(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1928(LE) - Bellezza Vincenzo - Covent Garden*
2 1938(RE) - Leonhardt Carl - Reichssenders Stuttgart*
3 1939(LI) - Panizza Ettore - Metropolitan Opera*
4 1943(LI;13/2/43;Kipnis)) - Szell George - Metropolitan Opera*
5 1943(LI;4/12/43;Pinza) - Szell George - Metropolitan Opera*
6 1944(SE) - Cooper Emil - Metropolitan Opera*
7 1945(LE;Acts 3 & 4) - Sébastian Georges - San Francisco Opera*
8 1945(SE) - Berezowsky Nicolai - RCA Victor Orchestra*
9 1946(LI) - Cooper Emil - Metropolitan Opera*
10 1946(RE) - Merola Gaetano - Orchestra*
11 1948(LI) - Ansermet Ernest - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
12 1948-49(STU) - Golovanov Nikolai - Bolshoi Theatre*
13 1949(RA) - Ancerl Karel - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra*
14 1949(STU) - Golovanov Nikolai - Bolshoi Theatre*
15 1950(RA) - Schüchter Wilhelm - Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*
16 1952(RA) - Rodzinsky Artur - RAI Roma*
17 1952(SE) - Stokowski Leopold - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
18 1952(STU) - Dobrowen Issay - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française*
19 1953(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
20 1954(FI) - Nebolsin Vasily - Bolshoi Theatre**
21 1954(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
22 1954(STU) - Baranovich Kresimir - Belgrade National Opera*
23 1956(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*
24 1956(SE) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*
25 1957(RA) - Jochum Eugen - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
26 1958(LI) - Kubelik Rafael - Covent Garden*
27 1959(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*
28 1959(LI) - Naidenov Assen - Orchestra*
29 1961(FI) - Adler Peter Herman - Symphony of the Air Orchestra**
30 1961(LI) - Goodall Reginald - Covent Garden*
31 1961(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*
32 1961(SE) - Schippers Thomas - Columbia Symphony Orchestra*
33 1962(SE) - Singer George - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra*
34 1962(SE) - Yeltsin Sergei Vitalevich - Kirov Theatre*
35 1962(STU) - Cluytens André - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)*
36 1962(STU) - Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - Bolshoi Theatre*
37 1962-63(STU) - Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - Bolshoi Theatre*
38 1963(LI) - Solti Georg - Metropolitan Opera*
39 1965(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
40 1965(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
41 1966(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
42 1967(LI) - Miladinovic Dusan - Belgrade National Opera*
43 196?(SE) - Matacic Lovro von - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
44 1970(LI) - Rozhdestvensky Gennady - Covent Garden*
45 1970(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
46 1971(LI) - Kubelik Rafael - Bayerische Staatsoper*
47 1972(LI) - Semkow Jerzy - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*
48 1972(RA) - Khaikin Boris - RAI Roma*
49 1972(SE) - Kegel Herbert - Dresdener Staatskapelle*
50 1973(LI) - Kord Kazimierz - San Francisco Opera*
51 1973(STU) - Naidenov Assen - National Opera Sofia*
52 1974(LI) - Ahronovitch Yuri - Covent Garden*
53 1975(LI) - Dimitriady Odissei Akhillesovich - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
54 1975(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
55 1975(LI) - Simonov Yuri - Bolshoi Theatre*
56 1976(LI) - Satanowski Robert - Wiener Staatsoper*
57 1976(STU) - Semkow Jerzy - Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra*
58 1978(LI) - Khaikin Boris - Bolshoi Theatre**
59 1978(LI) - Kord Kazimierz - Metropolitan Opera*
60 1978-1983 - Fedoseyev Vladimir - USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus - «Spring» Studio Children's Chorus*
61 1979(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*
62 1980(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*
63 1980(LI) - Lloyd-Jones David - English National Opera*
