"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich· Oratorio Society of Washington· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Lajos Miller· Oratorio Society of Washington· National Symphony Orchestra· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Kenneth Riegel· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society
"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Ruggero Raimondi· Mstislav Rostropovich· Kenneth Riegel· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· National Symphony Orchestra
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· Washington Choral Arts Society· Vyacheslav Polozov· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington
"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· Vyacheslav Polozov
"Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)
Vyacheslav Polozov· Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· National Symphony Orchestra
"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
Washington Choral Arts Society· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· Vyacheslav Polozov· National Symphony Orchestra· Oratorio Society of Washington
"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Vyacheslav Polozov· National Symphony Orchestra· Misha Raitzin· Romuald Tesarowicz· Galina Vishnevskaya
"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
National Symphony Orchestra· Romuald Tesarowicz· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
Romuald Tesarowicz· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Galina Vishnevskaya· Vyacheslav Polozov
"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Romuald Tesarowicz· Mstislav Rostropovich· Galina Vishnevskaya· Stefan Szkafarowsky· Misha Raitzin· National Symphony Orchestra· Vyacheslav Polozov
"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
Misha Raitzin· Mstislav Rostropovich· Romuald Tesarowicz· National Symphony Orchestra· Stefan Szkafarowsky
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
Catherine Dubosc· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Matthew Adam Fish
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
Mira Zakai· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Mira Zakai· Matthew Adam Fish
"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
Ruggero Raimondi· Mstislav Rostropovich· Matthew Adam Fish· Catherine Dubosc· National Symphony Orchestra
"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
Ruggero Raimondi· Mira Zakai· National Symphony Orchestra· Thomas Booth· Matthew Adam Fish· Mstislav Rostropovich
"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
Matthew Adam Fish· Mstislav Rostropovich· Ruggero Raimondi· National Symphony Orchestra
"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
Matthew Adam Fish· Mstislav Rostropovich· Ruggero Raimondi· National Symphony Orchestra· Kenneth Riegel
"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)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington· Galina Vishnevskaya
"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· Galina Vishnevskaya· Nikita Storozhev
"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)
Oratorio Society of Washington· Mstislav Rostropovich· Nikita Storozhev· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society· National Symphony Orchestra· Galina Vishnevskaya
"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
Vyacheslav Polozov· Galina Vishnevskaya· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
Richard Cowan· Oratorio Society of Washington· Mstislav Rostropovich· Washington Choral Arts Society· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Nicolai Gedda· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Ruggero Raimondi· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· Kenneth Riegel· Nicolai Gedda· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· National Symphony Orchestra
"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington· Kenneth Riegel
"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Kenneth Riegel· Mstislav Rostropovich· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington
"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Kenneth Riegel· Washington Choral Arts Society· Ruggero Raimondi· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington· Mstislav Rostropovich
"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)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Matthew Adam Fish· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society· Ruggero Raimondi· Oratorio Society of Washington
"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra
"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Nicolai Gedda· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich
"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Romuald Tesarowicz· Washington Choral Arts Society· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Misha Raitzin· Oratorio Society of Washington· National Symphony Orchestra
"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
Romuald Tesarowicz· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· Misha Raitzin· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
Jacques Trigeau· Oratorio Society of Washington· Michel Pastor· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
Nicolai Gedda· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Vyacheslav Polozov· National Symphony Orchestra· Romuald Tesarowicz· Thomas Booth· Oratorio Society of Washington· Jacques Trigeau· Mstislav Rostropovich· Misha Raitzin· Michel Pastor· Washington Choral Arts Society