Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
St. Petersburg Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg Chorus of the Kirov Opera, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Ognovienko, Vladimir Galusin
(Scene 1) "Catch me! Catch me!"
Valery Gergiev, Olga Korzhenskaya, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
The story of princess Lada: "This is the tale of the valiant hero, Gorinya"
Olga Korzhenskaya, Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova, Valery Gergiev, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich
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, Georgy Zastavny, Nikolai Gassiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Vladimir Galusin, Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg
(Scene 1) "Our terrible tsar rides to Mighty Pskov"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
"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!"
Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Olga Korzhenskaya, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
"I have been meaning to ask you"
(Scene 1) "Ah, you dear, most leafy oak forest"
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Ludmilla Filatova
"Alone, in the wood"
Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Nikolai Gassiev, Vladimir Galusin, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg
(Scene 2) "So, I have pardoned Pskov"
Yevgeny Fedotov, Mariinsky Orchestra, Nikolai Gassiev, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko
"Hello there, Olga Ivanovna."
"The weeping and the sorrow of a maiden"
Vladimir Ognovienko, Mariinsky Orchestra, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Yevgeny Fedotov, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg
"You reckless girl!"
Valery Gergiev, Yuri Laptev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Vladimir Ognovienko, 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