64 1980 - Raichev Rouslan - L'Opéra de Paris**
65 1981(LI) - Ahronovitch Yuri - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
66 1985(LI) - Albrecht Gerd - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
67 1985(STU) - Ermler Mark - Bolshoi Theatre*
68 1985?(STU) - Satanowski Robert - Warsaw National Opera*
69 1986(LI) - Kitaienko Dmitri - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra*
70 1986(STU) - Tchakarov Emil - Sofia Festival Orchestra*
71 1987(LI) - Epstein Max - Opera Company of Philadelphia*
72 1987(STU) - Rostropovich Mstislav - National Symphony Orchestra*
73 1987 - Lazarev Alexander - Bolshoi Theatre**
74 1990 - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Theatre (Leningrad)**
75 1991(FI) - Kolobov Yevgeny - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre**
76 1993(LI) - Waart Edo De - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande***
77 1993 - Abbado Claudio - Berliner Philharmoniker*
78 1997(SE) - Daniel Paul - Northern Philharmonia*
79 1997(STU) - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)*
80 1997(STU) - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)*
81 1998(LI) - Gergiev Valery - Metropolitan Opera*
82 2001(LI) - Waart Edo De - Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra**
83 2003(LI) - Bychkov Semyon - Covent Garden*
84 2003(LI) - Kontarsky Bernhard - Grand Théâtre de Genève*
85 2004(LI) - Weigle Sebastian - Gran Teatro del Liceo**
86 2005(LI) - Barenboim Daniel - Staatskapelle Berlin*
87 2005(LI) - Bychkov Semyon - Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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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 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 Ettore Panizza - 1939(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Ezio Pinza
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Charles Kullman
Marina - Kerstin Thorborg
Pimen - Nicola Moscona
Varlaam - Norman Cordon
Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis
Missail - Giordano Paltrinieri
Rangoni - Leonard Warren
Fyodor - Irra Petina
Xenia - Marita Farell
Hostess - Doris Doe
Simpleton - Nicholas Massue
Tchelkalov - George Cehanovsky
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 215 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 138 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Naxos «Historical» 8 110044/6 {3CDS} (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 publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1999 p.35 (mention) [RC]
Orpheus - Juni 2001 S.60-S.61 [DN]; April 2002 S.54 [DN]
Opéra International - novembre 1999 No.240 p.68 [PC]
Diapason - No.468 mars 2000 pp.88-89 [PK]
International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 1999 No.18 pp.101-102 [JTH]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.81 [EG]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 December 1939)
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Conductor George Szell - 1943(LI;13/2/43;Kipnis))
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Alexander Kipnis
Grigory (False Dmitry) - René Maison
Marina - Kerstin Thorborg
Pimen - Nicola Moscona
Varlaam - Norman Cordon
Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis
Missail - John Dudley
Rangoni - Leonard Warren
Fyodor - Irra Petina
Xenia - Marita Farell
Hostess - Doris Doe
Simpleton - John Garris
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Compact Disc - Walhall WHL 12 {2CDS}; RRD FT1505-6; The Forties FT 1505-6; Music & Arts CD 867 (Highlights)
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 - March 1995 p.34
Opera Now - March 1995 p.52
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.59
Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.49
Diapason - No.422 janvier 1996 p.135
Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (13 February 1943). Kipnis sings in Russian and the rest of the cast and the chorus in Italian. See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.365-367.
