There are 88 recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky on file

Order by year

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 Abbado Claudio - 1979(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*

2 Abbado Claudio - 1993 - Berliner Philharmoniker*

3 Adler Peter Herman - 1961(FI) - Symphony of the Air Orchestra**

4 Ahronovitch Yuri - 1974(LI) - Covent Garden*

5 Ahronovitch Yuri - 1981(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*

6 Albrecht Gerd - 1985(LI) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

7 Ancerl Karel - 1949(RA) - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra*

8 Ansermet Ernest - 1948(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*

9 Baranovich Kresimir - 1954(STU) - Belgrade National Opera*

10 Barenboim Daniel - 2005(LI) - Staatskapelle Berlin*

11 Bartoletti Bruno - 1965(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

12 Bartoletti Bruno - 1980(LI) - Chicago Lyric Opera*

13 Bellezza Vincenzo - 1928(LE) - Covent Garden*

14 Berezowsky Nicolai - 1945(SE) - RCA Victor Orchestra*

15 Bychkov Semyon - 2003(LI) - Covent Garden*

16 Bychkov Semyon - 2005(LI) - Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

17 Cluytens André - 1962(STU) - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)*

18 Cooper Emil - 1944(SE) - Metropolitan Opera*

19 Cooper Emil - 1946(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

20 Daniel Paul - 1997(SE) - Northern Philharmonia*

21 Dimitriady Odissei Akhillesovich - 1975(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

22 Dobrowen Issay - 1952(STU) - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française*

23 Epstein Max - 1987(LI) - Opera Company of Philadelphia*

24 Ermler Mark - 1985(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*

25 Fedoseyev Vladimir - 1978-1983 - USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus - «Spring» Studio Children's Chorus*

26 Gardner Edward - 2008(LI) - English National Opera*

27 Gergiev Valery - 1990 - Kirov Theatre (Leningrad)**

28 Gergiev Valery - 1997(STU) - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)*

29 Gergiev Valery - 1997(STU) - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)*

30 Gergiev Valery - 1998(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

31 Golovanov Nikolai - 1948-49(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*

32 Golovanov Nikolai - 1949(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*

33 Goodall Reginald - 1961(LI) - Covent Garden*

34 Jochum Eugen - 1957(RA) - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

35 Karajan Herbert von - 1965(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*

36 Karajan Herbert von - 1966(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*

37 Karajan Herbert von - 1970(STU) - Wiener Philharmoniker*

38 Kegel Herbert - 1972(SE) - Dresdener Staatskapelle*

39 Khaikin Boris - 1972(RA) - RAI Roma*

40 Khaikin Boris - 1978(LI) - Bolshoi Theatre**

41 Kitaienko Dmitri - 1986(LI) - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra*

42 Kolobov Yevgeny - 1991(FI) - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre**

43 Kontarsky Bernhard - 2003(LI) - Grand Théâtre de Genève*

44 Kord Kazimierz - 1973(LI) - San Francisco Opera*

45 Kord Kazimierz - 1978(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

46 Kubelik Rafael - 1958(LI) - Covent Garden*

47 Kubelik Rafael - 1971(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*

48 Lazarev Alexander - 1987 - Bolshoi Theatre**

49 Leinsdorf Erich - 1959(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

50 Leinsdorf Erich - 1961(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

51 Leonhardt Carl - 1938(RE) - Reichssenders Stuttgart*

52 Lloyd-Jones David - 1980(LI) - English National Opera*

53 Matacic Lovro von - 196?(SE) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

54 Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - 1962(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*

55 Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - 1962-63(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*

56 Merola Gaetano - 1946(RE) - Orchestra*

57 Miladinovic Dusan - 1967(LI) - Belgrade National Opera*

58 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1956(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

59 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1956(SE) - Metropolitan Opera*

