Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
St. Petersburg Chorus of the Kirov Opera, Valery Gergiev, St. Petersburg Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Galusin, Vladimir Ognovienko
(Scene 1) "Catch me! Catch me!"
Olga Korzhenskaya, Valery Gergiev, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich, Ludmilla Filatova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Galina Gorchakova
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
The story of princess Lada: "This is the tale of the valiant hero, Gorinya"
Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova, Olga Korzhenskaya, 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?"
Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Nikolai Gassiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Georgy Zastavny
(Scene 1) "Our terrible tsar rides to Mighty Pskov"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
"The bells ring within the walls"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Ludmilla Filatova, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov
(Scene 2) Intermezzo - "Should I enter, or not?
"Tsar and ruler, we serve you!"
Olga Korzhenskaya, Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, 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"
Ludmilla Filatova, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg
"Alone, in the wood"
Mariinsky Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Nikolai Gassiev, Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Galusin, Valery Gergiev
(Scene 2) "So, I have pardoned Pskov"
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Nikolai Gassiev, Yevgeny Fedotov
"Hello there, Olga Ivanovna."
"The weeping and the sorrow of a maiden"
Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg, Yevgeny Fedotov, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Galusin, Vladimir Ognovienko, Mariinsky Orchestra, Galina Gorchakova
"You reckless girl!"
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ognovienko, Yuri Laptev, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg
Production
- Anna BarryProducer
- Hermine SterringaAssistant Producer
- Jean-Marie GeijsenEngineer
- Onno ScholtzeBalance Engineer
- 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