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Conductor George Szell - 1943(LI;4/12/43;Pinza)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Ezio Pinza
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Armand Tokatyan
Marina - Kerstin Thorborg
Pimen - Nicola Moscona
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis
Missail - John Dudley
Rangoni - Leonard Warren
Fyodor - Thelma Altman
Xenia - Marita Farell
Hostess - Doris Doe
Simpleton - John Garris
Tchelkalov - Mack Harrell
Nurse - Anna Kaskas
Nikitich - John Gurney
Lavitsky - Gerhard Pechner
Cherniovsky - Lorenzo Alvary
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 258 {3LPS} (1975)ª
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 179
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 (4 December 1943). 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 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 Georges Sébastian - 1945(LE;Acts 3 & 4)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Boris - Ezio Pinza
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Frederick Jagel
Marina - Viviane Della Chiesa
Pimen - Lorenzo Alvary
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Alessio De Paolis
Missail - Herbert Nystrom
Fyodor - Hertha Glaz
Xenia - Frances Castellani
Hostess - Claramae Turner
Simpleton - John Garris
Tchelkalov - George Cehanovsky
Nurse - Margaret Harshaw
Lavitsky - Charles Goodwin
Cherniovsky - Robert Mills
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 261
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 Acts 3 and 4 of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (12 October 1945). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield p.406. 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». I do not know if all the singers listed appear in this recording.
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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 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 Gaetano Merola - 1946(RE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Boris - Ezio Pinza
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Mario Berini
Marina - Hertha Glaz
Xenia - Muriel Demers
Nurse - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc; - Legato Historic Treasures LHT 500-1 {1CD} (1997)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 News - September 1997 p.62
Comments:- Recording of a shortened version broadcast on 22 September 1946
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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 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 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 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 Wilhelm Schüchter - 1950(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Chorus - Chor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Boris - Alexander Welitsch
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Rudolf Schock
Marina - Martha Mödl
Pimen - Georg Hann
Varlaam - Gustav Neidlinger
Shuisky - Peter Markwort
Rangoni - Hans Herbert Fiedler
Fyodor - Anneliese Rothenberger
Xenia - Margot Guillaume
Nurse - Maria von Ilosvay
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0200 {2CDS} (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 publication:-
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.57-S.58 [SS]
Comments:- *Recording of Rimsky-Korsakov's version in German.
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Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1952(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Mirto Picchi
Marina - Rina Corsi
Pimen - Giuseppe Modesti
Varlaam - Dmitri Lopatto
Shuisky - Angelo Mercuriali
Missail - Mario Carlin
Fyodor - Fernanda Cadoni
Xenia - Loretta Di Lelio
Hostess - Amalia Pini
Simpleton - Angelo Mercuriali
Tchelkalov - Fernando Valentini
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Black Disc - Historical Opera Performances Editions HOPE 20 {3LPS} I Gioelli della Musica GML 10 (Highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.316 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archives 757 (& 525); Premiere Opera Ltd. 2663-3 {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
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 pp.82-83 [JV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 10 December 1952. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated Wed 11 July 2007.
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Conductor Leopold Stokowski - 1952(SE)
Orchestra - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Fyodor - Robert Cauwet
Simpleton - Lawrence Mason
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1764 {1LP} (1953)ª; Dell'Arte DA 9002 {1LP} (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Cala CACD 0535 (+Good Friday Spell +Act III Symphonic Synthesis); {1CD} (2003)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 1981 p.754 [EG] October (published August) 2003 p.99 [RC]
Opera News - October 2003 p.60 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.148 [BP]; Vol.27 No.3 January/ February 2004 pp.167-168 [JM]
The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - October 1953 Vol.16 No.10 p.6
American Record Guide - December 1953 Vol.20 No.4 p.116 [PHR]: December 1982 Vol.46 No.2 p.76 [CB2]
Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Rimsky Korsakov's version (8 & 10 December 1952)
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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 Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Brian Sullivan
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Norman Scott
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Andrew McKinley
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Sigurd Björling
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Clifford Harvuot
Nurse - Jean Madeira
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Algerd Brazis
Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins
Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 250
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 (28 March 1953). 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». It is described as coming from «Private Acetates» with «Very good sound».