60 Naidenov Assen - 1959(LI) - Orchestra*

61 Naidenov Assen - 1973(STU) - National Opera Sofia*

62 Nebolsin Vasily - 1954(FI) - Bolshoi Theatre**

63 Panizza Ettore - 1939(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

64 Raichev Rouslan - 1980 - L'Opéra de Paris**

65 Rodzinsky Artur - 1952(RA) - RAI Roma*

66 Rostropovich Mstislav - 1987(STU) - National Symphony Orchestra*

67 Rozhdestvensky Gennady - 1970(LI) - Covent Garden*

68 Satanowski Robert - 1976(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*

69 Satanowski Robert - 1985?(STU) - Warsaw National Opera*

70 Schippers Thomas - 1961(SE) - Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

71 Schippers Thomas - 1975(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

72 Schüchter Wilhelm - 1950(RA) - Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*

73 Sébastian Georges - 1945(LE;Acts 3 & 4) - San Francisco Opera*

74 Semkow Jerzy - 1972(LI) - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*

75 Semkow Jerzy - 1976(STU) - Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra*

76 Simonov Yuri - 1975(LI) - Bolshoi Theatre*

77 Singer George - 1962(SE) - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra*

78 Solti Georg - 1963(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

79 Stiedry Fritz - 1953(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

80 Stiedry Fritz - 1954(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

81 Stokowski Leopold - 1952(SE) - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*

82 Szell George - 1943(LI;13/2/43;Kipnis)) - Metropolitan Opera*

83 Szell George - 1943(LI;4/12/43;Pinza) - Metropolitan Opera*

84 Tchakarov Emil - 1986(STU) - Sofia Festival Orchestra*

85 Waart Edo De - 1993(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande***

86 Waart Edo De - 2001(LI) - Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra**

87 Weigle Sebastian - 2004(LI) - Gran Teatro del Liceo**

88 Yeltsin Sergei Vitalevich - 1962(SE) - Kirov Theatre*

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Michail Svetlev

Marina - Lucia Valentini-Terrani

Pimen - Nicola Ghiuselev

Varlaam - Ruggero Raimondi

Shuisky - Philip Langridge

Missail - Florindo Andreolli

Rangoni - John Shirley-Quirk

Fyodor - Helga Müller(-Molinari)

Xenia - Alida Ferrarini

Hostess - Fedora Barbieri

Simpleton - Carlo Gaifa

Tchelkalov - Luigi De Corato

Krushchov - Aronne Ceroni

Nurse - Eleonora Jankovic

Nikitich - Alfredo Giacomotti

Mityukha - Giovanni Savoiardo

Lavitsky - Giuseppe Morresi

Cherniovsky - Carlo Meliciani

First Policeman - Giovanni Foiani

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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 021.254 {3CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86 [SS]

Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 p.69 [VH]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.32 [AV]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.84 [TF]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Mussorgsky's original orchestration (7 december 1979; see OPERA February 1980 pp.185-186). The year of this performance is given incorrectly as 1978 by Myto.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1993

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Slovak Philharmonic - Berlin Radio - Tölzer Singerknaben

Boris - Anatoly Kotcherga (Kocherga)

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Sergei Larin

Marina - Marjana Lipovsek

Pimen - Samuel Ramey

Varlaam - Gleb Nikolsky

Shuisky - Philip Langridge

Missail - Helmut Wildhaber

Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus

Fyodor - Liliana Nichiteanu

Xenia - Valentina Valente

Hostess - Elena Zaremba

Simpleton - Alexander Fedin

Tchelkalov - Albert Shagidullin

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Compact Disc - Sony «Classical» S3K 58977 {3CDS}

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1994 p.16 p.108 [AB]; July 1994 p.30

Opera - July 1994 p.889

Opera Now - July 1994 p.54

HiFi News & Record Review - September 1994 p.72

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.271

Orpheus - Juni 1994 S.59

Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.3 Spring 1996 p.138

Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.75

Diapason - No.405 juin 1994 p.140

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130

BBC Music Magazine - May 1994 p.67

Classic CD - July 1994 p.45

The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.137

Stereophile - January 1995 p.199

Répertoire - No.71 juillett/aoüt 1994 p.56

American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.135

Comments:- Original Orchestration. See The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books Sat July 23 1994 p.17

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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)

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Boris - Matti Salminen

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman

Marina - Viorica Cortez

Pimen - Gwynne Howell

Varlaam - Aage Haugland

Shuisky - Robert Tear

Missail - Florindo Andreolli

Rangoni - Luigi De Corato

Fyodor - Marijke Hendriks

Xenia - Christine Barbaux

Hostess - Jocelyne Taillon

Simpleton - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson

Tchelkalov - Hartmut Welker

Nurse - Arlette Chédel

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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 088 {3CDRS} (Australia)

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (May 1981; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juillet/aoüt 1981 No.41 p.39).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in German

Conductor Gerd Albrecht - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Boris - Martti Talvela

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman

Marina - Carol Wyatt

Pimen - Bengt Rundgren

Varlaam - Tomislav Neralic

Shuisky - Sven Olof Eliasson

Missail - Karl-Ernst Mercker

Rangoni - William Dooley

Xenia - Barbara Vogel

Hostess - Vera Little

Simpleton - David Knutson

Nurse - Sieglinde Wagner

Frontier Guard - Josef Becker

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Compact Disc - //House of Opera DVDM 145\\

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Video recording of a perfromance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (25 May 1985; see ORPHEUS August 1985 S.601-S.602). I thank Mr. Andrey Kovalev for drawing my attention to this recording.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Czech?

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in French

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Staatskapelle Berlin

Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper

Boris - René Pape

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Burkhard Fritz

Pimen - Alexander Vinogradov

Varlaam - Mikhail Petrenko

Shuisky - Stephan Rügamer

Xenia - Sylvia Schwartz

Hostess - Katharina Kammerloher

Simpleton - Pavol Breslik

Nurse - Rosemary Lang

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2362-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of the 1869 version in the Berlin State Opera (18 December 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in their list of «NEW RELEASES October 2006».

