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