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Conductor Vasily Nebolsin - 1954(FI)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - Aleksandr Stepanovich Pirogov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Georgi Nelepp
Marina - Larissa Avdeyeva
Pimen - Maxim Mikhailov
Varlaam - Alexei Krivchenia
Shuisky - Nikander Khanayev
Missail - V. Shovchov
Fyodor - G. Allaxverdov
Xenia - N. Kayagina
Simpleton - Ivan Kozlovsky
Tchelkalov - Ilya Bogdanov
Krushchov - Fedor Godovkin
Nurse - Eugenia Verbitskaya
Nikitich - Sergei Krasovsky
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Laser Disc - Corinth Video Performing Images ID 6841CO (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Dreamlife Classics DLVC 1079 (Japan) (2001)ª; Dreamlife Classics DLVC 8054 (Japan) (2007)ª; Video Artists International VAI 4253 (2004)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Corinth Video CV 162 (+BETA) (NTSC) ;; Dreamlife DVMB 106 (Japanese NTSC) (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:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2004 pp.76-77 [DF2]
Opera News - July 2004 p.66 [DS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.139-141 [CJT]
Diapason - No.518 octobre 2004 pp.140-141 [MP]
American Record Guide - September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 pp.281-282 [RVL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.73 septiembre 2004 pp.92-93 [PMH]
Comments:- *Video recording of a film. See Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.100 (1995) and the Advertisment in OPERA, July 1973 p.573. The film is reviewed in OPERA August 1956 p.515
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Cesare Siepi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Norman Scott
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Genevieve Warner
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
Nurse - Jean Madeira
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Algerd Brazis
Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins
Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 740
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 (27 February 1954). 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 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 Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Laurel Hurley
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Charles Anthony
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
Nurse - Sandra Warfield
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 256
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 (10 March 1956). 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 Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Giorgio Tozzi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Albert Da Costa
Marina - Nell Rankin
Pimen - Norman Scott
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Rangoni - Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Fyodor - Margaret Roggero
Xenia - Laurel Hurley
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 710; RCA Victor LM 6063
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 excerpts of the original version in English
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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 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 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 Assen Naidenov - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Boris - Christo Brambarov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dimiter Uzunov
Marina - Sijka Petrova
Pimen - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Varlaam - Pavel Elmazov
Shuisky - Milen Paunov
Missail - Kosta Getzev (Getzov)
Fyodor - Virginia Popova
Xenia - Julia Kiradijeva
Hostess - Jordanka Dimcheva
Simpleton - Kiril Djulgerov
Tchelkalov - Vladimir Jeliazov
Nurse - Nadia Bardarova
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 215 «Russian Opera from ;; Bulgaria» {1xCD-ROM} (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 on 17 April 1959.
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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 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 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 Thomas Schippers - 1961(SE)
Orchestra - Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Boris - George London
Shuisky - Howard Fried
Fyodor - Mildred Allen
Krushchov - Stanley Kolk
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Black Disc; - Columbia MS 6273 {1LP} (USA) (1961)ª; CBS BRG 72021 {1LP} (UK) (1962)ª;; CBS SBRG 72021 {1LP} (UK) (1962)ª
Compact Disc; - Sony Classical «Great Performances» 78747 (+Pictures at an Exhibition) {1CD} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Columbia MQ 418 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)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 - July 1962 p.61
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.224-225 [HF]
American Record Guide - October 1961 Vol.28 No.2 p.128 [PLM]: March 1963 Vol.29 No.7 p.574 (open-reel tape) [CJL]
High Fidelity Magazine - November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.96 [CLO]: April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.97 (open-reel tape) [RDD]
Fono Forum - Februar 1964 S.68 [WS]
Comments:- Rimsky Korsakov's orchestration
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Conductor George Singer - 1962(SE)
Orchestra - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra
Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
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Black Disc - Saga 5174 {1LP}
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 - December 1963 p.
