Fiori: Modest Mussorgsky ~ Boris Godunov

 

Boris Godunov
Féodor
Xenia
Nurse
Shuisky
Shchelkalov
Pimen
Grígory (Dimitri)
Marina Mnishek
Rangoni
Varlaam
Missail
Hostess of the Inn
The Simpleton
Nikitich
Mityutka
Lavitsky
Cherniovsky

Boris Christoff
Josephine Veasey
Joan Carlyle
Noreen Berry
John Lanigan
Geraint Evans
Joseph Rouleau
Joseph Gostic
Regina Resnik
Otakar Kraus
David Kelly
David Tree
Edith Coates
Duncan Robertson
Forbes Robinson
David Allan
Rhoderick Davies
Ronald Lewis


Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Conductor Rafael Kubelik

London, Royal Opera House
November 6, 1958

 

Every recording with the bass Boris Christoff is a must. Curiously enough there are very few live-recordings of his star role as Boris Godunov. And the three recordings we know have all been made in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. This recording is absolutely the best of his Boris. The question is whether it’s Boris Christoff or the conductor Rafael Kubelik who inspire the singers, even the ones in minor roles, to such a tour de force.

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CD Length and Format:

CD 1 63.27 minutes
CD 2 69.20 minutes
CD 3 57.30 minutes

The CDs are in MP3 Format (320 kbps), with Cue Sheets.