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman

Marina - Ruza Baldani

Pimen - Hans Sotin

Varlaam - Dimiter (Dimitar) Petkov

Shuisky - Giorgio Trucco

Missail - Florindo Andreolli

Rangoni - Noel Tyl

Fyodor - Hilda Harris

Xenia - Martha Finch-Monastero

Hostess - Lili Chookasian

Simpleton - David Gordon

Tchelkalov - J Patrick Raftery

Krushchov - William Mitchell

Nurse - Eva Dobrowska

Nikitich - Duane Clenton Carter

Mityukha - Terry Cook

Frontier Guard - John Stott

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOR 198001 {3CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (23 September 1980). The performance on 20 September 1980 is reviewed in OPERA March 1981 p.276. The cast listed above is that given in «Bravi - Lyric Opera of Chicago» by Skrebneski. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian & Italian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Semyon Bychkov - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Boris - John Tomlinson

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Sergei Larin

Marina - Olga Borodina

Pimen - Vladimir Vaneyev (Vaneev)

Varlaam - Vladimir Matorin

Shuisky - Hubert Delamboye

Missail - Voinarowski Voinarowski [Viacheslav Voynorovsky]

Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus

Fyodor - Tove Dahlberg

Xenia - Alish Tynan

Hostess - Ekaterina Gubanova

Simpleton - Toby Spence

Tchelkalov - Andrei Breus

Krushchov - John Bernays

Nurse - Frances McCafferty

Nikitich - Brindley Sherratt

Mityukha - Adrian Clarke

Lavitsky - Christopher Lackner

Cherniovsky - John Bernays

Frontier Guard - Brindley Sherratt

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Black Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1597-4 {4CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (October 2003). The performance on 22 September 2003 is reviewed in OPERA November 2003 pp.1407-1409. The performance on 11 October 2003 was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 11-17 October 2003 p.126. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases August 2004 Part II»

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Semyon Bychkov - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Ragazzi Cantori della Città di Firenze Associazione Musicale

Boris - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Torsten Kerl

Marina - Julia Gertseva

Pimen - Vladimir Vaneyev (Vaneev)

Varlaam - Vladimir Matorin

Shuisky - Philip Langridge

Missail - Voinarowski Voinarowski [Viacheslav Voynorovsky]

Rangoni - Valery Alexeev

Fyodor - Tove Dahlberg

Xenia - Julia Kleiter

Hostess - Francesca Franci

Simpleton - Yevgeny Akimov

Tchelkalov - Andrei Breus

Nurse - Margarita Nekrasova

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1798-4 {4CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (17 June 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their new releases dated 22 July 2005.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site on a Disc #6» {1xCD-ROM} (2005)ª

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Paul Daniel - 1997(SE)

Orchestra - Northern Philharmonia

Chorus - Opera North Chorus - Choristers of Leeds Parish Church

Boris - John Tomlinson

Pimen - Matthew Best

Varlaam - Clive Bayley

Shuisky - Stuart Kale

Fyodor - Susan Parry

Xenia - Joan Rodgers

Simpleton - Mark Curtis

Nurse - Yvonne Howard

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Compact Disc - Chandos CHAN 3007 {1CD}

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.89 [JW]

Opera - September 1998 p.1134 [RL]

HiFi News & Record Review - November 1998 p.84 [DN]

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.1 September/October 1998 p.264 [BP]

Orpheus - Januar 1999 S.57 [MWB]

Classic CD - July 1998 p.120 [MSR]

Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [PA]

BBC Music Magazine - August 1998 p.67 [CW]

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.79 [GM]

Comments:- Recording of excerpts of the original 1868-69 version in English except that thescene in Boris's appartments is from the 1872 version

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Odissei Akhillesovich Dimitriady - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko

Marina - Irina Arkhipova

Pimen - Victor De Narké

Varlaam - Juan Carlos Ortiz

Shuisky - Nino Falzetti

Missail - Italo Pasini

Rangoni - Eduardo Cittanti

Fyodor - Evelina Iacattuni

Xenia - María Altamura

Hostess - Alicia Andreadis

Simpleton - José Nait

Tchelkalov - Ricardo Catena

Krushchov - Luis Bento

Nurse - Luisa Bartoletti

Mityukha - Pino de Vescovi

First Jesuit - Fernando Lalli

Second Jesuit - Jorge Giabbanelli

Frontier Guard - Tulio Gagliardo

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Black Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1207

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (23 November 1975). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón ( - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (click link below) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

http:www.operas-colon.com.ar

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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; Brilliant Classics «Opera Collection» 93926 {3CDS} (2009)ª

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Max Epstein - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Chorus - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Boris - Paata Burchuladze

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Curtis Rayam

Pimen - Goran Simic

Varlaam - Jules Bastin

Shuisky - John Duykers

Missail - Douglas Perry

Fyodor - Robin Tabachnik

Xenia - Steffanie Pearce

Hostess - Lili Chookasian

Simpleton - Steven Cole

Tchelkalov - Lee Velta

Nurse - Elizabeth Walker

Nikitich - Andrij Dobriansky

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1300

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance of the original 1869 version given in The Academy of Music, Philadelphia (30 March 1987).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Mark Ermler - 1985(STU)

