"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Lajos Miller · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · 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 · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Kenneth Riegel · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Paul Plishka · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra
"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 · National Symphony Orchestra · Paul Plishka · Mstislav Rostropovich
"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Paul Plishka · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · Galina Vishnevskaya · Vyacheslav Polozov · Misha Raitzin · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · National Symphony Orchestra
"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Galina Vishnevskaya · Romuald Tesarowicz · Vyacheslav Polozov
"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Misha Raitzin · Mstislav Rostropovich · Stefan Szkafarowsky · Galina Vishnevskaya · National Symphony Orchestra · Romuald Tesarowicz · Vyacheslav Polozov
"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
Stefan Szkafarowsky · Misha Raitzin · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
Catherine Dubosc · Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
Mira Zakai · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · National Symphony Orchestra · Mira Zakai
"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
Ruggero Raimondi · Catherine Dubosc · Matthew Adam Fish · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
Mira Zakai · Matthew Adam Fish · Thomas Booth · Mstislav Rostropovich · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra
"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra · Matthew Adam Fish
"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
Matthew Adam Fish · Mstislav Rostropovich · Ruggero Raimondi · Kenneth Riegel · 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)
Galina Vishnevskaya · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich · 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 · Nikita Storozhev · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Mstislav Rostropovich · Nikita Storozhev · National Symphony Orchestra
"Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)
Nikita Storozhev · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Galina Vishnevskaya
"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Galina Vishnevskaya · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Richard Cowan · Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Mstislav Rostropovich · Kenneth Riegel · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra
"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Kenneth Riegel · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Kenneth Riegel · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra
"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Kenneth Riegel
"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)
Ruggero Raimondi · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Matthew Adam Fish · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra
"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra
"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda
"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Misha Raitzin · Oratorio Society of Washington · Romuald Tesarowicz
"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Misha Raitzin · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society
"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
Jacques Trigeau · Michel Pastor · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
Thomas Booth · Misha Raitzin · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Michel Pastor · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Jacques Trigeau · Vyacheslav Polozov