnik
Marina - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Pimen - Branko Pivnichki
Varlaam - Zarko Cvejic
Shuisky - Stephan Andrashevich
Missail - Stepan Vukashevich
Fyodor - Sofiya Jankovic
Xenia - Zlata Sesardich
Hostess - Biserka Kaluchich
Simpleton - Nicola Janchich
Tchelkalov - Dushan Popovich
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5054-5056 {3LPS} (1955)ª; London XLLA 31 {3LPS} (1956)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1955 p.279 [AP]
American Record Guide - November 1956 Vol.23 No.3 p.37 [JN]
High Fidelity Magazine - March 1957 Vol.7 No.3 p.68
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1955 p.14
Gramophone Record Review - October 1955 p.687
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Staatskapelle Berlin
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Boris - René Pape
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Burkhard Fritz
Pimen - Alexander Vinogradov
Varlaam - Mikhail Petrenko
Shuisky - Stephan Rügamer
Xenia - Sylvia Schwartz
Hostess - Katharina Kammerloher
Simpleton - Pavol Breslik
Nurse - Rosemary Lang
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2362-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of the 1869 version in the Berlin State Opera (18 December 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in their list of «NEW RELEASES October 2006».
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Marina - Biserka Cvejic
Pimen - William Wilderman
Varlaam - Giuseppe Taddei
Shuisky - Eugenio Valori
Missail - Italo Pasini
Fyodor - Carmen Burello
Xenia - María Altamura
Hostess - Adriana Cantelli
Simpleton - Enzo Betti
Tchelkalov - Ricardo Catena
Krushchov - Enzo Espósito
Nurse - Luisa Bartoletti
Lavitsky - José Crea
Cherniovsky - Mario Verazzi
Frontier Guard - Tulio Gagliardo
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3685
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (June or July 1965). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where the year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1966.
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman
Marina - Ruza Baldani
Pimen - Hans Sotin
Varlaam - Dimiter (Dimitar) Petkov
Shuisky - Giorgio Trucco
Missail - Florindo Andreolli
Rangoni - Noel Tyl
Fyodor - Hilda Harris
Xenia - Martha Finch-Monastero
Hostess - Lili Chookasian
Simpleton - David Gordon
Tchelkalov - J Patrick Raftery
Krushchov - William Mitchell
Nurse - Eva Dobrowska
Nikitich - Duane Clenton Carter
Mityukha - Terry Cook
Frontier Guard - John Stott
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOR 198001 {3CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (23 September 1980). The performance on 20 September 1980 is reviewed in OPERA March 1981 p.276. The cast listed above is that given in «Bravi - Lyric Opera of Chicago» by Skrebneski. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1928(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dino Borgioli
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Angelo Bada
Missail - Giuseppe Nessi
Fyodor - Margherita Carosio
Simpleton - Octave Dua
Tchelkalov - Aristide Baracchi
Lavitsky - Dennis Noble
Cherniovsky - Aristide Baracchi
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Black Disc; - HMV DB 1181-1183 (3x78s) (1929)ª; Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 161 {1LP} (1973)ª; *EMI RLS 742 (collection) {3LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Phonographe PH 5047 {1CD}; Eklipse EKA 50 {1CD} ;; Preiser Records 89965 (collection) {1CD} Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2206 {1CD} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1929 p.350 (Klein p.250); September 1979 p.522 [AB]; March 2002 p.44 (mention) [RC]
Opera Now - March/April 1996 p.105
Orpheus - Oktober 2002 S.52 (metion) [SS]
ARSC Journal - Vol.XII No.1-2 p.92 [PLM]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.97 [TP]
Classic Record Collector - Spring 2002 p.99 [TP]
Correo Musical Argentino - No.171 setiembre 1995 p.2
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (4 July 1928). The CD issuedby Guild contains additional material that is not present on the other issues.
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Conductor Nicolai Berezowsky - 1945(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra
Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale
Boris - Alexander Kipnis
Varlaam - Alexander Kipnis
Shuisky - Ilya Tamarin
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Black Disc; - Victor «Masterworks Set» 1000 {5x78s;AC} (1945)ª; RCA Victor «Bluebird» LBC 1082 {1LP} (1955)ª; RCA «Camden» CAL 415 (collection) {1LP} (1958)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1945 pp.50-51 [JP]
Opera News - December 2 1946 p.23 [MDS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.107-108 [WA2]
High Fidelity Magazine - February 1955 Vol.4 No.12 pp.64-65 [JH]: May 1958 Vol.8 No.5 p.66 [DJ]
American Record Guide - September 1958 Vol.25 No.1 p.41 [PLM]
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Conductor Semyon Bychkov - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - John Tomlinson
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Sergei Larin
Marina - Olga Borodina
Pimen - Vladimir Vaneyev (Vaneev)
Varlaam - Vladimir Matorin
Shuisky - Hubert Delamboye
Missail - Voinarowski Voinarowski [Viacheslav Voynorovsky]
Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus
Fyodor - Tove Dahlberg
Xenia - Alish Tynan
Hostess - Ekaterina Gubanova
Simpleton - Toby Spence
Tchelkalov - Andrei Breus
Krushchov - John Bernays
Nurse - Frances McCafferty
Nikitich - Brindley Sherratt
Mityukha - Adrian Clarke
Lavitsky - Christopher Lackner
Cherniovsky - John Bernays
Frontier Guard - Brindley Sherratt
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Black Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1597-4 {4CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (October 2003). The performance on 22 September 2003 is reviewed in OPERA November 2003 pp.1407-1409. The performance on 11 October 2003 was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 11-17 October 2003 p.126. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases August 2004 Part II»
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Conductor Semyon Bychkov - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Ragazzi Cantori della Città di Firenze Associazione Musicale
Boris - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Torsten Kerl
Marina - Julia Gertseva
Pimen - Vladimir Vaneyev (Vaneev)
Varlaam - Vladimir Matorin
Shuisky - Philip Langridge
Missail - Voinarowski Voinarowski [Viacheslav Voynorovsky]
Rangoni - Valery Alexeev
Fyodor - Tove Dahlberg
Xenia - Julia Kleiter
Hostess - Francesca Franci
Simpleton - Yevgeny Akimov
Tchelkalov - Andrei Breus
Nurse - Margarita Nekrasova
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1798-4 {4CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (17 June 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their new releases dated 22 July 2005.
