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