"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Lajos Miller · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra
"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington · Kenneth Riegel · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra
"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Ruggero Raimondi · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Kenneth Riegel · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Paul Plishka · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Vyacheslav Polozov
"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Paul Plishka · Vyacheslav Polozov
"Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Paul Plishka · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra
"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Paul Plishka · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra
"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Misha Raitzin · Vyacheslav Polozov · Romuald Tesarowicz · Galina Vishnevskaya · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
Romuald Tesarowicz · National Symphony Orchestra · Vyacheslav Polozov · Mstislav Rostropovich · Galina Vishnevskaya
"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Misha Raitzin · Galina Vishnevskaya · Stefan Szkafarowsky · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
Stefan Szkafarowsky · Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · Misha Raitzin · National Symphony Orchestra
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Catherine Dubosc · Matthew Adam Fish
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
Mira Zakai · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
Matthew Adam Fish · Mstislav Rostropovich · Mira Zakai · National Symphony Orchestra
"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Catherine Dubosc · Matthew Adam Fish · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra
"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
Matthew Adam Fish · Mira Zakai · Thomas Booth · Mstislav Rostropovich · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra
"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · National Symphony Orchestra · Ruggero Raimondi
"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Kenneth Riegel · Ruggero Raimondi · Matthew Adam Fish · National Symphony Orchestra
"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)
Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Galina Vishnevskaya · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)
"I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)
"Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni)
Galina Vishnevskaya · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Nikita Storozhev
"At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra · Nikita Storozhev
"Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Galina Vishnevskaya · Nikita Storozhev · National Symphony Orchestra
"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Galina Vishnevskaya · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Oratorio Society of Washington · Richard Cowan · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Kenneth Riegel · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra
"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
Kenneth Riegel · Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Kenneth Riegel · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Kenneth Riegel · Ruggero Raimondi · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington
"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)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Ruggero Raimondi · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Matthew Adam Fish · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
Misha Raitzin · Washington Choral Arts Society · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra
"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Romuald Tesarowicz · Misha Raitzin · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
Jacques Trigeau · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Michel Pastor · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society
"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
Misha Raitzin · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Romuald Tesarowicz · Jacques Trigeau · Michel Pastor · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Vyacheslav Polozov · Oratorio Society of Washington · Thomas Booth · National Symphony Orchestra