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1962(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)
Chorus - Sofia National Opera
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dimiter Uzunov
Marina - Evelyn Lear
Pimen - Boris Christoff
Varlaam - Boris Christoff
Shuisky - John Lanigan
Missail - Milen Paunov
Rangoni - Anton Diakov
Fyodor - Ana Alexieva
Xenia - Ekterina Georgieva
Hostess - Mira Kalin
Simpleton - Kiril Dulgerov
Tchelkalov - Jacques Mars
Krushchov - Vasil Benchev
Nurse - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Lavitsky - Jacques Mars
Cherniovsky - Kostadine Scherkerlisky
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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 110-113 {4LPS} (1963)ª; HMV SLS 903; HMV EX 291302-3 {3LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª; Angel S 3633 D/L {4LPS} (1963)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291302-5 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47993-8 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 533892F {3CDS} (USA) (1998)ª; EMI 5 67877-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZD 3633 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1963 p.149; January 1964 p.318; September 1988 p.[MEO]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.3 January/February 1999 p.217 [BP]
American Record Guide - May 1963 Vol.29 No.9 p.693 [GK]: January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.156-157 [LM]
High Fidelity Magazine - June 1963 Vol.13 No.6 p.66 [RCM]: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.112 [RDD]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.81 [BD]
Comments:- See HIGH FIDELITY April 1963 Vol.13 No.4 pp. 51-56, p.119; THE GRAMOPHONE September 1963 p.129
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Conductor Emil Cooper - 1944(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Ezio Pinza
Pimen - Ezio Pinza
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Black Disc; - Columbia M 563 (71646M - 71650M) {5x78s} (1945)ª; Columbia ML 4115 {1LP} (USA); Columbia «Odyssey» Y 33129 {1LP} (1974)ª; Philips ABL 3235 {1LP} (UK) (1959)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1945 pp.50-51 [JP]: January 1959 pp.368-369 [AP]
Opera News - December 2 1946 p.23 [MDS]
Gramophone Record Review - February 1959 p.291 [DH]
Records and Recordings - February 1959 p.21
Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Rimsky-Korsakov's version in Italian made on 22 and 23 December 1944. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel
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Conductor Emil Cooper - 1946(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Ezio Pinza
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Richard Tucker
Marina - Risë Stevens
Pimen - Nicola Moscona
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis
Missail - Lodovico Oliviero
Rangoni - Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Fyodor - Irene Jordan
Xenia - Frances Greer
Hostess - Claramae Turner
Simpleton - Anthony Marlowe
Tchelkalov - Robert Merrill
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 309 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 809 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Cantus Classics 500721 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1946)
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Conductor Paul Daniel - 1997(SE)
Orchestra - Northern Philharmonia
Chorus - Opera North Chorus - Choristers of Leeds Parish Church
Boris - John Tomlinson
Pimen - Matthew Best
Varlaam - Clive Bayley
Shuisky - Stuart Kale
Fyodor - Susan Parry
Xenia - Joan Rodgers
Simpleton - Mark Curtis
Nurse - Yvonne Howard
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Compact Disc - Chandos CHAN 3007 {1CD}
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.89 [JW]
Opera - September 1998 p.1134 [RL]
HiFi News & Record Review - November 1998 p.84 [DN]
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.1 September/October 1998 p.264 [BP]
Orpheus - Januar 1999 S.57 [MWB]
Classic CD - July 1998 p.120 [MSR]
Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [PA]
BBC Music Magazine - August 1998 p.67 [CW]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.79 [GM]
Comments:- Recording of excerpts of the original 1868-69 version in English except that thescene in Boris's appartments is from the 1872 version
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Conductor Odissei Akhillesovich Dimitriady - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko
Marina - Irina Arkhipova
Pimen - Victor De Narké
Varlaam - Juan Carlos Ortiz
Shuisky - Nino Falzetti
Missail - Italo Pasini
Rangoni - Eduardo Cittanti
Fyodor - Evelina Iacattuni
Xenia - María Altamura
Hostess - Alicia Andreadis
Simpleton - José Nait
Tchelkalov - Ricardo Catena
Krushchov - Luis Bento
Nurse - Luisa Bartoletti
Mityukha - Pino de Vescovi
First Jesuit - Fernando Lalli
Second Jesuit - Jorge Giabbanelli
