AQVR 258-2

  1. Lyudmila’s cavatine (Mikhail Glinka “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, act 1)

  2. Lyudmila’s aria (Mikhail Glinka “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, act 4)

  3. The Snow maiden arietta (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “The Snow maiden”, prologue)

  4. Tsarevna Swan-Bird’s aria (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “The Tale of Tsar Saltan’, act 2)

  5. Marfa’s aria (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “The Tsar’s Bride”, act 2

  6. Marfa’s aria (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “The Tsar’s Bride”, act 4)

  7. Maria’s song (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “Pan Voyevoda”, act 3)

  8. Zerlina’s aria (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Don Giovanni”, act 1)

  9. Amina’s aria (Vincenzo Bellini “La Sonnambula”, act 2)

10. Oscar’s song (Giuseppe Verdi “Un ballo in maschera”, act 3)

11. Ophélie’s aria (Ambroise Thomas “Hamlet”, act 4)

12. Scene and Zerline’s cavatine (Daniel Auber “Fra Diavolo”, act 2)

13. Muzetta’s waltz (Giacomo Puccini “La Boheme”, act 2)

14. Juliet’s waltz (Charles Gounod “Romeo and Juliet”, act 1)

15. Linda’ cavatine (Gaetano Donizetti “Linda di Chamounix”, act 1)

Bolshoi theatre choir and orchestra.
Conductors: Vassily Nebolsin (1, 2, 5, 6-8, 12, 14, 15), Kirill Kondrashin (3, 4, 13).
Piano: Sergei Stuchevsky (9, 10). Abram Makarov (11)

Recorded in: 1946 (14), 1947 (9, 10), 1948 (7), 1949 (3-6), 1950 (1, 2, 13, 15). 1952 (8, 12), 1953 (11)

Total playing time 77:15