Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Other albums by Mstislav Rostropovich
Review
- # Track Artist Length
- 1 Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:18
- 2 Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 4:40
- 3 Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 6:30
- 4 Boris Godunov, Prologue: "Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:16
- 5 Boris Godunov, Prologue: Coronation Scene. "Da zdravstvuet tsar Boris Fedorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 4:2
- 6 Boris Godunov, Prologue: "My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:53
- 7 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "One last narration" (Pimen) Mstislav Rostropovich 5:19
- 8 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen) Mstislav Rostropovich 1:59
- 9 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen) Mstislav Rostropovich 8:9
- 10 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory) Mstislav Rostropovich 6:13
- 11 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory) Mstislav Rostropovich 1:58
- 12 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:17
- 13 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:36
- 14 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:26
- 15 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess) Mstislav Rostropovich 4:51
- 16 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess) Mstislav Rostropovich 5:55
- 17 Boris Godunov, Act 1: "What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:23
- 18 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:26
- 19 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:49
- 20 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:18
- 21 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:44
- 22 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "How splendid, my son!" (Boris) Mstislav Rostropovich 5:15
- 23 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor) Mstislav Rostropovich 1:52
- 24 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris) Mstislav Rostropovich 1:44
- 25 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor) Mstislav Rostropovich 6:37
- 26 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "No, I cannot ... I cannot, my child! Tsarevich, obey!" (Boris, Shuisky) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:4
- 27 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Why, you do not believe me?" (Shuisky) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:16
- 28 Boris Godunov, Act 2: "Enough! Oh, I can hardly breathe!" (Boris) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:19
- 29 Boris Godunov, Act 3: "On the azure Vistula under a shady willow" (Chorus, Marina) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:10
- 30 Boris Godunov, Act 3: "Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina) Mstislav Rostropovich 1:52
- 31 Boris Godunov, Act 3: "I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:20
- 32 Boris Godunov, Act 3: "Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni) Mstislav Rostropovich 8:39
- 33 Boris Godunov, Act 3: "At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni) Mstislav Rostropovich 9:5
- 34 Boris Godunov, Act 3: "Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 5:29
- 35 Boris Godunov, Act 3: "It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender) Mstislav Rostropovich 11:13
- 36 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha) Mstislav Rostropovich 4:40
- 37 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:5
- 38 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 5:33
- 39 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:17
- 40 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:52
- 41 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:39
- 42 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 3:40
- 43 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Gracious Sovereign! ... My story will be simple and short" (Shuisky, Boris, Pimen) Mstislav Rostropovich 5:28
- 44 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Oh, I can't breathe! ... Lord! Lord! Look down, I beseech Thee" (Boris) Mstislav Rostropovich 6:51
- 45 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Weep, weep, people" (Chorus, Boris, Fyodor) Mstislav Rostropovich 4:15
- 46 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 4:44
- 47 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:21
- 48 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 1:10
- 49 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail) Mstislav Rostropovich 2:51
- 50 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus) Mstislav Rostropovich 1:34
- 51 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton) Mstislav Rostropovich 6:44