Frontier Guard - Tulio Gagliardo
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Black Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1207
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (23 November 1975). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón ( - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (click link below) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Issay Dobrowen - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Chorus - Choeurs Russes de Paris
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Nicolai Gedda
Marina - Eugenia Zareska
Pimen - Boris Christoff
Varlaam - Boris Christoff
Shuisky - Andre Bielecki
Missail - Andre Bielecki
Rangoni - Kim Borg
Fyodor - Eugenia Zareska
Xenia - Ludmilla Lebedeva
Hostess - Lydia Romanova
Simpleton - Wassili Pasternak
Tchelkalov - Kim Borg
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1044-1047 {4LPS} (1953)ª; HMV ALP 1323 (Highlights) {1LP} (1956)ª; EMI SLS 5072 {4LPS} (1977)ª; RCA Victor LHMV 6400 {4LPS} (1953)ª; RCA Victor WHMV 6400 {EPS} (1953)ª; Capitol-EMI GDR 7164 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 5 65192-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª; EMI CDHC 65192 {3CDS} (USA) (1994)ª; Living Stage LS 4035127 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Pearl GEMS 0188 (+songs - Christoff) {3CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110242-44 (+excerpts - Chaliapin) {3CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 221758 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Documents 221758-348 {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1953 pp.292-293 [AR]; July 1953 p.34 [DST]; November 1956 p.224 (Highlights); February 1977 p.1318 [JW]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; December 1994 p.159 [AB]; July 2003 pp.78-79 [PO'C]
Opera - July 1953 pp.420-421 [H]; August 1994 p.1000
Opera Now - July 1994 p.54
Opera News - October 2003 p.62 [DS]
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.408; Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.167-168 [BB]
Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.67-S.68 [DN]
Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.164; No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.118 [MB]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130
American Record Guide - January 1953 Vol.19 No.5 p.142 [PHR]
High Fidelity Magazine - May 1959 Vol.9 No.5 p.54
BBC Music Magazine - July 1994 p.76
International Record Review - December 2004 pp.42-43 [MT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 pp.83-84 [MC]: No.73 septiembre 2004 p.85 [LB] No.76 diciembre 2004 p.87 [JB]
Comments:- Rimsky-Korsakov's version. See The Times-Weekend May 28 1994 p.7 for a review of the CD
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Conductor Max Epstein - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Company of Philadelphia
Chorus - Opera Company of Philadelphia
Boris - Paata Burchuladze
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Curtis Rayam
Pimen - Goran Simic
Varlaam - Jules Bastin
Shuisky - John Duykers
Missail - Douglas Perry
Fyodor - Robin Tabachnik
Xenia - Steffanie Pearce
Hostess - Lili Chookasian
Simpleton - Steven Cole
Tchelkalov - Lee Velta
Nurse - Elizabeth Walker
Nikitich - Andrij Dobriansky
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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1300
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance of the original 1869 version given in The Academy of Music, Philadelphia (30 March 1987).
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Conductor Mark Ermler - 1985(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Atlantov
Marina - Elena Obraztsova
Pimen - Anatoli Babikin
Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)
Shuisky - Konstantin Lisovsky
Missail - Konstantin Baskov
Rangoni - Yuri Mazurok
Fyodor - Olga Teruchnova
Xenia - Elena Shkolnikova
Hostess - Larissa Nikitina
Simpleton - Alexei Maslennikov
Tchelkalov - Alexander Voroshilo
Krushchov - Alexander Arkhipov
Nurse - Nina Grigorieva
Mityukha - I. Nizienko
First Policeman - Stanislav Suleymanev
Second Jesuit - Alexandre Ognivstev
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Black Disc - Melodiya A10 00137 008 {4LPS}
Compact Disc - Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 853/55 {3CDS}; Regis Records RRC 3006 {3CDS}
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2005 p.127 [PO'C]
Fanfare - Vol.12 No.5 May/June 1989 p.257 (mention) [BP]
Comments:- *A recording of Rimsky Korsakov's version. The LPs issued by Melodiya are listed in «Soviet Records» Supplement to the Main Catalogue 1987 p.104. It is possible that the recording issued by Regis is different from that issued by Melodiya and Le Chant du Monde as the year it was made is given as 1981 and the singer of the role of Pimen is given as Alexander Ognivtsiev. The other singers are the same.