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre

Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Atlantov

Marina - Elena Obraztsova

Pimen - Anatoli Babikin

Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)

Shuisky - Konstantin Lisovsky

Missail - Konstantin Baskov

Rangoni - Yuri Mazurok

Fyodor - Olga Teruchnova

Xenia - Elena Shkolnikova

Hostess - Larissa Nikitina

Simpleton - Alexei Maslennikov

Tchelkalov - Alexander Voroshilo

Krushchov - Alexander Arkhipov

Nurse - Nina Grigorieva

Mityukha - I. Nizienko

First Policeman - Stanislav Suleymanev

Second Jesuit - Alexandre Ognivstev

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Black Disc - Melodiya A10 00137 008 {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 853/55 {3CDS}; Regis Records RRC 3006 {3CDS}

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 2005 p.127 [PO'C]

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.5 May/June 1989 p.257 (mention) [BP]

Comments:- *A recording of Rimsky Korsakov's version. The LPs issued by Melodiya are listed in «Soviet Records» Supplement to the Main Catalogue 1987 p.104. It is possible that the recording issued by Regis is different from that issued by Melodiya and Le Chant du Monde as the year it was made is given as 1981 and the singer of the role of Pimen is given as Alexander Ognivtsiev. The other singers are the same.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev - 1978-1983

Orchestra - USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus - «Spring» Studio Children's Chorus

Chorus - USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra

Boris - Alexander Verdernikov

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko

Marina - Irina Arkhipova

Pimen - Vladimir Matorin

Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)

Shuisky - Andrei Sokolov

Missail - Anatoly Mishutin

Rangoni - Yuri Mazurok

Fyodor - Glafira Koroleva

Xenia - Elena Shkolnikova

Hostess - Lyudmila Simonova

Simpleton - Janis Sporgis

Tchelkalov - Alexander Voroshilo

Krushchov - Yuri Elnikov

Nurse - Nina Grigorieva

Nikitich - Vladimir Filippov

Mityukha - Nikolai Nizinenkov

Lavitsky - Yuri Elnikov

Cherniovsky - Vladimir Silaev

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Black Disc; - Melodiya C10 20255 009 {4LPS}; Philips 412 281-1 {4LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette; - Philips 412 281-4 (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips 412 281-2 {3CDS} (1985)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1984 p.793 [AB]; March 1985 p.1117 [AB]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.162-165 [CH]

American Record Guide - January/February 1986 Vol.49 No.1 p.71 [RVL]

The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.366

Comments:- A recording of Mussorgsky's final version (1872). The LPs issued by Melodiya arelisted in «Soviet Records» Issue No.8 1984 p.10

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Edward Gardner - 2008(LI)

Orchestra - English National Opera

Chorus - English National Opera

Boris - Peter Rose

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Gregory Turay

Pimen - Brindley Sherratt

Varlaam - Jonathan Veira

Shuisky - John Graham-Hall

Missail - Antony Rich

Fyodor - Anna Grevelius

Xenia - Sophie Bevan

Hostess - Yvonne Howard

Simpleton - Robert Murray

Tchelkalov - David Stephenson

Nurse - Debora Davison

Nikitich - James Gower

Mityukha - Paul Napier-Burrows

Frontier Guard - Charles Johnston

Boyar in Attendance - Philip Daggett

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3689-3 {3CDRS} (2009)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 London Coliseum of the 1869 version in an English translation by David Lloyd-Jones (November 2008). The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their list of new CD releases - June 2009.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1990

Orchestra - Kirov Theatre (Leningrad)

Chorus - Kirov Theatre (Leningrad)

Boris - Robert Lloyd

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Alexei Steblianko

Marina - Olga Borodina

Pimen - Alexander Morozov

Varlaam - Vladimir Ognovienko

Shuisky - Evgeni Boitsov

Missail - Igor Yan

Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus

Fyodor - Larissa Diadkova

Xenia - Olga Kondina

Hostess - Ludmila Filatova

Simpleton - Vladimir Solodovnikov

Tchelkalov - Mikail Kit

Nurse - Evgenia Perlasova

Nikitich - Evgeny Fedotov

Mityukha - Grigory Karasev

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Laser Disc - Decca 071 409-1 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - Philips 075 089-9 (2002)ª; Philips 075 099-9 (+Ruslan and Ludmila +Prince Igor) (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette - London 440 071 509-3 (NTSC); Decca 440 071 409-3 (PAL)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1994 p.113; October 2002 p.101 [MSR]

Opera News - March 19 1994 p.42

Opéra International - No.272 octobre 2002 pp.68-69 [SS]

Diapason - No.402 mars 1994 p.100; No.500 février 2003 p.123 [MP]

International Record Review - October 2002 p.90 [GS]

BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.100, p.102 [MA]

Répertoire - No.174 décembre 2003/janvier 2004 p.51 [PB]

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1997(STU)

Orchestra - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)

Chorus - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)

