The following list contains all major audio and video recordings of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.
Recordings 1869 version YearCast(Boris, Pretender, Pimen Varlaam, Shuisky, Missail, Fyodor, Xenia, Simpleton)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelNotes1986Aage HauglandStig Fogh AndersenAage HauglandAage HauglandHeinz ZednikErik HarboAnnemarie MollerSusse LillesoeDmitri KitajenkoDanish Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorusCD: KontrapunktCat: 32036-32037Aage Haugland performed the three bass roles of Boris, Pimen and Varlaam1997Nikolai PutilinViktor LutsyukFyodor KuznetsovKonstantin PluzhnikovNikolai GassievZlata BulychevaOlga TrifonvaYevgeny AkimovValery GergievMariinsky Theatre orchestra and chorusCD: PhilipsCat: 462 230-22004Matti SalminenPär LindskogEric HalfvarsonAnatoly KotchergaPhilip LangridgeJosé Manuel ZapataBrian AsawaMarie ArnetFrancisco VasSebastian WeigleGran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorusDVD: Cat:The role of Fyodor was performed by a countertenor rather than a mezzo-soprano2010Orlin AnastassovIan StoreyVladimir VaneevVladimir MatorinPeter BronderLuca CasalinPavel ZubovAlessandra MarianelliEvgeny AkimovGianandrea NosedaChorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Regio, Turin(Stage director: Andrei Konchalovsky)Mike Ashman, Review of Boris Godunov (Turin, 2010), Gramophone, January, 2012. Blu-ray: Opus ArteTurin 2010 Blu-ray, .2007 Michael Rot edition; the production reverses the order of the last two scenes and adds a reprise of the Simpleton’s Lament at the end2019Alexander TsymbalyukSergei SkorokhodovMika KaresAlexey TikhomirovMaxim PasterBoris StepanovJohanna RudströmHanna HusáhrBoris StepanovKent NaganoGothenburg Symphony Orchestra and chorus CD: BIS Records Cat: BIS-2320 SACDBoris Stepanov performed the three tenor roles of Missail, the Simpleton, and the Boyar.
1872 version YearCast(Boris, Pretender, Marina, Pimen, Varlaam, Shuisky, Missail, Rangoni, Fyodor, Xenia, Simpleton)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelNotes1943Alexander KipnisRené MaisonKerstin ThorborgNicola MosconaNorman CordonAlessio De PaolisJohn DudleyLeonard WarrenIrra PetinaMarita FarellJohn GarrisGeorge SzellMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Music and ArtsCat: 867Highlights, sung in Italian with the exception of Kipnis1945Alexander KipnisIlya TamarinAnna Leskaya SrNicolai BerezovskyRCA Victor Symphony Orchestra and chorus CD: RCA Victor Gold SealCat: GD60522 (1991)excerpts1946Ezio PinzaRichard TuckerRisë StevensNicola MosconaSalvatore BaccaloniAlessio de PaolisLodovico OliveraFrancesco ValentinoIrene JordanFrances GreerAnthony MarloweEmil CooperMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Great Opera PerformancesCat: G.O.P. 809Performed in Italian1948André PernetFrancis ArmelRenée GillyJean ClaverieErnest MestralletRené BonnevalRené HérnetJulien GiovannettiNadine WolfJulianna FarkasHugues CuénodErnest AnsermetOrchestre de la Suisse Romande and chorusCD: Malibran MusicCat: CDRG 179Performed in French1948Mark ReizenGeorgy NeleppMaria Maksakova Sr.Nicolai GolovanovBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus CD: AquariusCat: AQVR 17721949Alexander PirogovGeorgy NeleppMaria Maksakova Sr.Maxim MikhailovVassily LubenchovNikander KhanayevVassili YakuschenkoAleksey Petrovich IvanovBronislava ZlatogorovaYelena Dimitrievna KruglikovaIvan KozlovskyNicolai GolovanovBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusCD: