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