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