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