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