Boris - Nikolai Putilin

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Viktor Lutsiuk

Pimen - Nikolai Okhotnikov

Varlaam - Fyodor Kuznetsov

Shuisky - Konstantin Pluzhnikov

Missail - Nikolai Gassiev

Fyodor - Zlata Bulycheva

Xenia - Olga Trifonova

Hostess - Liubov Sokolova

Simpleton - Yevgeny Akimov

Tchelkalov - Vassily Gerelo

Krushchov - Yuri Schikalov

Nurse - Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya

Nikitich - Grigory Karasev

Mityukha - Evgeny Nikitin

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Compact Disc; - Philips 462 230-2 (+Boris II) {5CDS} (1998)ª; Philips PHCP 11178-82 (+Boris II) {5CDS} (Japan)

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.124 [JW]

Opera Now - March/April 1999 p.100 [ST]

HiFi News & Record Review - February 1999 p.77 [DN]

Opera News - May 1999 p.68 [JBY]; July 1999 p.8 (letter)

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.328-330 [BP]

Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.50 [CR]

Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.48 [PK]

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.78 [EG]

Classical Express - Issue 106 January 1999 p.4 [HB]

Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.55 [GB]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.79 [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.94 [MC]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.118 febrero 1999 p.45 [JPS]

Musica (Milano) - N.112 Anno 23 giugno-luglio 1999 p.79 [SH]

Das Opernglas - Dezember 1998 S.70 [PS]

Comments:- Recording of a performance of what is claimed to be the original (1868-9) version (Boris I). See however the letter by Robert J. Dennis in OPERA NEWS July1999 p.8

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1997(STU)

Orchestra - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)

Chorus - Kirov Theatre (St. Petersburg)

Boris - Vladimir Vaneyev (Vaneev)

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Galouzine (Galusin)

Marina - Olga Borodina

Pimen - Nikolai Okhotnikov

Varlaam - Fyodor Kuznetsov

Shuisky - Konstantin Pluzhnikov

Missail - Nikolai Gassiev

Rangoni - Evgeny Nikitin

Fyodor - Zlata Bulycheva

Xenia - Olga Trifonova

Hostess - Liubov Sokolova

Simpleton - Yevgeny Akimov

Tchelkalov - Vassily Gerelo

Krushchov - Yuri Schikalov

Nurse - Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya

Mityukha - Evgeny Nikitin

Lavitsky - Andrei Karabanov

Cherniovsky - Yuri Laptev

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Compact Disc; - Philips 462 230-2 (+Boris I) {5CDS} (1998)ª; Philips PHCP 11178-82 (+Boris I) {5CDS} (Japan)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.124 [JW]

Opera Now - March/April 1999 p.100 [ST]

HiFi News & Record Review - February 1999 p.77 [DN]

Opera News - May 1999 p.68 [JBY]; July 1999 p.8 (letter)

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.328-330 [BP]

Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.50 [CR]

Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.48 [PK]

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.78 [EG]

Classical Express - Issue 106 January 1999 p.4 [HB]

Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.55 [GB]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.79 [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.94 [MC]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.118 febrero 1999 p.45 [JPS]

Musica (Milano) - N.112 Anno 23 giugno-luglio 1999 p.79 [SH]

Das Opernglas - Dezember 1998 S.70 [PS]

Comments:- Recording of a performance of what is claimed to be the (1872) version (Boris II). See however the letter by Robert J. Dennis in OPERA NEWS July 1999 p.8

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Samuel Ramey

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Sergei Larin

Marina - Olga Borodina

Pimen - Paul Plishka

Varlaam - Vladimir Ognovienko

Shuisky - Konstantin Pluzhnikov

Missail - Nikolai Gassiev

Rangoni - Sergei Leiferkus

Fyodor - Nicholas Frisch

Xenia - Korliss Uecker

Hostess - Sandra Walker

Simpleton - Josef Shalamayev

Tchelkalov - Alan Held

Krushchov - Matthew Polenzani

Nurse - Jane Shaulis

Nikitich - Richard Vernon

Mityukha - Hao Jiang Tian

Lavitsky - Jung-Hack Seo

Cherniovsky - Tony Stevenson

Frontier Guard - Daniel Sumegi

Boyar in Attendance - Anthony Dean Griffey

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 538 {3CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *The recording issued by Celestial Audio appears to be of a performance, with orchestration by Igor Buketoff, at the MET on 3 January 1998 which was broadcast, but the year is given as 2005 on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). See OPERA March 1968 p.304.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in German

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in German

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Boris Khaikin - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre

Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko

Marina - Irina Arkhipova

Pimen - Valery Yaroslavtsev

Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)

Shuisky - Andrei Sokolov

Missail - Vitali Vlassov

Fyodor - Glafira Koroleva

Xenia - Galina Kalinina

Hostess - Larissa Nikitina

Simpleton - Alexei Maslennikov

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DVD (Video) - Via Classic 5 99278-9 (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Kultur 1183 (+BETA) (NTSC)

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - March 14 1987 p.49 [TE]

Classica Répertoire - No.62 mai 2004 p.121 [PF]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.92 [JS]