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Conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev - 1978-1983
Orchestra - USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus - «Spring» Studio Children's Chorus
Chorus - USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Boris - Alexander Verdernikov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko
Marina - Irina Arkhipova
Pimen - Vladimir Matorin
Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)
Shuisky - Andrei Sokolov
Missail - Anatoly Mishutin
Rangoni - Yuri Mazurok
Fyodor - Glafira Koroleva
Xenia - Elena Shkolnikova
Hostess - Lyudmila Simonova
Simpleton - Janis Sporgis
Tchelkalov - Alexander Voroshilo
Krushchov - Yuri Elnikov
Nurse - Nina Grigorieva
Nikitich - Vladimir Filippov
Mityukha - Nikolai Nizinenkov
Lavitsky - Yuri Elnikov
Cherniovsky - Vladimir Silaev
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Black Disc; - Melodiya C10 20255 009 {4LPS}; Philips 412 281-1 {4LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Cassette; - Philips 412 281-4 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 412 281-2 {3CDS} (1985)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1984 p.793 [AB]; March 1985 p.1117 [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.162-165 [CH]
American Record Guide - January/February 1986 Vol.49 No.1 p.71 [RVL]
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.366
Comments:- A recording of Mussorgsky's final version (1872). The LPs issued by Melodiya arelisted in «Soviet Records» Issue No.8 1984 p.10
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Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1990
Orchestra - Kirov Theatre (Leningrad)
Chorus - Kirov Theatre (Leningrad)
Boris - Robert Lloyd
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Alexei Steblianko
Marina - Olga Borodina
Pimen - Alexander Morozov
Varlaam - Vladimir Ognovienko
Shuisky - Evgeni Boitsov
Missail - Igor Yan
Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus
Fyodor - Larissa Diadkova
Xenia - Olga Kondina
Hostess - Ludmila Filatova
Simpleton - Vladimir Solodovnikov
Tchelkalov - Mikail Kit
Nurse - Evgenia Perlasova
Nikitich - Evgeny Fedotov
Mityukha - Grigory Karasev
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Laser Disc - Decca 071 409-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Philips 075 089-9 (2002)ª; Philips 075 099-9 (+Ruslan and Ludmila +Prince Igor) (2003)ª
VHS Video Cassette - London 440 071 509-3 (NTSC); Decca 440 071 409-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1994 p.113; October 2002 p.101 [MSR]
Opera News - March 19 1994 p.42
Opéra International - No.272 octobre 2002 pp.68-69 [SS]
Diapason - No.402 mars 1994 p.100; No.500 février 2003 p.123 [MP]
International Record Review - October 2002 p.90 [GS]
BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.100, p.102 [MA]
Répertoire - No.174 décembre 2003/janvier 2004 p.51 [PB]
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Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1997(STU)
Orchestra - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)
Chorus - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)
Boris - Vladimir Vaneyev (Vaneev)
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Galouzine (Galusin)
Marina - Olga Borodina
Pimen - Nikolai Okhotnikov
Varlaam - Fyodor Kuznetsov
Shuisky - Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Missail - Nikolai Gassiev
Rangoni - Evgeny Nikitin
Fyodor - Zlata Bulycheva
Xenia - Olga Trifonova
Hostess - Liubov Sokolova
Simpleton - Yevgeny Akimov
Tchelkalov - Vassily Gerelo
Krushchov - Yuri Schikalov
Nurse - Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya
Mityukha - Evgeny Nikitin
Lavitsky - Andrei Karabanov
Cherniovsky - Yuri Laptev
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Compact Disc; - Philips 462 230-2 (+Boris I) {5CDS} (1998)ª; Philips PHCP 11178-82 (+Boris I) {5CDS} (Japan)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.124 [JW]
Opera Now - March/April 1999 p.100 [ST]
HiFi News & Record Review - February 1999 p.77 [DN]
Opera News - May 1999 p.68 [JBY]; July 1999 p.8 (letter)
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.328-330 [BP]
Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.50 [CR]
Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.48 [PK]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.78 [EG]
Classical Express - Issue 106 January 1999 p.4 [HB]
Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.55 [GB]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.79 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.94 [MC]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.118 febrero 1999 p.45 [JPS]
Musica (Milano) - N.112 Anno 23 giugno-luglio 1999 p.79 [SH]
Das Opernglas - Dezember 1998 S.70 [PS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance of what is claimed to be the (1872) version (Boris II). See however the letter by Robert J. Dennis in OPERA NEWS July 1999 p.8
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Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1997(STU)
Orchestra - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)
Chorus - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)
Boris - Nikolai Putilin
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Viktor Lutsiuk
Pimen - Nikolai Okhotnikov
Varlaam - Fyodor Kuznetsov
Shuisky - Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Missail - Nikolai Gassiev
Fyodor - Zlata Bulycheva
Xenia - Olga Trifonova
Hostess - Liubov Sokolova
Simpleton - Yevgeny Akimov
Tchelkalov - Vassily Gerelo
Krushchov - Yuri Schikalov
Nurse - Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya
Nikitich - Grigory Karasev
Mityukha - Evgeny Nikitin
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Compact Disc; - Philips 462 230-2 (+Boris II) {5CDS} (1998)ª; Philips PHCP 11178-82 (+Boris II) {5CDS} (Japan)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.124 [JW]
Opera Now - March/April 1999 p.100 [ST]
HiFi News & Record Review - February 1999 p.77 [DN]
Opera News - May 1999 p.68 [JBY]; July 1999 p.8 (letter)
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.328-330 [BP]
Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.50 [CR]
Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.48 [PK]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.78 [EG]
Classical Express - Issue 106 January 1999 p.4 [HB]
Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.55 [GB]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.79 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.94 [MC]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.118 febrero 1999 p.45 [JPS]
Musica (Milano) - N.112 Anno 23 giugno-luglio 1999 p.79 [SH]
Das Opernglas - Dezember 1998 S.70 [PS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance of what is claimed to be the original (1868-9) version (Boris I). See however the letter by Robert J. Dennis in OPERA NEWS July1999 p.8
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Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Samuel Ramey
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Sergei Larin
Marina - Olga Borodina
Pimen - Paul Plishka
Varlaam - Vladimir Ognovienko
Shuisky - Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Missail - Nikolai Gassiev
Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus
Fyodor - Nicholas Frisch
Xenia - Korliss Uecker
Hostess - Sandra Walker
Simpleton - Josef Shalamayev
Tchelkalov - Alan Held
Krushchov - Matthew Polenzani
Nurse - Jane Shaulis
Nikitich - Richard Vernon
Mityukha - Hao Jiang Tian
Lavitsky - Jung-Hack Seo
Cherniovsky - Tony Stevenson
Frontier Guard - Daniel Sumegi
Boyar in Attendance - Anthony Dean Griffey
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 538 {3CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *The recording issued by Celestial Audio appears to be of a performance, with orchestration by Igor Buketoff, at the MET on 3 January 1998 which was broadcast, but the year is given as 2005 on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). See OPERA March 1968 p.304.
