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