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