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Conductor Nikolai Golovanov - 1948-49(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - Mark Reizen
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Georgi Nelepp
Marina - Maria Maksakova
Pimen - Maxim Mikhailov
Varlaam - Vassily Lubenchov
Shuisky - Nikander Khanayev
Missail - Vassili Yakuschenko
Rangoni - Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Fyodor - Bronislava Zlatogorova
Xenia - Yelena Dimitrievna Kruglikova
Hostess - Alexandra Tourtchina
Simpleton - Ivan Kozlovsky
Tchelkalov - Ilya Bogdanov
Krushchov - Alexander Peregudov
Nurse - Eugenia Verbitskaya
Nikitich - Sergei Krasovsky
Mityukha - Ivan Sipayev
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Black Disc - Melodiya M10 37403-10 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino 121-123 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Dante LYS 349-351 (+excerpts) {3CDS} (1998)ª; Arkadia 78062 {2CDS};; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 206 (Russian Opera) {1xCD-ROM} (2000)ª; Aquarius AQVR 1772 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1999 p.34 (mention) [RC]; November 1999 p.116 [JW]
Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.48 [PK]
International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]
International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.86-87 [EG]
American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.260 [CHP]
Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.46
Comments:- *This recording was also issued with the role of Boris sung by Alexandre Pirogov. See Marinelli «Opere in Disco» p.295. According to Gregor Tassie (Classic Record Collector Summer 2005 p.16) «In 1948 the scenes involving Boris were recorded with Mark Reizen; and the next year the entire score was set down with Alexander Pirogrov. As all the other protagonists were the same....the opera could be issued with a choice of interpreters in the title role». Two LPs (Parlophone PMA 1047-8) which contain what appear to be excerpts from this recording plus Reizen singing Pimen's and Vaarlem's roles (conducted by Vassili Nebolsin) are reviewed in THE GRAMOPHONE (September 1959 p.133 [AR], October 1959 p.157 [DST]) and RECORDS AND RECORDING September 1959 p.17, p.19 [FGB]
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Conductor Nikolai Golovanov - 1949(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - Aleksandr Stepanovich Pirogov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Georgi Nelepp
Marina - Maria Maksakova
Pimen - Maxim Mikhailov
Varlaam - Vassily Lubenchov
Shuisky - Nikander Khanayev
Missail - Vassili Yakuschenko
Rangoni - Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Fyodor - Bronislava Zlatogorova
Xenia - Yelena Dimitrievna Kruglikova
Hostess - Alexandra Tourtchina
Simpleton - Ivan Kozlovsky
Tchelkalov - Ilya Bogdanov
Krushchov - Alexander Peregudov
Nurse - Eugenia Verbitskaya
Nikitich - Sergei Krasovsky
Mityukha - Ivan Sipayev
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Black Disc; - Melodiya 019056-019099 {22x78s) Melodiya D 0305/12 {4LPS}; Melodiya D 05836-43 {4LPS} ; Period SPLP 554 {3LPS} (USA) (1952)ª; Ultraphone 159/62 {4LPS} (USA); Colosseum CRLP 124/6 {3LPS} (USA);; Bruno 23025/7 {3LPS} (USA); Royale 1390/92 {3LPS}; Grammophone 20132/34 {3LPS}; Le Chant du Monde LDX 8047/9 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 3-5 (1995)ª; Preiser Records 90483 (+excerpts with Reizen) {3CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1363 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - January 1996 p.26
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.471
Orpheus - März 1995 S.63; Juni 2002 S.56 [SS]
Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.68
Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.115
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130
American Record Guide - August 1952 Vol.18 No.12 p.366 [PHR]: January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.252
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.81 [JS]: No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.91 [PN]
Comments:- *It appears that much of this recording is the same as that of 1948-49 with Mark Reizen as Boris. See Marinelli «Opere in Disco» p.295. According to Gregor Tassie (Classic Record Collector Summer 2005 p.16) «In 1948 the scenes involving Boris were recorded with Mark Reizen; and the next year the entire score was set down with Alexander Pirogrov. As all the other protagonists were the same....the opera could be issued with a choice of interpreters in the title role»
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Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Edgar Evans
Marina - Margreta Elkins
Pimen - Joseph Rouleau
Varlaam - Michael Langdon
Shuisky - John Lanigan
Missail - David Tree
Fyodor - Josephine Veasey
Xenia - Jeannette Sinclair
Hostess - Edith Coates
Simpleton - Robert Bowman
Tchelkalov - David Ward
Krushchov - Thomas Fletcher
Nurse - Noreen Berry
Nikitich - Robert Savoie
Mityukha - Ronald Lewis
Lavitsky - Ronald Lewis
Cherniovsky - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03999
Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 274
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 June 1961). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 8 1961 p.9)
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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Boris - Hans Hotter
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Hans Hopf
