"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
Lajos Miller · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Kenneth Riegel · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich
"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Ruggero Raimondi · Mstislav Rostropovich · Kenneth Riegel
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
National Symphony Orchestra · Vyacheslav Polozov · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · Paul Plishka · Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington
"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Paul Plishka · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Mstislav Rostropovich · Paul Plishka · National Symphony Orchestra
"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · Paul Plishka · National Symphony Orchestra · Vyacheslav Polozov · Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington
"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Misha Raitzin · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra · Romuald Tesarowicz · Galina Vishnevskaya
"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · National Symphony Orchestra
"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
Galina Vishnevskaya · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz
"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Misha Raitzin · Vyacheslav Polozov · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · Galina Vishnevskaya · Stefan Szkafarowsky · National Symphony Orchestra
"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
National Symphony Orchestra · Misha Raitzin · Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · Stefan Szkafarowsky
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Catherine Dubosc · Matthew Adam Fish · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Mira Zakai
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · Mira Zakai
"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Catherine Dubosc · Matthew Adam Fish · Ruggero Raimondi
"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · Mira Zakai · Thomas Booth · Ruggero Raimondi
"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
Ruggero Raimondi · Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · National Symphony Orchestra
"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
Kenneth Riegel · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish
"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)
Galina Vishnevskaya · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)
"I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)
"Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni)
National Symphony Orchestra · Nikita Storozhev · Mstislav Rostropovich · Galina Vishnevskaya
"At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)
Nikita Storozhev · National Symphony Orchestra · Vyacheslav Polozov · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Nikita Storozhev · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Galina Vishnevskaya
"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Vyacheslav Polozov · Galina Vishnevskaya
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Richard Cowan · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
National Symphony Orchestra · Nicolai Gedda · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Nicolai Gedda · Kenneth Riegel · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Ruggero Raimondi · Washington Choral Arts Society
"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Kenneth Riegel · Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Kenneth Riegel
"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Kenneth Riegel · Ruggero Raimondi · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society
"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)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · Ruggero Raimondi · Washington Choral Arts Society
"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra
"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Nicolai Gedda · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra
"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
Misha Raitzin · National Symphony Orchestra · Romuald Tesarowicz · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Misha Raitzin · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz
"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Jacques Trigeau · Michel Pastor · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich
"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Thomas Booth · Jacques Trigeau · Misha Raitzin · Vyacheslav Polozov · Michel Pastor · Nicolai Gedda · National Symphony Orchestra · Romuald Tesarowicz · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus