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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Excerpts); Pictures at an Exhibition
 
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Excerpts); Pictures at an Exhibition

~ George London (Bass), Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Eugene Ormandy (Conductor), Thomas Schippers (Conductor), Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), et al.
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  • Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Conductor: Eugene Ormandy, Thomas Schippers
  • Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • Audio CD (19 Jun 2006)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • ASIN: B000F6YW2Q
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 148,794 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Prologue, Scene 2 (The square in the Moscow Kremlin): Da zdrávstvuyet Tsar Borís Feódorovich! [Prince Shuiski: Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich!]Bliss Hebert 1:52£0.69
Listen  2. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Uzh kak na nébe sólntsu krásnomu [Even as glory to the radiant sun]Bliss Hebert 2:49£0.69
Listen  3. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Skorbit dushá! [My soul is torn with anguish!]Bliss Hebert 3:17£0.69
Listen  4. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Sláva! [Glory!]Bliss Hebert 1:28£0.69
Listen  5. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Boris' Monologue from Act II: Dostig ya vïsshey vlasti [I have attained the highest power]Bliss Hebert 6:01£0.69
Listen  6. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Dialogue and Hallucination Scene from Act II: Ty zachém? [What do you want?]Bliss Hebert 1:02£0.69
Listen  7. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Velíkii gosudár, chelóm byu [Mighty lord...]Bliss Hebert 5:52£0.69
Listen  8. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Ne kázen strashná, strashná tvoyá nemílost [It is not death that is hard to bear…]Bliss Hebert 1:44£0.69
Listen  9. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Uf tyazheló! [God, how stifling it's become!]Bliss Hebert 3:45£0.69
Listen10. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Bori's Farewell to his Son and Death of Boris from Act IV: Scene II: Ostav'te nas! Ujdite vse! [Need english translation] (Excerpts)Bliss Hebert 6:33£0.69
Listen11. Scenes from Boris Godunov/Zvon!...Pogrebálnyi zvon! [Listen! It's ringing!...The funeral bell is ringing!] (Excerpts)Bliss Hebert 4:11£0.69
Listen12. Pictures at an Exhibition/Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenutoEugene Ormandy 1:33£0.69
Listen13. Pictures at an Exhibition/I. Gnomus (The Gnome). VivoEugene Ormandy 2:37£0.69
Listen14. Pictures at an Exhibition/Promenade. Moderato comodo e con delicatezzaEugene Ormandy0:55£0.69
Listen15. Pictures at an Exhibition/II. Il vecchio castello (The old castle). Andante molto cantabile e con doloreEugene Ormandy 4:32£0.69
Listen16. Pictures at an Exhibition/Promenade. Moderato non tanto, pesamenteEugene Ormandy0:31£0.69
Listen17. Pictures at an Exhibition/III. Tuileries (Children's dispute after game). Allegretto non troppo, capricciosoEugene Ormandy 1:01£0.69
Listen18. Pictures at an Exhibition/IV. Bydlo. Sempre moderato, pesanteEugene Ormandy 2:16£0.69
Listen19. Pictures at an Exhibition/Promenade. TranquilloEugene Ormandy0:42£0.69
Listen20. Pictures at an Exhibition/V. Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques (Ballet of the unhatched chickens). Scherzino: Vivo leggieroEugene Ormandy 1:14£0.69
Listen21. Pictures at an Exhibition/VI. Samuel Goldenburg and Schmuyle. AndanteEugene Ormandy 2:20£0.69
Listen22. Pictures at an Exhibition/VII. Limoges: le marché (The market place of Limoges). Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzandoEugene Ormandy 1:25£0.69
Listen23. Pictures At An Exhibition/VIII. Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum (Catacombs: A Roman Grave). LargoEugene Ormandy 1:41£0.69
Listen24. Pictures at an Exhibition/Cum mortuis in lingua morta (With the dead in a dead language). Andante non troppo, con lamentoEugene Ormandy 1:42£0.69
Listen25. Pictures at an Exhibition/IX. La cabane de Baba-Yaga sur des pattes de poule (The hut of Baba-Yaga on chicken's legs). Allegro con brio, feroce - Andante mosso - Allegro moltoEugene Ormandy 3:44£0.69
Listen26. Pictures at an Exhibition/X. La grande porte de Kiev (The great gate of Kiev). Allegro alla breve. Maestoso. Con grandezzaEugene Ormandy 4:51£0.69

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great performances in a "sonic spectacular" at a bargain price, 20 Dec 2008
By Ralph Moore (Bishop's Stortford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a record on which everything works: the performances, the engineering, the programming - and, mirabile dictu, all at a bargain price.

If you do not have George London's complete 1963 recording of "Boris", these excerpts of his finest role, honed to perfection over ten years until it became one of the most affecting and spine-chilling characterisations of the tortured tsar you could ever wish to hear, form an excellent alternative. It is no surprise to learn that London was Birgit Nilsson's favourite singing partner; that magnificent bass-baritone encompasses every facet of the more complex 1872 version of Boris (in Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestration,of course - not that that matters). He fines his huge voice down for the tender moments, inflects the words with groans and cries without offending musicality and is truly frightening in his anguished delusions. (Is it too fanciful to remark that, given that London died prematurely from heart disease, there is a poignant, proleptic significance in the authenticity of London's acting of Boris' collapse and death?) The liner notes are a charming, informative and perceptive essay by London himself; I only wish space had been found for a libretto. As a performance, I certainly do not find his interpretation inferior to that of such distinguished colleagues as Christoff or Talvela.

The conducting of Thomas Schippers - another great artist whose career was cut short by his death from lung cancer aged 46 - is as vital and responsive as one could wish. The orchestral playing is sonorous and flexible. The chorus are willing if a little well-mannered and lacking Russian vibrancy - but that matters little; this is London's show, although his supporting singers are more than adequate.

As if all this were not enough, this disc also supplies perhaps what is still the finest recorded performance of Mussorgsky's "Pictures". The sonic quality is astonishing for 1966; the Columbia engineers do us proud. Ormandy works his celebrated magic with the Philadelphia Orchestra: the sound is warm, shimmering and translucent, beautifully balanced, with all the parts emerging clearly. Ormandy builds to a thunderous climax in the "Great Gate of Kiev" (which was never built!); the chimes, timpani and brass are overwhelming without losing clarity and the listener misses no detail despite the excitement. (Let me also recommend another favorite Ormandy/Philadelphia recording: the 1960 Strauss "Heldenleben" - an overwhelming version.)
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