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