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Orfeo

Lady Macbeth of the Mstsenk district

$26.99

Details

Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist
Kurt Rydl, Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk, Marian Talaba, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wien
Format
CD
Label
Orfeo
Released
Jun 06, 2025
Catalog #
ORF-C230172
UPC
4011790230078

About

Re-Release of an important item of the back catalogue. The present recording shows the highly acclaimed premiere from 2009 of the original version of Shostakovitch's opera. It represents also the debut of conductor Ingo Metzmacher at the Vienna State Opera. The opera was premiered in 1934 in Leningrad. After Stalin visited a performance in 1936 and then published a scathing review about it, colleagues and critics, who had previously approved of the opera, turned against Shostakovich. It was only about 30 years later that the piece was performed again in the Soviet Union, however, in a toned-down version under the name "Katerina Ismailova". This version was also performed internationally. The original version came to Western Europe only in 1980. The Vienna State Opera performed the original version of Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk for the first time in 2009 - that premiere is to be heard on the present album.

Tracklist 29 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I Scene 1: Akh, nye spítsa ból'she, popróbuyu (Katerina) 05:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Akh, nye spítsa ból'she, popróbuyu (Katerina)
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  3. 2 Act I Scene 1: Gríbki sevódnya búdut? (Boris, Katerina) 05:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Gríbki sevódnya búdut? (Boris, Katerina)
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Kurt Rydl, Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  4. 3 Act I Scene 1: Govorí! (Zinoviy, Mill-hand, Boris, Chorus, Sergey, Coachman, Katerina, Aksinya) 06:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Govorí! (Zinoviy, Mill-hand, Boris, Chorus, Sergey, Coachman, Katerina, Aksinya)
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Marian Talaba, Johannes Gisser, Kurt Rydl, Misha Didyk, Thomas Köber, Angela Denoke, Donna Ellen
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  5. 4 Act I Scene 1: Interlude 02:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Interlude
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  6. 5 Act I Scene 2: Ay! Ay! Ay! (Aksinya, Shabby peasant, Porter, Chorus, Steward, Sergey, Katerina) 02:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Ay! Ay! Ay! (Aksinya, Shabby peasant, Porter, Chorus, Steward, Sergey, Katerina)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Donna Ellen, Michael Roider, Marcus Pelz, Hans Peter Kammerer, Misha Didyk, Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  7. 6 Act I Scene 2: Mnógo vy, muzhikí? (Katerina, Sergey, Shabby peasant, Boris) 06:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Mnógo vy, muzhikí? (Katerina, Sergey, Shabby peasant, Boris)
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk, Michael Roider, Kurt Rydl
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  8. 7 Act I Scene 2: Interlude 01:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Interlude
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  9. 8 Act I Scene 3: Spat' porá. Dyen proshól (Katerina, Boris) 03:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Spat' porá. Dyen proshól (Katerina, Boris)
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Kurt Rydl
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  10. 9 Act I Scene 3: Zherebyónok k kobýlke torópitsa (Katerina) 05:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Zherebyónok k kobýlke torópitsa (Katerina)
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  11. 10 Act I Scene 3: Kto éto, kto, kto stuchít? (Katerina, Sergey, Boris) 08:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Kto éto, kto, kto stuchít? (Katerina, Sergey, Boris)
    Duration
    08:58
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk, Kurt Rydl
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  12. 11 Act II Scene 4: Shto znáchit stárost' (Boris) 05:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Shto znáchit stárost' (Boris)
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Kurt Rydl
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  13. 12 Act II Scene 4: Proshcháy, Kátya, proshcháy! (Sergey, Boris, Katerina, Chorus, Shabby peasant, Porter) 04:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Proshcháy, Kátya, proshcháy! (Sergey, Boris, Katerina, Chorus, Shabby peasant, Porter)
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Misha Didyk, Kurt Rydl, Angela Denoke, Michael Roider, Marcus Pelz
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  14. 13 Act II Scene 4: Ustál… Prikázhete mnye postegát'? (Boris, Porter, Katerina) 06:22
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Ustál… Prikázhete mnye postegát'? (Boris, Porter, Katerina)