Comments:- Recording of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's version in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Dmitri Kitaienko - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Danish National Radio Choir

Boris - Aage Haugland

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Stig (Fogh) Andersen

Pimen - Aage Haugland

Varlaam - Aage Haugland

Shuisky - Heinz Zednik

Missail - Erik Harbo

Fyodor - Annemarie Moller

Xenia - Susse Lillesoe

Hostess - Minna Nyhus

Tchelkalov - Guido Paëvatalu

Nurse - Minna Nyhus

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Compact Disc - Kontrapunkt 32036-32037 {2CDS}

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1990 p. [JW]

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (27 February 1986). Mussorgsky's original orchestration is used and most of the performance is of the 1868-69 version, butthe scene in Boris's appartments is from the 1872 version. The scene outside St.Basil's Cathedral is omitted

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Yevgeny Kolobov - 1991(FI)

Orchestra - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre

Chorus - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre

Boris - Vladimir Matorin

Grigory (False Dmitry) - V. Osipov

Marina - Yu. Abakumovskaya

Pimen - V. Kirnos

Varlaam - Vladimir Svistov

Shuisky - Voinarowski Voinarowski [Viacheslav Voynorovsky]

Missail - N. Deminov

Fyodor - Sasha Belyaev

Xenia - T. Yas'ko

Tchelkalov - A. Kichigin

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DVD (Video) - Videoland Klassik VLRT 055 (2001)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - August + September 2001 S.96 [SS]

Classica Répertoire - No.60 mars 2004 p.123 [PF]

Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Olga Ivanova

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Bernhard Kontarsky - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Boris - Julian Konstantinov

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Andrei Lantsov

Pimen - Alexander Anisimov

Varlaam - Fyodor Kuznetsov

Shuisky - Graham Clark

Missail - Bernard van der Meersch

Fyodor - Anke Vondung

Xenia - Rachel Harnisch

Hostess - Irina Chistyakova

Simpleton - Vsevolod Grivnov

Tchelkalov - Armand Arapian

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1434-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (September or October 2003). The performance on 29 September 2003 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.284 novembre 2003 pp.38-39. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases late July-August 2004».

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Kazimierz Kord - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Martti Talvela

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman

Marina - Mignon Dunn

Pimen - Paul Plishka

Varlaam - Fernando Corena

Shuisky - Robert Nagy

Missail - Philip Booth

Rangoni - Morley Meredith

Fyodor - Robert Sapolsky

Xenia - Loretta Di Franco

Hostess - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Simpleton - Andrea Velis

Tchelkalov - Allan Monk

Nurse - Shirley Love

Nikitich - Andrij Dobriansky

Mityukha - Philip Booth

Lavitsky - Robert Goodloe

Cherniovsky - Charles Anthony

Frontier Guard - Richard Best

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 22578 (BRO 125742) {3CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 February 1978).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in German

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Alexander Lazarev - 1987

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre

Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladislav Piavko

Marina - Tamara Sinyavskaya

Pimen - Alexander Vedernikov

Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)

Shuisky - Vladimir Kudriashov

Missail - Alexander Arkhipov

Fyodor - Tatyana Yerastova

Xenia - Nina Lebendeva

Hostess - Larissa Nikitina

Simpleton - Alexander Fedin

Tchelkalov - Yuri Mazurok

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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-88-207 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 51011-1851-2 (2006)ª; Kultur 6991811 (USA) (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Castle CVI 2041(PAL)

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - March 1989 p.370 [NG]

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2006 S.68 [GH]; September+Oktober 2006 S.70 [MK2]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.196-198 [TE]

Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 p.115 [MP]

The Classical Video Guide - p.71

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.209 ottobre 2006 pp.74-77 (DVD) [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.81 [MCP]

Comments:- A Video Recording of Rimsky-Korsakov's version

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in German

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor David Lloyd-Jones - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - English National Opera

Chorus - English National Opera

Boris - Richard Van Allan

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Henry Howell

Marina - Elizabeth Connell

Pimen - John Tomlinson

Varlaam - Dennis Wicks

Shuisky - Robert Ferguson

Missail - Edward Byles

Rangoni - Geoffrey Chard

Fyodor - Fiona Kimm

Xenia - Patricia O'Neill

Hostess - Noreen Berry

Simpleton - Stuart Kale

Tchelkalov - Patrick Wheatley

Krushchov - John Kitchiner

Nurse - Anne Collins

Mityukha - John Kitchiner

First Policeman - Ian Comboy

Second Policeman - John Gibbs

First Jesuit - Alan Woodrow

Second Jesuit - John Gibbs

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Compact Disc - Oriel Music Society OMS 032/3 {3CDRS}

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 London Coliseum, sung in an English translation by the conductor (13 December 1980)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in German

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

Compact Disc - Denon COCO 84434 {1CD} (Japan)

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

www.newlookat.com

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian & Serbian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian & Bulgarian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Rouslan Raichev - 1980

