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