‎Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh by St. Petersburg Orchestra of the Kirov Opera

Introduction "In Praise of the Wilderness"

Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

3:06

Ah, dear forest deep

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

3:08

Where are you my friends

Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:20

Have no fear

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Yuri Marusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:57

Fairest maid, I cannot sit long here

Galina Gorchakova, Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:47

Who are you, good maiden

Yuri Marusin, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:43

Oh, my beautiful and virtuous maiden

Galina Gorchakova, Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:41

Day and night we praise

Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:42

Dearest, without joy how can we live

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

3:32

Oh, give praise

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Yuri Marusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:19

You my turtle dove

Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:13

When we came

Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

0:59

Oh, return to me

Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:00

in the field

Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

0:36

Where is your home

Galina Gorchakova, Nikolai Putilin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

1:45

Show us now

Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Gassiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

2:11

From deep Yara lake

Mikhail Kit, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:42

Lord, our God

Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Gassiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:58

Who are we

Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

1:12

Oh, you kindest masters

Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

2:04

What I cannot see is not for me

Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:18

Ringing, clanging comes the marriage train

Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Putilin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:18

Get away

Nikolai Putilin, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

2:39

Pray to our God

Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Nikolai Putilin, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

1:16

Down the highways

Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

3:26

Gaida! Gai!

Bulat Minjelkiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

2:13

If you will perform

Bulat Minjelkiev, Vladimir Galusin, Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Ognovienko, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:42

Gaida! Gai!

Vladimir Ognovienko, Vladimir Galusin, Galina Gorchakova, Bulat Minjelkiev, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

3:10

Peace tou you, good people of Kitezh

Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Nikolai Putilin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:44

Fyodor, brother

Nikolai Putilin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

1:56

Fyodor, brother

Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Putilin, Yuri Marusin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:18

How? how can she

Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Nikolai Putilin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:53

O glory, O wealth and vain earthly life

Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Mariinsky Orchestra

4:14

Heavenly and wonderful Tsaritsa

Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Nikolai Putilin, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

0:41

Rising to the sky

Valery Gergiev, Olga Korzhenskaya, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:03

Oh, how terrible the hand of God

Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Nikolai Putilin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:32

Sorrow to sad Kitezh

Valery Gergiev, Olga Korzhenskaya, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:43

Our great Kitezh ruined shamefully

Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Mariinsky Orchestra

0:55

Heavenly and wonderful Tsaritsa

Valery Gergiev, Olga Korzhenskaya, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

2:49

See, the will of God descends to earth

Nikolai Ohotnikov, Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:35

Rising they came, dark was the night

Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:01

Sisters, no more waiting

Nikolai Ohotnikov, Olga Korzhenskaya, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

4:20

Mist is rising thickly

Nikolai Putilin, Valery Gergiev, Olga Korzhenskaya, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:18

Interlude "The battle at Kerzhenets"

Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

4:23

See our oaken grove

Vladimir Ognovienko, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Bulat Minjelkiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

5:26

Oh, my Tartar comrades brave and true

Bulat Minjelkiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:09

Not ravens black

Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:12

Oh, dear sweetheart my love

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:45

Hear me, maiden fair

Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:05

No., I hear it still

Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:01

Can it be "Thank heaven", Grishenka

Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:45

Go free, o slave of God

Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:07

Oh, dear friends I am now free again

Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

4:06

Oh, now more can I walk

Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:55

I'm no sinner

Vladimir Galusin, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:25

Mother Earth

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Galusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

3:04

Woe is me

Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:29

Grishenka

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

3:05

Looking here, I see strange flowers

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:20

As I look I see strange flowers here

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:47

Hear the singing of the joyful birds

Valery Gergiev, Larissa Diadkova, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

3:58

You, can it be you my eyes behold

Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:05

Are you really here

Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:53

See how he has come

Valery Gergiev, Tatiana Krastsova, Galina Gorchakova, Yuri Marusin, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:20

He who takes our bread

Yuri Marusin, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

0:57

Christ, my Lord and Master

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:00

Interlude

Valery Gergiev, Tatiana Krastsova, Larissa Diadkova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:30

Interlude part 2

Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra

1:23

Doors to paradise

Tatiana Krastsova, Larissa Diadkova, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

0:46

Kingdom bright and beautiful

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:09

Over flowers, flowers of azure blue

Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

2:26

Lord have mercy on your soul

Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:23

Why this light so bright

Nikolai Putilin, Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Larissa Diadkova, Olga Korzhenskaya, Yuri Marusin, Galina Gorchakova, Tatiana Krastsova, Mariinsky Orchestra

2:27

Stay here with us now forever

Yuri Marusin, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Larissa Diadkova, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Tatiana Krastsova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

1:46

Stay here with us now forever

Galina Gorchakova, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Marusin, Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg

2:21

Grishenka, in spirit you are weak

Nikolai Putilin, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra

6:09

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Composer
Nikolai Ohotnikov

Bass
Nikolai Putilin

Vocals, Baritone
Galina Gorchakova

Soprano, Vocals
Valery Gergiev

Conductor

Anna Barry

Producer, Executive Producer
Jochen Rudelt

Editing Engineer
Nico de Koning

Recording Engineer, Engineer
Jan Wesselink

Recording Engineer, Engineer
Rico Yntema

Editing Engineer
Tjeerd Veeger

Editing Engineer
Evert Menting

Editing Engineer
Onno Scholtze

Engineer, Balance Engineer
Jean-Marie Geijsen

Recording Engineer, Engineer

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Ohotnikov

Nikolai Putilin

Galina Gorchakova

Valery Gergiev

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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh

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