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AQVR 402-2
The Early Russian Opera
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Opera in one act
Libretto by N. Lvov, edited by Ya. Galitsky
Grandfather Abram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trofim Antonenko
Timofey, his son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anatoly Orfenov
Yanka, a friend of Timofey . . . . . . . . . . . . Vladimir Zakharov
Arina, the wife of Timofey . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Matyushina
The coachmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan Kartavenko
Alexei Sabadashev
Boris Dobrin
The officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Osip Abdulov
The officer's batman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei Fomichev
The aristocrat's son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anatoly Kubatsky
Opera Chorus and Orchestra of Folk Instruments of the Radio Data Committee
Conductor - Viktor Smirnov, choirmaster - K. Lebedev, L. Popov
Director - Osip Abdulov
Recorded in 1952
1. Overture
2. Scene (Yanka, Abram, the ñoachmen)
3. Choir «The Nightingale sings not for my father» (the ñoachmen)
4. Scene (Yanka, Timofey)
5. Timofey's song «Ardent is a young man's heart»
6. Scene (Yanka, Timofey, the ñoachmen, Abram, officer, the officer's batman)
7. The song with the chorus «The falcon is flying high» (the coachmen)
8. Scene (the officer, the officer's batman, Yanka, the ñoachmen, Timofey)
9. Timofey and Yanka's duet «Among the coachmen»
10. Scene (Timofey, Yanka, Arina, the coachmen, Abram, the officer, the officer's batman)
11. Trio «If only I was a fledgling» (The officer's batman, Yanka, the coachmen)
12. Scene (Arina, the aristocrat's son, Yanka, the officer, the coachmen)
13. Ensemble «Shall we buy you Filyushka» (Timofey, Yanka, choir)
14. Scene (Abram, Timofey)
15. Ensemble «The young soldier's wife» (Arina, Timofey, Abram, Yanka, choir)
16. The song «The birch tree swayed in the field» (Timofey, Arina, Yanka, choir)
17. Scene (officer, Abram)
18. March (orchestra)
19. Scene (Yanka, the coachmen, Abram, officer, Timofey)
20. The final chorus «Open up like a flower»
Bonus:
Russian folk songs performed by Anatoly Orfenov and Trofim Antonenko
A. Orfenov
21. In the flower garden, in the vegetable garden
22. Behind the yard is a little, green field (arr. A. Aksenov)
23. Do you remember me, my darling (arr. M. Matveyev)
24. Die-away, die-away, stormy weather (arr. G. Kirkor)
25. The girl was traveling from Kazan
26. As on the grass
27. Get up at dawn (arr. A. Gretchaninov)
28. On the little field next to the river (arr. N. Klenovsky)
29. The Danube (arr. A. Novikov)
30. As it was on the Volga («Stepan Razin», arr. A. Castalsky)
T. Antonenko
31. The drake (arr. A. Semenov)
32. The duckling in the Meadow (arr. A. Semenov)
Guitar: Àlexander Ivanov-Kramskoy (21)
Ensemble of All-union Radio, conducted by Vitaly Gnutov (22)
Folk Instruments Ensemble, conducted by Pyotr Alekseev (23-26)
All-union Radio Orchestra, conducted by Leonid Pyatigorsky (27)
Song Ensemble of All-union Radio conducted by Vasily Tselikovsky (28, 29), C. Elyashkevich (30)
Domras sextet conducted by Alexander Semenov (31, 32)
Recorded:1938 (31 32) 1947 (25, 26), 1948 (22-24, 27, 30) 1949 (21) 1952 (29), 1956 (28)
From K. Vershinin's private collection (30-32)
Total playing time 77:27