Marina - Martha Mödl
Pimen - Kim Borg
Varlaam - Kurt Böhme
Shuisky - Lorenz Fehenberger
Missail - Karl Ostertag
Rangoni - Benno Kusche
Fyodor - Dorothea Siebert
Xenia - Lotte Schädle
Hostess - Lilian Benningsen
Simpleton - Paul Kuen
Tchelkalov - Hermann Uhde
Krushchov - Karl Bennert
Nurse - Herta Töpper
Nikitich - Adolf Keil
Lavitsky - Keith Engen
Cherniovsky - Heinz Maria Lins
Boyar in Attendance - Walter Ehrengut
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00185
Compact Disc; - Myto 953.131; Bella Voce BLV 107401 ;; Myto «Historical» 00138 (+Hans Hotter sings Wagner) {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - April 1996 p.53
Orpheus - August/September 1995 S.85; April 1996 S.59; Mai + Juni 2008 S.57 (mention) [SS]
Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.49
Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.128
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.118
American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.280-281 [CHP]
Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.54
Musica (Milano) - Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.46
Comments:- Recording of the original version in German
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wienerstaatsoper - Croatian National Opera Zagreb - Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele
Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dimiter Uzunov
Marina - Sena Jurinac
Pimen - Nicola Ghiuselev
Varlaam - Anton Diakov
Shuisky - Gerhard Stolze
Missail - Milen Paunov
Rangoni - Nicolae Herlea
Fyodor - Olivera Miljakovic
Xenia - Nadejda Dobrianova
Hostess - Margarita Lilowa
Simpleton - Alexei Maslennikov
Tchelkalov - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Krushchov - Milenko Grozdanic
Nurse - Mariana Radev
Nikitich - Tugomir Franc
Lavitsky - Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Cherniovsky - Paul Karolidis
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Compact Disc - Hunt CDKAR 210 {2CDS}
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's version (modified by von Karajan) at the Salzburg Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1965 pp.31-35
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Alexei Maslennikov
Marina - Sena Jurinac
Pimen - Kim Borg
Varlaam - Anton Diakov
Shuisky - Gerhard Stolze
Missail - Milen Paunov
Rangoni - Zoltán Kéléman
Fyodor - Gertrude Jahn
Xenia - Nadejda Dobrianova
Hostess - Margarita Lilowa
Simpleton - Gerhard Stolze
Tchelkalov - Sabin Markov
Krushchov - Zvonimir Prelcec
Nurse - Mariana Radev
Nikitich - Tugomir Franc
Lavitsky - Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Cherniovsky - Paul Karolidis
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Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 6351-6353 {3CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1170 {3CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.12 No.5 May/June 1989 pp.256-257 [BP]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance of Rimsky Korsakov's version (modified) at the Salzburg Festival. The performance on August 29 1966 is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1966 p.63
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoperchor - Sofia Radio Chorus - Wiener Singerknaben
Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Ludovic Spiess
Marina - Galina Vishnevskaya
Pimen - Martti Talvela
Varlaam - Anton Diakov
Shuisky - Alexei Maslennikov
Missail - Milen Paunov
Rangoni - Zoltán Kéléman
Fyodor - Olivera Miljakovic
Xenia - Nadejda Dobrianova
Hostess - Margarita Lilowa
Simpleton - Alexei Maslennikov
Tchelkalov - Sabin Markov
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Black Disc; - Decca SET 514-517 {4LPS} (1971)ª;; London OSA-1439 {4LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Decca K18K 43 (1978)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 411 862-2 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Decca 475 7718 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Decca 000747902 {3CDS} (USA) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1971 p.885; August 1978 p.380 [IM]; November 1988 p.[MEO]
Fanfare - Vol.12 No.5 May/June 1989 pp.256-257 [BP]; Vol.31 No.2 November/December 2007 pp.215-216 [CW]
American Record Guide - January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 p.134 [MM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.92 [JM]
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Conductor Herbert Kegel - 1972(SE)
Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle
Chorus - Philharmonischen Chores Dresden - Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Boris - Theo Adam
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Martin Ritzmann
Marina - Hanne-Lore Kuhse
Pimen - Siegfried Vogel
Shuisky - Karl-Friedrich Hölzke
Rangoni - Wilfred Schaal
Fyodor - Roswitha Trexler
Simpleton - Peter Schreier
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Black Disc - Telefunken SAR 22 526 {1LP}; Telefunken AS6 41290 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 0020322BC {1CD}
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1973 p.95 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.273
Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Shostakovich's version in German
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Conductor Boris Khaikin - 1972(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Ludovic Spiess
Marina - Ruza Baldani
Pimen - Mark Reshetin
Varlaam - Alexander Vedernikov
Shuisky - Ljubomir Bodurov
Missail - Florindo Andreolli
