Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
St. Petersburg Chorus of the Kirov Opera, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, St. Petersburg Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, Vladimir Ognovienko, Vladimir Galusin
(Scene 1) "Catch me! Catch me!"
Galina Gorchakova, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich, Olga Korzhenskaya, Ludmilla Filatova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
The story of princess Lada: "This is the tale of the valiant hero, Gorinya"
Olga Korzhenskaya, Ludmilla Filatova, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Song of Mikhailo Tucha: "Let me hear your call"
"Here, in the garden, it's cooler than indoors"
(Scene 2) "Who's called us to this meeting?"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Vladimir Galusin, Nikolai Gassiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Georgy Zastavny, Valery Gergiev
(Scene 1) "Our terrible tsar rides to Mighty Pskov"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra
"The bells ring within the walls"
Galina Gorchakova, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
(Scene 2) Intermezzo - "Should I enter, or not?
"Tsar and ruler, we serve you!"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Mariinsky Orchestra, Olga Korzhenskaya, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Galina Gorchakova
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
"I have been meaning to ask you"
(Scene 1) "Ah, you dear, most leafy oak forest"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova
"Alone, in the wood"
Nikolai Gassiev, Galina Gorchakova, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra
(Scene 2) "So, I have pardoned Pskov"
Nikolai Gassiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Yevgeny Fedotov, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko
"Hello there, Olga Ivanovna."
"The weeping and the sorrow of a maiden"
Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Galina Gorchakova, Yevgeny Fedotov, Vladimir Galusin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra
"You reckless girl!"
Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Yuri Laptev, Mariinsky Orchestra
Production
- Anna BarryProducer
- Hermine SterringaAssistant Producer
- Onno ScholtzeBalance Engineer
- Jean-Marie GeijsenEngineer
- Jaap de JongEngineer
- Jean-Jacques VellyEditing Engineer
- Gosia JankowskaEditing Engineer
- Nico de KoningEngineer
- Jan WesselinkEngineer
- Robert LaytonLiner Notes
- Valentin M. BaranovskyPhotography
- Andre RauPhotography
- Nick BriggsPhotography