Opera d'OroCat: OPD 13631950Alexander WelitschRudolf SchockMartha MödlGeorg HannGustav NeidlingerPeter Markwort-Hans Herbert FiedlerAnneliese RothenbergerMargot GuillaumeWilhelm SchüchterOrchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks and ChorusCD: WalhallCat: WLCD0200Performed in German1952Boris ChristoffNicolai GeddaEugenia ZareskaBoris ChristoffBoris ChristoffAndre BieleckiAndre BieleckiKim BorgEugenia ZareskaLudmilla LebedevaWassili PasternakIssay DobrowenOrchestre National de la Radiodiffusion FrançaiseCD: Brilliant Classics «Opera Collection»Cat: 93926Christoff performed the three bass roles of Boris, Pimen and Varlaam. Andre Bielecki performed the tenor roles of Shuisky and Missail.1954Miroslav ČangalovićMiroslav BrajnikMelanija BugarinovićBranko PivnichkiZarko CvejicStephan AndrashevichStepan Vukashevich-Sofiya JankovicZlata SesardichNicola JanchichKrešimir BaranovićBelgrade National Theatre orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat:1956 Alexander PirogovGeorgy NeleppLarisa AvdeyevaVassili NebolsinBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusDVD: Video Artists InternationalCat: VAI 42531957Hans HotterHans HopfMartha MödlKim BorgKurt BöhmeLorenz FehenbergerKarl OstertagBenno KuscheDorothea SiebertLotte SchädlePaul KuenEugen JochumBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus CD: Myto Cat: 953.131Performed in German 1958Boris ChristoffJoseph GostikRegina ResnikJoseph RouleauDavid KellyJohn LaniganDavid TreeOtakar KrausJosephine VeaseyJoan CarlyleDuncan RobertsonRafael KubelikOrchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera HouseCD: MytoCat: MCD003121961Boris ChristoffEdgar EvansMargreta ElkinsJoseph RouleauMichael LangdonJohn Lanigan-Josephine VeaseyJeannette SinclairRobert BowmanReginald GoodallThe Royal Opera orchestra and chorus1962Boris ChristoffDimiter UzunovEvelyn LearBoris ChristoffBoris ChristoffJohn LaniganMilen PaunovAnton DiakovAna AlexievaEkterina GeorgievaKiril DulgerovAndre CluytensOrchestre de la Societe des Concerts du ConservatoireCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 5 67877-2Christoff performed the three bass roles of Boris, Pimen and Varlaam.1962Ivan PetrovVladimir IvanovskyIrina ArkhipovaMark ReshetinAlexey GelevaGeorgi ShulpinNikolai ZakharovYevgeny KibkaloValentina KlepatskayaTamara SorokinaAnton GrigorievAlexander Melik-PashaevBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusCD: MelodiyaCat: MEL CD 10 007641963George LondonVladimir IvanovskyIrina ArkhipovaMark ReshetinAlexei GuelevaGeorgi ShulpinNikolai ZakharovYevgeny KibkaloMaria MitokovaElisabeta ShumskayaAnton GrigorievAlexander Melik-PashaevBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusCD: Sony ClassicalCat: SM3K 525711970Nicolai GhiaurovLudovic SpiessGalina VishnevskayaMartti TalvelaAnton DiakovAlexei MaslennikovMilen PaunovZoltan KelemanOlivera MiljakovicNadejda DobrianovaAlexei MaslennikovHerbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 0007479021972Nicolai GhiaurovLudovic SpiessRuza BaldaniMark ReshetinAlexander VedernikovLjubomir BodurovFlorindo AndreolliAnton DiakovElena ZilioRita TalarcioAnton GrigorievBoris KhaikinRAI RomaCD: GalaCat: GL 1006261973Nicola GhiuselevDimiter DamianoAlexandrina MilchevaNicola GhiuselevAssem TchavdarovLjubomir BodurovVerter VrachovskiPeter BakardzhievReni PenkovaNadejda DobrianovaKiril DulgerovAssen NaidenovSofia National Opera orchestra and chorusCD: FidelioCat: D 1824-26Ghiuselev