Rangoni - Anton Diakov
Fyodor - Elena Zilio
Xenia - Rita Talarcio
Hostess - Erszébet Komlóssy
Simpleton - Anton Grigoriev
Tchelkalov - Nikola Mitic
Krushchov - Tommaso Frascati
Nurse - Biserka Cvejic
Mityukha - Teodoro Rovetta
Lavitsky - Teodoro Rovetta
Cherniovsky - Mario Chiappi
Frontier Guard - Carlo Zardo
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers BOR 197201 {3CDRS}; Gala GL 100626 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.91 [MCP]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 1 October 1972. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Boris Khaikin - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko
Marina - Irina Arkhipova
Pimen - Valery Yaroslavtsev
Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)
Shuisky - Andrei Sokolov
Missail - Vitali Vlassov
Fyodor - Glafira Koroleva
Xenia - Galina Kalinina
Hostess - Larissa Nikitina
Simpleton - Alexei Maslennikov
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DVD (Video) - Via Classic 5 99278-9 (2004)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Kultur 1183 (+BETA) (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - March 14 1987 p.49 [TE]
Classica Répertoire - No.62 mai 2004 p.121 [PF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.92 [JS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's version in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
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Conductor Dmitri Kitaienko - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Danish National Radio Choir
Boris - Aage Haugland
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Stig (Fogh) Andersen
Pimen - Aage Haugland
Varlaam - Aage Haugland
Shuisky - Heinz Zednik
Missail - Erik Harbo
Fyodor - Annemarie Moller
Xenia - Susse Lillesoe
Hostess - Minna Nyhus
Tchelkalov - Guido Paëvatalu
Nurse - Minna Nyhus
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Compact Disc - Kontrapunkt 32036-32037 {2CDS}
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1990 p. [JW]
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (27 February 1986). Mussorgsky's original orchestration is used and most of the performance is of the 1868-69 version, butthe scene in Boris's appartments is from the 1872 version. The scene outside St.Basil's Cathedral is omitted
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Conductor Yevgeny Kolobov - 1991(FI)
Orchestra - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre
Chorus - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre
Boris - Vladimir Matorin
Grigory (False Dmitry) - V. Osipov
Marina - Yu. Abakumovskaya
Pimen - V. Kirnos
Varlaam - Vladimir Svistov
Shuisky - Voinarowski Voinarowski [Viacheslav Voynorovsky]
Missail - N. Deminov
Fyodor - Sasha Belyaev
Xenia - T. Yas'ko
Tchelkalov - A. Kichigin
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DVD (Video) - Videoland Klassik VLRT 055 (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - August + September 2001 S.96 [SS]
Classica Répertoire - No.60 mars 2004 p.123 [PF]
Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Olga Ivanova
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Conductor Bernhard Kontarsky - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Boris - Julian Konstantinov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Andrei Lantsov
Pimen - Alexander Anisimov
Varlaam - Fyodor Kuznetsov
Shuisky - Graham Clark
Missail - Bernard van der Meersch
Fyodor - Anke Vondung
Xenia - Rachel Harnisch
Hostess - Irina Chistyakova
Simpleton - Vsevolod Grivnov
Tchelkalov - Armand Arapian
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1434-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (September or October 2003). The performance on 29 September 2003 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.284 novembre 2003 pp.38-39. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases late July-August 2004».
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Conductor Kazimierz Kord - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Boris - Martti Talvela
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Alberto Remedios
Marina - Gwendolyn Killebrew
Pimen - Philip Booth
Varlaam - Michael Langdon
Shuisky - Ragnar Ulfung
Missail - Gary Burgess
Rangoni - Bruce Yarnell
Fyodor - Gwendolyn Jones
Xenia - Shigemi Matsumoto
Hostess - Sheila Nadler
Simpleton - Raymond Manton
Tchelkalov - Douglas Lawrence
Nurse - Marvellee Cariaga
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Compact Cassette; - Live Opera Heaven CAS 472 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven #472 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recordimg of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (October 1973)
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Conductor Kazimierz Kord - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Martti Talvela
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman
Marina - Mignon Dunn
Pimen - Paul Plishka
Varlaam - Fernando Corena
Shuisky - Robert Nagy
Missail - Philip Booth
Rangoni - Morley Meredith
Fyodor - Robert Sapolsky
Xenia - Loretta Di Franco
Hostess - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Simpleton - Andrea Velis
Tchelkalov - Allan Monk
Nurse - Shirley Love
Nikitich - Andrij Dobriansky
Mityukha - Philip Booth
Lavitsky - Robert Goodloe
Cherniovsky - Charles Anthony
Frontier Guard - Richard Best
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 22578 (BRO 125742) {3CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 February 1978).