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Boris - Ruggero Raimondi

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Wieslaw Ochman

Marina - Viorica Cortez

Pimen - Peter Meven

Varlaam - Aage Haugland

Shuisky - Kenneth Riegel

Missail - Charles Burles

Rangoni - Roger Soyer

Fyodor - Zehava Gal

Xenia - Christine Barbaux

Hostess - Anna Ringart

Simpleton - Michel Sénéchal

Tchelkalov - Ernest Blanc

Nurse - Jocelyne Taillon

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Laser Disc; - Nihon Monitor (NMC) LSZS 00160 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 47;; (Japanese NTSC) (1995)ª

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6165 (2007)ª

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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 Shostakovich's version in the Palais Garnier (See OPERA August 1980 p.760). The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 21 May 2007.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - National Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Choral Arts Society of Washington - Oratorio Society oF Washington - Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus

Boris - Ruggero Raimondi

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vyscheslav Polozov

Marina - Galina Vishnevskaya

Pimen - Paul Plishka

Varlaam - Romauld Tesarowicz

Shuisky - Kenneth Riegel

Missail - Misha Raitzin

Rangoni - Nikita Storojew

Fyodor - Matthew Adam Fish

Xenia - Catherine Dubosc

Hostess - Galina Vishnevskaya

Simpleton - Nicolai Gedda

Tchelkalov - Lajos Miller

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Compact Cassette; - ERATO 2292-45418-4 (1990)ª

Compact Disc; - ERATO 2292-45418-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª

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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 1990 p.[JW]

American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.90 [KM]

Stereophile - January 1991 (Vol.14 No.1) p.261

Comments:- Original orchestration with scenes from both the 1869 and 1872 versions

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Robert Satanowski - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Atlantov

Marina - Brigitte Fassbaender

Pimen - Kolos Kováts

Varlaam - Oskar Czerwenka

Shuisky - Waldemar Kmentt

Missail - Horst Nitsche

Rangoni - Yuri Mazurok

Fyodor - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)

Xenia - Sona Ghazarian

Hostess - Margarita Lilowa

Simpleton - Heinz Zednik

Tchelkalov - Hans Helm

Krushchov - Kurt Equiluz

Nurse - Biserka Cvejic

Nikitich - Reid Bunger

Cherniovsky - Alfred Sramek

Frontier Guard - Alfred Sramek

Boyar in Attendance - Karl Terkal

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10313-3 (3CDRS} (2008)ª

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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 performancce at the Vienna State Opera (21 February 1976). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Robert Satanowski - 1985?(STU)

Orchestra - Warsaw National Opera

Chorus - Warsaw National Opera

Boris - Anatoly Kotcherga (Kocherga)

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vitaly Tarastchenko

Marina - Ryszarda Racewicz

Pimen - Jerzy Ostapiuk

Varlaam - Marek Wojciechowski

Shuisky - Kazimierz Pustelak

Missail - Piotr Czajkowski

Rangoni - Ryszard Ciesia

Fyodor - Elizbieta Panko

Xenia - Izabella Klosinska

Hostess - Jadwiga Teresa Stephen

Simpleton - Krzysztof Szmyt

Tchelkalov - Jan Dobosz

Nurse - Krystyna Dobosz

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Black Disc - Capriccio C 50 140 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Capriccio C 5014011-3 {3CDS}; Laserlight 14 116 (highlights) {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 publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.17 No.6 July/August 1994 p.194 (highlights)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Martti Talvela

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Harry Theyard

Marina - Mignon Dunn

Pimen - Paul Plishka

Varlaam - Donald Gramm

Shuisky - Robert Nagy

Missail - Paul Franke

Rangoni - William Dooley

Fyodor - Paul Offenkrantz

Xenia - Betsy Norden

Hostess - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Simpleton - Andrea Velis

Tchelkalov - Lenus Carlson

Krushchov - Robert Schmorr

Nurse - Cynthia Munzer

Nikitich - Andrij Dobriansky

Mityukha - Edmond Karlsrud

Lavitsky - Robert Goodloe

Cherniovsky - William Mellow

Frontier Guard - Richard Best

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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 12575 {3CDRS}

Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1975). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the conductor is given as Carlo Franci, but Schippers is given in the MET Annals.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in German

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

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Jerzy Semkow - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Polish Radio Chorus Cracow - Cracow Philharmonic Boys' Chorus

Boris - Martti Talvela

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Nicolai Gedda

Marina - Bozena Kinasz

Pimen - Leonard Mróz

Varlaam - Aage Haugland

Shuisky - Bogdan Paprocki

Missail - Kazimierz Pustelak

Rangoni - Andrzej Hiolski

Fyodor - Vera Baniewicz

Xenia - Halina Lukomska

Hostess - Stefania Toczyska

Simpleton - Paulos Raptis

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel» SLS 1000 {4LPS} (1977)ª; Angel SDLX 3844 {4LPS}; HMV «Greensleeve» ESD 1436171 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Cassette - HMV «Angel» TC-SLS 1000; HMV TC-ESD 1436174

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 54377-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª; EMI 5 09178 {3CDS} (2008)ª

