"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Oratorio Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra, Washington Choral Arts Society
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Oratorio Society of Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Lajos Miller, Oratorio Society of Washington, Washington Choral Arts Society, National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Washington Choral Arts Society, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra
"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich, Washington Choral Arts Society, Kenneth Riegel, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra
"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Ruggero Raimondi, National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kenneth Riegel, Washington Choral Arts Society, Oratorio Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
Vyacheslav Polozov, Paul Plishka, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich, Washington Choral Arts Society, Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra
"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Vyacheslav Polozov, National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Plishka
"Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)
Vyacheslav Polozov, Paul Plishka, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra
"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
Vyacheslav Polozov, National Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Washington, Washington Choral Arts Society, Mstislav Rostropovich, Paul Plishka, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Galina Vishnevskaya, Vyacheslav Polozov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Romuald Tesarowicz, National Symphony Orchestra, Misha Raitzin
"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, Romuald Tesarowicz
"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
Romuald Tesarowicz, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra, Galina Vishnevskaya, Vyacheslav Polozov
"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Misha Raitzin, Vyacheslav Polozov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Romuald Tesarowicz, National Symphony Orchestra, Galina Vishnevskaya, Stefan Szkafarowsky
"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Misha Raitzin, Stefan Szkafarowsky, Romuald Tesarowicz, National Symphony Orchestra
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, Matthew Adam Fish, Catherine Dubosc
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
Mira Zakai, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Adam Fish, Mira Zakai, Mstislav Rostropovich
"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Matthew Adam Fish, National Symphony Orchestra, Ruggero Raimondi, Catherine Dubosc
"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
Mira Zakai, Ruggero Raimondi, Mstislav Rostropovich, Matthew Adam Fish, Thomas Booth, National Symphony Orchestra
"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
Matthew Adam Fish, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ruggero Raimondi, National Symphony Orchestra
"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
Kenneth Riegel, Ruggero Raimondi, Mstislav Rostropovich, Matthew Adam Fish, National Symphony Orchestra
"No, I cannot ... I cannot, my child! Tsarevich, obey!" (Boris, Shuisky)
"Why, you do not believe me?" (Shuisky)
"Enough! Oh, I can hardly breathe!" (Boris)
"On the azure Vistula under a shady willow" (Chorus, Marina)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Oratorio Society of Washington, Galina Vishnevskaya, Washington Choral Arts Society, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra
"Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)
"I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)
"Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni)
Galina Vishnevskaya, National Symphony Orchestra, Nikita Storozhev, Mstislav Rostropovich
"At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Vyacheslav Polozov, Nikita Storozhev, National Symphony Orchestra
"Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington, Nikita Storozhev, National Symphony Orchestra, Galina Vishnevskaya, Washington Choral Arts Society, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich
"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
Galina Vishnevskaya, National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vyacheslav Polozov
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Washington, Washington Choral Arts Society, Richard Cowan
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
National Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Washington Choral Arts Society, Mstislav Rostropovich, Nicolai Gedda
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Washington, Nicolai Gedda, Kenneth Riegel, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Washington Choral Arts Society, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ruggero Raimondi
"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Riegel, Washington Choral Arts Society, Mstislav Rostropovich
"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Washington Choral Arts Society, Kenneth Riegel, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra
"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Ruggero Raimondi, National Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kenneth Riegel, Washington Choral Arts Society, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Gracious Sovereign! ... My story will be simple and short" (Shuisky, Boris, Pimen)
"Oh, I can't breathe! ... Lord! Lord! Look down, I beseech Thee" (Boris)
"Weep, weep, people" (Chorus, Boris, Fyodor)
Mstislav Rostropovich, Washington Choral Arts Society, Oratorio Society of Washington, Matthew Adam Fish, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra, Ruggero Raimondi
"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society, National Symphony Orchestra, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich, Oratorio Society of Washington
"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Oratorio Society of Washington, Washington Choral Arts Society, Nicolai Gedda
"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra, Romuald Tesarowicz, Washington Choral Arts Society, Oratorio Society of Washington, Misha Raitzin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
National Symphony Orchestra, Washington Choral Arts Society, Oratorio Society of Washington, Misha Raitzin, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich, Romuald Tesarowicz
"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
Jacques Trigeau, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Washington Choral Arts Society, Michel Pastor, Oratorio Society of Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra
"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
Oratorio Society of Washington, Vyacheslav Polozov, National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, Michel Pastor, Thomas Booth, Nicolai Gedda, Washington Choral Arts Society, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Romuald Tesarowicz, Jacques Trigeau, Misha Raitzin