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Joseph Gostic
Marina - Regina Resnik
Pimen - Joseph Rouleau
Varlaam - David Kelly
Shuisky - John Lanigan
Missail - David Tree
Rangoni - Otakar Kraus
Fyodor - Josephine Veasey
Xenia - Joan Carlyle
Hostess - Edith Coates
Simpleton - Duncan Robertson
Tchelkalov - Geraint Evans
Nurse - Noreen Berry
Nikitich - Forbes Robinson
Mityukha - David Allen
Lavitsky - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Cherniovsky - Ronald Lewis
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1074; Live Opera Heaven C 3165 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a perfomance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. This is probably of the performance on 6 November 1958 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated November 2-8 1958 p.43). The performance on 31 October 1958 is reviewed in OPERA December 1958 pp.809-812. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Here the date of the performance broadcast is given as «Nov, 7 1958», but Boris Godunov was not performed at Covent Garden on that date. The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «JANUARY 2008 ALERT». The date of the performance recorded is also given here (incorrectly) as «11/7/58».
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Boris - Martti Talvela
Grigory (False Dmitry) - William Cochrane
Marina - Brigitte Fassbaender
Pimen - Franz Crass
Varlaam - Kurt Böhme
Shuisky - Fritz Uhl
Missail - Lorenz Fehenberger
Rangoni - Hans Günter Nöcker
Fyodor - Daphne Evangelatos
Xenia - Hildegard Heichele
Hostess - Martha Mödl
Simpleton - Gerhard Stolze
Tchelkalov - Wolfgang Brendel
Krushchov - Jörg Paweletz
Nurse - Lilian Benningsen
Nikitich - Raimund Grumbach
Mityukha - Gerhard Auer
Lavitsky - Franz Klarwein
Cherniovsky - Hermann Sapell
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00186
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (12 December 1971), given in a German translation by Max Hube, with the original orchestration by Mussorgsky. This recording was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (11 March 1972; see Radio Times Issue dated 9 march 1972 p.19)
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Conductor Alexander Lazarev - 1987
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko
Marina - Tamara Sinyavskaya
Pimen - Alexander Vedernikov
Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)
Shuisky - Vladimir Kudriashov
Missail - Alexander Arkhipov
Fyodor - Tatyana Yerastova
Xenia - Nina Lebendeva
Hostess - Larissa Nikitina
Simpleton - Alexander Fedin
Tchelkalov - Yuri Mazurok
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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-88-207 (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 51011-1851-2 (2006)ª; Kultur 6991811 (USA) (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Castle CVI 2041(PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - March 1989 p.370 [NG]
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2006 S.68 [GH]; September+Oktober 2006 S.70 [MK2]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.196-198 [TE]
Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 p.115 [MP]
The Classical Video Guide - p.71
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.209 ottobre 2006 pp.74-77 (DVD) [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.81 [MCP]
Comments:- A Video Recording of Rimsky-Korsakov's version
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Cesare Siepi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Nell Rankin
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Charles Anthony
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Margaret Roggero
Xenia - Emilia Cundari
Hostess - Helen Vanni
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Calvin Marsh
Krushchov - Hal Roberts
Nurse - Mignon Dunn
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Thomas Powell
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 772
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1959). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.203-204. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Brian Sullivan
Marina - Mignon Dunn
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Ezio Flagello
Shuisky - Norman Kelley
Missail - Charles Anthony
Rangoni - Kim Borg
Fyodor - Helen Vanni
Xenia - Teresa Stratas
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Calvin Marsh
Krushchov - Anthony Balestrieri
Nurse - Margaret Roggero
Nikitich - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Mityukha - Thomas Powell
Lavitsky - John Trehy
Cherniovsky - Hal Roberts
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1416
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Carl Leonhardt - 1938(RE)
Orchestra - Reichssenders Stuttgart
Chorus - Reichssenders Stuttgart
Boris - Ludwig Weber
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Rudolf Gerlach-Rusnak
Pimen - Georg Hann
Shuisky - Fritz Krauß
Fyodor - Trudi Schöllkopf
Xenia - Helma Panke
Krushchov - Max Oßwald
Nurse - Emma Mayr
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Compact Disc; - *Preiser Records 90380 {1CD} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 pp.269-270 [RVL]
Comments:- Recorded on 5 January 1938
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Conductor David Lloyd-Jones - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - English National Opera
Chorus - English National Opera
Boris - Richard Van Allan
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Henry Howell
Marina - Elizabeth Connell
Pimen - John Tomlinson
Varlaam - Dennis Wicks
Shuisky - Robert Ferguson
Missail - Edward Byles
Rangoni - Geoffrey Chard
Fyodor - Fiona Kimm
Xenia - Patricia O'Neill
Hostess - Noreen Berry
Simpleton - Stuart Kale
Tchelkalov - Patrick Wheatley
Krushchov - John Kitchiner
Nurse - Anne Collins
Mityukha - John Kitchiner
First Policeman - Ian Comboy
Second Policeman - J