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Kurt Rydl, Marcus Pelz, Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  15. 14 Act II Scene 4: Vídno, skóro uzh zaryá (Chorus, Boris, 3 Foremen, Priest, Katerina) 06:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Vídno, skóro uzh zaryá (Chorus, Boris, 3 Foremen, Priest, Katerina)
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Kurt Rydl, Gerhard Reiterer, Oleg Zalytskiy, Martin Müller, Janusz Monarcha, Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  16. 15 Act II Scene 4: Interlude 06:28
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Interlude
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  17. Disc 2
  18. 1 Act II Scene 5: Sergéy, Seryózha! (Katerina, Sergey) 06:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Sergéy, Seryózha! (Katerina, Sergey)
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  19. 2 Act II Scene 5: Opyát usnúl (Katerina, Ghost of Boris, Sergey) 05:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Opyát usnúl (Katerina, Ghost of Boris, Sergey)
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Kurt Rydl, Misha Didyk
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  20. 3 Act II Scene 5: Slúshay, Sergéy, Sergéy! (Katerina, Sergey, Zinoviy) 08:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Slúshay, Sergéy, Sergéy! (Katerina, Sergey, Zinoviy)
    Duration
    08:41
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk, Marian Talaba
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  21. 4 Act III Scene 6: Shto ty tut stoísh? (Sergey, Katerina, Shabby peasant) 05:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III Scene 6: Shto ty tut stoísh? (Sergey, Katerina, Shabby peasant)
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Misha Didyk, Angela Denoke, Michael Roider
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  22. 5 Act III Scene 6: Interlude 01:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III Scene 6: Interlude
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  23. 6 Act III Scene 7: Sózdan politséysky byl vo vrémya onó (Police Inspector, Policemen, Teacher, Shabby peasant) 06:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act III Scene 7: Sózdan politséysky byl vo vrémya onó (Police Inspector, Policemen, Teacher, Shabby peasant)
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Eijiro Kai, Wolfram Igor Derntl, Michael Roider
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  24. 7 Act III Scene 7: Interlude 02:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III Scene 7: Interlude
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  25. 8 Act III Scene 8: Sláva suprúgam (Chorus, Priest, Katerina, Sergey, Drucken guest, Police) 09:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III Scene 8: Sláva suprúgam (Chorus, Priest, Katerina, Sergey, Drucken guest, Police)
    Duration
    09:10
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Janusz Monarcha, Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk, Franz Gruber, Eijiro Kai
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  26. 9 Act IV Scene 9: Vyórsty odná za drugóy (Old convict, Chorus) 05:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act IV Scene 9: Vyórsty odná za drugóy (Old convict, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Dan Paul Dumitrescu
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  27. 10 Act IV Scene 9: Stepánych! Propustí menyá (Katerina, Sentry, Sergey) 02:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act IV Scene 9: Stepánych! Propustí menyá (Katerina, Sentry, Sergey)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Marcus Pelz, Misha Didyk
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  28. 11 Act IV Scene 9: Nye lekhkó pósle pochóta da poklónov (Katerina) 03:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act IV Scene 9: Nye lekhkó pósle pochóta da poklónov (Katerina)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  29. 12 Act IV Scene 9: Moyó pochténye! (Sergey, Sonyetka, Katerina, Chorus, Convict) 07:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act IV Scene 9: Moyó pochténye! (Sergey, Sonyetka, Katerina, Chorus, Convict)
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Misha Didyk, Nadia Krasteva, Angela Denoke, Sophie Marilley
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  30. 13 Act IV Scene 9: V lesú, v sámoy cháshche yest' ózero (Katerina, Sergey, Sonyetka) 05:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act IV Scene 9: V lesú, v sámoy cháshche yest' ózero (Katerina, Sergey, Sonyetka)
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk, Nadia Krasteva
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher
  31. 14 Act IV Scene 9: Vstaváy! Po mestám! Zhívo! (Sergeant, Chorus, Old convict, Sonyetka) 06:02
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act IV Scene 9: Vstaváy! Po mestám! Zhívo! (Sergeant, Chorus, Old convict, Sonyetka)
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Jens Musger, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Nadia Krasteva
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Ingo Metzmacher