Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
St. Petersburg Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, Vladimir Ognovienko, St. Petersburg Chorus of the Kirov Opera, Vladimir Galusin, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev
(Scene 1) "Catch me! Catch me!"
Olga Korzhenskaya, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
The story of princess Lada: "This is the tale of the valiant hero, Gorinya"
Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova, Olga Korzhenskaya, Valery Gergiev, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich
Song of Mikhailo Tucha: "Let me hear your call"
"Here, in the garden, it's cooler than indoors"
(Scene 2) "Who's called us to this meeting?"
Nikolai Gassiev, Vladimir Galusin, Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Valery Gergiev, Georgy Zastavny, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg
(Scene 1) "Our terrible tsar rides to Mighty Pskov"
Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra
"The bells ring within the walls"
Ludmilla Filatova, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Galina Gorchakova, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
(Scene 2) Intermezzo - "Should I enter, or not?
"Tsar and ruler, we serve you!"
Olga Korzhenskaya, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Ognovienko
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
"I have been meaning to ask you"
(Scene 1) "Ah, you dear, most leafy oak forest"
Ludmilla Filatova, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
"Alone, in the wood"
Nikolai Gassiev, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Galina Gorchakova
(Scene 2) "So, I have pardoned Pskov"
Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Yevgeny Fedotov, Vladimir Ognovienko, Nikolai Gassiev
"Hello there, Olga Ivanovna."
"The weeping and the sorrow of a maiden"
Yevgeny Fedotov, Vladimir Ognovienko, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova
"You reckless girl!"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Yuri Laptev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra
Production
- Anna BarryProducer
- Hermine SterringaAssistant Producer
- Onno ScholtzeBalance Engineer
- Jean-Marie GeijsenEngineer
- Jaap de JongEngineer
- Jean-Jacques VellyEditing Engineer
- Gosia JankowskaEditing Engineer
- Nico de KoningEngineer
- Jan WesselinkEngineer
- Robert LaytonLiner Notes
- Valentin M. BaranovskyPhotography
- Andre RauPhotography
- Nick BriggsPhotography