| Other title |
Recordings from 1949-1955 |
| Series |
Prima voce
Prima voce. ^A363276
|
| Contents |
Disc one. Italian opera Don Giovanni. Madamina! ; Caldara, come raggio di sol / Mozart -- Norma. Ite sul colle / Bellini -- La sonnambula. Vi ravviso / Bellini -- Nabucco. D'egitto la sui lidi ; Del futuro nel bujo discerno / Verdi -- La forza del destino. Il santo nome di Dio / Verdi -- Simone Boccanegra. Il lacerate spirito / Verdi -- Ernani. Infelice / Verdi -- Don Carlo. dormiro sol / Verdi -- Mefistofele. Ave signor! ; Son lo spirito / Boito. Disc two. Russian opera Boris Godunov. Coronation scene ; Pimen's monologue ; Varlaam's song ; Boris's monologue ; Clock scene ; Farewell and death of Boris / Mussorgsky -- Khovanshchina. Dosifey's aria / Mussorgsky -- Sadko. Song of the Viking merchant / Rimsky-Korsakov -- The legend of the invisible city of Kitezh. O vain illusion / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Eugene Onegin. Everyone knows love on earth / Tchaikovsky -- Prince Igor. Prince Galitsky's aria ; Konchak's aria / Borodin. Disc three. Russian opera Shrove Tuesday / Serov -- Song of the lumberjacks -- The bandore -- Down Peterskaya Street -- Going down the Volga -- The lonely autumn night -- Psalm 137. By the waters of Babylon -- Prayer to St. Simeon / Strokine -- Lord have mercy on our people / Chesnokov -- The song of the twelve robbers -- Litany / Grechaninov -- Siberian prisoner's song -- Songs and dances of death. No. 4, Field-marshal death / Mussorgsky -- Softly the spirit flies up to heaven / Mussorgsky -- She mocked / Lishkin -- Song of the Volga boatmen. |
| General note | Streaming audio files. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed March 21, 2016). |
| General note | Includes PDF of liner notes in English. |
| Performer |
Boris Christoff, baritone ; with various orchestras, conductors, and additional performers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded 1949-55. |
| Language | Sung in Italian (disc one) and Russian (discs two and three). |
| Issued in other form | Original cat. no.: NI 7961/3 |
| Issued in other form | Original version: |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| Genre/form | Excerpts. |
| Genre/form | Songs. |