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Conductor Sergei Vitalevich Yeltsin - 1962(SE)
Orchestra - Kirov Theatre
Boris - Boris Timofeyevich Shtokolov
Shuisky - Vladimir Ulianov
Fyodor - Taisiya Kuznetsova
Xenia - Konkordiya Slovtsova
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 9605/6 {1x10in-LP}; Melodiya C 281/2 {1x10in-LP}
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 chamber scene from Act 2 in Shostakovich's orchestration
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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 Alexander Melik-Pasheyev - 1962(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - Ivan Petrov
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Ivanovsky
Marina - Irina Arkhipova
Pimen - Mark Reshetin
Varlaam - Alexey Geleva
Shuisky - Georgi Shulpin
Missail - Nikolai Zakharov
Rangoni - Yevgeny Kibkalo
Fyodor - Valentina Klepatskaya
Xenia - Tamara Sorokina
Hostess - Vera (Veronika) Ivanova Borisenko
Simpleton - Anton Grigoriev
Tchelkalov - Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 010953/60 {4LPS}; Melodiya SM 0413/20 {4LPS}; Le Chant du Monde LDX 78315-78318; Eurodisc AR XI 78701; HMV-Melodiya ASD 2541 (Highlights)
Compact Disc; - BMG-Melodiya 74321 29349-2 {3CDS} (1996)ª; Melodiya MEL CD 10 00764 {3CDS}
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 - June 1970 p.69; December 1996 p.140 [AB]
Opera - September 1996 p.1114
Opera Now - November/December 1996 p.109
Fanfare - November/December 1996 Vol.20 No.2 p.319
Orpheus - November 1996 p.37
Opéra International - septembre 1996 Vol.205 p.71
Diapason - No.427 juin 1996 p.114
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.168
BBC Music Magazine - August 1996 p.61
Classic CD - August 1996 p.86
CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.5 No.3 Issue 17 p.50
American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.167
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.57
Le Monde de la Musique - juin 1996 p.122
Répertoire - No.93 juillet/aoüt 1996 p.51
L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.100 - Settembre 1996 p.106
Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 Agosto-Settembre 1996 p.122
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.90 julio-agosto 1996 p.75
Comments:- *A recording of a Rimsky Korsakov's version, modified by having the St.Basil's scene in Ippolitov-Ivanov'version and ending with the Kromy scene. Some of this recording was re-used in that with George London as Boris. The CDs issued on the Melodiya label are (were?) listed on the website
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Conductor Alexander Melik-Pasheyev - 1962-63(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Ivanovsky
Marina - Irina Arkhipova
Pimen - Mark Reshetin
Varlaam - Alexei Gueleva
Shuisky - Georgi Shulpin
Missail - Nikolai Zakharov
Rangoni - Yevgeny Kibkalo
Fyodor - Maria Mitukova
Xenia - Elisabeta Shumskaya
Hostess - Vera (Veronika) Ivanova Borisenko
Simpleton - Anton Grigoriev
Tchelkalov - Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Nurse - Eugenia Verbitskaya
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 012193-200 {4LPS}; Melodiya S 0623-30 {4LPS} Columbia M4L 296 {4LPS} (USA); Columbia M4S 696 {4LPS} (USA) CBS 77396 {4LPS} (UK)
Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 206 (Russian Opera) {1xCD-ROM} (2000)ª; Sony SM3K 52571 {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:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1975 p.680 [JW]
Opera News - March 2003 pp.78-79 [SFV]
American Record Guide - September 1964 Vol.31 No.1 pp.20-21, p.58 [PLM]: May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 p.120 [KM]
High Fidelity Magazine - October 1964 Vol.14 No.10 pp.140-142 [CLO]
Comments:- *Some of this recording comes from that with Petrov as Boris. According to the article in «Opera on Record» (p.513) «all of the Tsar's music (and Act 2 in its entirety) was freshly recorded», with George London, «and then slotted into the existing recording». See also «George London - of gods and demons» by Nora London pp.149-150.
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Jerome Hines
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Nicolai Gedda
Marina - Rosalind Elias
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary
Shuisky - Paul Franke
Missail - Andrea Velis
Rangoni - Walter Cassel
Fyodor - Helen Vanni
Xenia - Lynn Blair
Hostess - Janis Martin
Simpleton - George Shirley
Tchelkalov - Calvin Marsh
Krushchov - William Stanz
Nurse - Lili Chookasian
Nikitich - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Mityukha - Vladimir Chistiakov
Lavitsky - Edward Ghazal
Cherniovsky - William Zakariasen
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1032
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 (6 April 1963). 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 (Mignon) Dunn is listed as a cast member. However, according to the «Annals of the Metropolitan Opera», althoogh she sang the inkeeper in the performance on 16 March 1963 she did not sing it in the broadcast performance on 6 April 1963.