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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 1977 p.405 p.482 [JW]; December 1977 p.1149 [IM]; January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; January 1978 p.1307 [JB]; February 1984 p. [JW]; May 1994 p.108 [AB]

Opera Now - June 1994 p.52

Opera News - May 2008 pp.82-83 [DS]

Fanfare - Vol.1 No.2 November 1977 p.39 [BP]; Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.271; August Vol.38 No.6 July/August 2008 p.207 [BB]

Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.126

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.130

BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.83

Stereophile - June 1994 p.170

Répertoire - No.66 February 1994 p.61

American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.136

Comments:- Original Orchestration but includes scenes from both the 1869 and 1872 versions

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Yuri Simonov - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre

Boris - Evgeny Nesterenko

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Atlantov

Marina - Elena Obraztsova

Pimen - Mark Reshetin

Varlaam - Artur Eisen (Eizen)

Shuisky - Andrei Sokolov

Xenia - Tamara Sorokina

Simpleton - Alexei Maslennikov

Tchelkalov - Yuri Mazurok

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00350

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 206 (Russian Opera) {1xCD-ROM} (2000)ª; Omega Opera Archive 2282

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 given by the Bolshoi Opera in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York (25 June 1975; see OPERA September 1975 pp.843-845). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 as well as recordings of three other performances of Boris Godunov with different casts given by the Bolshoi on 28 June, 4 and 8 July 1975. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian and Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Emil Tchakarov - 1986(STU)

Orchestra - Sofia Festival Orchestra

Chorus - Sofia National Opera

Boris - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Michail Svetlev

Marina - Stefka Mineva

Pimen - Nicola Ghiuselev

Varlaam - Dimiter (Dimitar) Petkov

Shuisky - Josef Frank

Missail - Dimiter (Dimitar) Petkov

Rangoni - Boris Martinovich

Fyodor - Rossitsa Troeva-Mircheva

Xenia - Liudmila Hadjieva

Hostess - Penka Dilova

Simpleton - Mincho Popov

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Compact Cassette - Sony 40-45763

Compact Disc - Sony S3K 45763

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 1992 p.159

Stereophile - November 1992 (Vol.15 No.11) p.225

Comments:- Original orchestration

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Edo De Waart - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand-Théâtre de Genève

Boris - Samuel Ramey

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Kim Begley

Marina - Vessela (Vesselina) Zorova

Pimen - John Tomlinson

Varlaam - Henk Smit

Shuisky - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson

Missail - Doug Jones

Fyodor - Eirian James

Hostess - Anne Collins

Tchelkalov - Gregory Yurisich

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Compact Disc; - Serenissima 360109; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1534-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 267

VHS Video Cassette - House of Opera Video 267 (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:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at Geneva (see OPERA August 1993 p.978; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 pp.411-42 & advert in OPERA NEWS December 10 1994 p.25). The Video cassette and DVD issued by House of Opera are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Edo De Waart - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - De Nederlandse Opera

Boris - John Tomlinson

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Christopher Ventris

Pimen - Frode Olsen

Varlaam - Henk Smit

Shuisky - Chris Merritt

Fyodor - Brian Asawa

Xenia - Juanita Lascarro

Hostess - Elzbieta Ardam

Simpleton - Alexei Grigorev

Nurse - Helga Dernesch

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 265

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 performance in Amsterdam of a version based mainly on the original, 1869, version, but with some additions from the 1872 version (June 2001; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.260 septembre 2001 pp.36-37; OPERA October 2001 pp.1242-1243). The year of the performance recorded is give incorrectly as 2002 in House of Opera's online catalogue. I thank Mr. Andrey Kovalev for drawing my attention to this recording.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Sebastian Weigle - 2004(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo - Cor del Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana

Boris - Matti Salminen

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Pär Lindskog

Pimen - Eric Halfvarson

Varlaam - Anatoly Kotcherga (Kocherga)

Shuisky - Philip Langridge

Missail - José Manuel Zapata

Fyodor - Brian Asawa

Xenia - Marie Arnet

Hostess - Itxaro Mentxaka

Simpleton - Francisco Vas

Tchelkalov - Albert Schagidulin

Nurse - Stefania Toczyska

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DVD (Video) - TDK DVWW OPBORIS (2006)ª

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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 2006 p.109 [DF2]

Opera News - November 2006 pp.71-72 [DS]

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.3 January/February 2007 pp.315-316 [CW]

Orpheus - 1+2 Januar + Februar 2007 S.69 [MK2]

Diapason - No 540 S octobre 2006 pp.132-133 [MP]

International Record Review - October 2006 pp.84-85 [MT]

American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.292 [CHP]

Opéra Magazine - No.11 octobre 2006 p.73 [FL-1]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.77 [MC]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.209 ottobre 2006 pp.74-77 (DVD) [GL]

Classica Répertoire - No.86 octobre 2006 p.116 [AT]

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (September or October 2004; see OPERA ACTUAL No.75 noviembre 2004 pp.42-43)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

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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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

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