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