performed the two bass roles of Boris and Pimen1976Martti TalvelaNicolai GeddaBozena KinaszLeonard MrózAage HauglandBogdan PaprockiKazimierz PustelakAndrzej HiolskiVera BaniewiczHalina LukomskaPaulos RaptisJerzy SemkowPolish Radio National Symphony OrchestraPolish Radio ChorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 5 091781978Yevgeny NesterenkoVladislav PiavkoIrina ArkhipovaValery YaroslavtsevArtur EisenAndrei SokolovVitali Vlassov-Glafira KorolevaGalina KalininaAlexei MaslennikovBoris KhaikinBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusDVD: Via ClassicCat: 5 99278-91983Aleksandr VedernikovVladislav PiavkoIrina ArkhipovaVladimir MatorinArtur EisenAndrei SokolovAnatoly MishutinYuri MazurokGlafira KorolevaElena ShkolnikovaJanis SporgisVladimir FedoseyevTchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and chorusCD: PhilipsCat: 412 281-21985Yevgeny NesterenkoVladimir AtlantovElena ObraztsovaAnatoli BabikinArtur EisenKonstantin LisovskyKonstantin BaskovYuri MazurokOlga TeruchnovaElena ShkolnikovaAlexei MaslennikovMark ErmlerBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusCD: Regis RecordsCat: RRC 30061986Nicolai GhiaurovMichail SvetlevStefka MinevaNicola GhiuselevDimiter PetkovJosef FrankDimiter PetkovBoris MartinovichRossitsa Troeva-MirchevaLiudmila HadjievaMincho PopovEmil TchakarovSofia National Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Sony ClassicalCat: S3K 457631987Yevgeny NesterenkoVladislav PiavkoTamara SinyavskayaAlexander VedernikovArtur EisenVladimir KudriashovAlexander ArkhipovTatyana YerastovaNina LedendevaAlexander FedinAlexander LazarevBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusDVD: Cat: 69918111987Ruggero RaimondiVyacheslav PolozovGalina VishnevskayaPaul PlishkaRomauld TesarowiczKenneth RiegelMisha RaitzinNikita StorojewMatthew Adam FishCatherine DuboscNicolai GeddaMstislav RostropovichNational Symphony OrchestraThe Choral Arts Society of WashingtonCD: ERATOCat: 2292-45418-21990Robert LloydAlexei StebliankoOlga BorodinaAlexander MorozovVladimir OgnovienkoEvgeni BoitsovIgor YanSergei LeiferkusLarissa DiadkovaOlga KondinaVladimir SolodovnikovValery GergievMariinsky Theatre orchestra and chorusDVD: PhilipsCat: 075 089-91993Anatoly KochergaSergei LarinMarjana LipovšekSamuel RameyGleb NikolskyPhilip LangridgeHelmut WildhaberSergei LeiferkusLiliana NichiteanuValentina ValenteAlexander FedinClaudio AbbadoBerlin Philharmonic orchestraSlovak Philharmonic chorusBerlin Radio ChoirCD: Sony ClassicalCat: S3K 589771993Vladimir VaneevVladimir GalusinOlga BorodinaFyodor KuznetsovKonstantin PluzhnikovNikolai GassievEvgeny NikitinZlata BulychevaOlga TrifonovaYevgeny AkimovValery GergievMariinsky Theatre orchestra and chorusCD: PhilipsCat: 462 230-22010René PapeAleksandrs AntonenkoEkaterina SemenchukMikhail PetrenkoVladimir OgnovenkoOleg BalashovNikolai GassievEvgeny NikitinJonathan A. MakepeaceJennifer ZetlanAndrey PopovValery GergievMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Production: Stephen Wadsworth; directed by Brian Large; performed on 23 October at the Metropolitan Opera House)HD video: Met Opera on DemandBoris Godunov (23 October 2010), Met Opera on Demand.Critical edition by Michael Rot.Mentioned in the end credits of the Met Opera 2010 video. Fyodor is sung by a boy treble.Anthony Tommasini, "Music Review: Ruthless Czar, Haunted by Doubts", The New York Times, 12 October 2010.
References
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