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