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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 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 Dusan Miladinovic - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Belgrade National Opera
Chorus - Belgrade National Opera
Boris - Miroslav Changalovich
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Ljubomir Bodurov
Marina - Breda Kalef
Pimen - Djurdje Djurdjevic
Varlaam - Zarko Cvejic
Shuisky - Franco Paulik
Fyodor - Milivoj Petrovic
Simpleton - Franco Paulik
Tchelkalov - Dushan Popovich
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Compact Disc - Arkadia MP 492.3; Arkadia 352 492
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:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.320
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.60
Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.50
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.118
Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.103
Comments:- Recording of Shostakovich's version sung partly in Russian and partly in Serbian
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Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 196?(SE)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Boris - Gottlob Frick
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Rudolf Schock
Marina - Margarete Klose
Pimen - Martti Talvela
Varlaam - Ernst Krukowski
Shuisky - Julius Katona
Missail - Karl-Ernst Mercker
Fyodor - Helga Wisniewska
Xenia - Erika Köth
Simpleton - John van Kesteren
Krushchov - Walter Muggelberg
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Black Disc - Eurodisc 72 746 KR; Eurodisc S 72 746 KR; *World Record Club OH 178
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 Gennady Rozhdestvensky - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Boris - Boris Christoff
Grigory (False Dmitry) - William McAlpine
Marina - Yvonne Minton
Pimen - Inia Te Wiata
Varlaam - Michael Langdon
Shuisky - John Dobson
Missail - David Lennox
Rangoni - Otakar Kraus
Fyodor - Delia Wallis
Xenia - Elizabeth Robson
Hostess - Elizabeth Bainbridge
Simpleton - Kenneth MacDonald
Tchelkalov - Hugh Sheehan
Krushchov - Handel Owen
Nurse - Noreen Berry
Nikitich - Eric Garrett
Lavitsky - Hugh Sheehan
Cherniovsky - George Macpherson
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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 137/3 {3CDRS} (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
Comments:- *Recording of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's version at Covent Garden (7 March 1970)
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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 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 Jerzy Semkow - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Boris - Ruggero Raimondi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Bruno Prevedi
Marina - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave
Pimen - Boris Carmeli
Varlaam - Alfredo Mariotti
Shuisky - Sergio Tedesco
Missail - Florindo Andreolli
Rangoni - Maurizio Mazzieri
Fyodor - Maria Casula
Xenia - Miwako Matsumoto
Hostess - Maria Del Fante
Simpleton - Luigi Pontiggia
Tchelkalov - Giorgio Zancanaro
Krushchov - Aronne Ceroni
Nurse - Bruna Baglioni
Mityukha - Carlo Padoan
Frontier Guard - Giovanni Antonini
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Black Disc - Mondo Musica MFOH 10813 {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
Comments:- Recording of a performance of the original version in Italian (14 December 1972).
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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 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 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 Assen Naidenov - 1973(STU)
Orchestra - National Opera Sofia
Chorus - National Opera Sofia
Boris - Nicola Ghiuselev
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Dimiter Damiano
Marina - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)
Pimen - Nicola Ghiuselev
Varlaam - Assem Tchavdarov
Shuisky - Ljubomir Bodurov
Missail - Verter Vrachovski
Rangoni - Peter Bakardzhiev
Fyodor - Reni Penkova
Xenia - Nadejda Dobrianova
Hostess - Boika Kosseva
Simpleton - Kiril Dulgerov
Tchelkalov - Sabin Markov
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Black Disc - Harmonia Mundi HMV 4.4144
Compact Disc - Fidelio D 1824-26
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 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 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