Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Shtokolov, Puchkov, Barinova; Yeltsin
Moscow, 1960
$14.95
Description:
This stirringly authentic performance from 1960 finds the Kirov opera company in thrilling form. The use of Dmitri Shostakovitchs' orchestrations of Mussorgsky's greatest opera gives a vitality and freshness to the opera, and the closely-miked radio sound is impeccable. Sergei Yeltsin gives a cerebral, probing reading of the opera, at home equally in the pensive air of Pimen's cell and the raucous stench of the inn scene. Boris Shtokolov gives a magnificent performance as the tortured Tsar, culminating in a holds-no-barriers take on the mad scene. Highlights in the supporting cast include Rima Barinova's alluring Marina, Lavretiya Yaroshenko's hilariously thick Varlaam and a piercing False Dmitri from Vsevolod Puchkov.
OD 11090-3
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