Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Nagano, Gothenburg Symphony

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September 6, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUSSORGSKY, MODEST
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Tsymbalyuk, Paster, Kares, Skorokhodov, Nagano
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 06, 2019
    • UPC
      7318599923208
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2320
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Scene 1: Nu, čto ž vy? Čto ž vy idolami stali? (Police Officer, The Crowd, Mityukha)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Oleg Budaratskiy, Anton Ljungqvist

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    2. Scene 1: Na kogo ty nas pokidaeš (The Crowd, Police Officer)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Oleg Budaratskiy

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    3. Scene 1: Pravoslavnye! Neumolim bojarin (Shchelkalov)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Vasily Ladyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    4. Scene 1: Slava tebe, tvorcu vsevyšnemu na zjemli (Chorus, Mityukha, Police Officer)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Anton Ljungqvist, Oleg Budaratskiy

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    5. Scene 2: Da zdravstvuet car' Boris Feodorovič (Shuisky, The Crowd, Boyars)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Maksim Paster

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    6. Scene 2: Skorbit duša (Boris)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    7. Scene 2: Slava! slava! slava! (The Crowd)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    8. Scene 3: Eščë odno poslednee skazan'e (Pimen)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Mika Kares

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    9. Scene 3: Vcë tot že son! (Grigory, Pimen)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Sergei Skorokhodov, Mika Kares

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    10. Scene 3: Ty vsë pisal i snom ne pozabylsja (Grigory, Pimen)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Sergei Skorokhodov, Mika Kares

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    11. Scene 3: Davno, čestnoj otec (Grigory, Pimen)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Sergei Skorokhodov, Mika Kares

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    12. Scene 3: Zvonjat k zautrene (Pimen, Chorus, Grigory)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Mika Kares, Sergei Skorokhodov

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    13. Scene 4: Čem-to mne vas potčevat (Innkeeper, Missail, Varlaam, Grigory)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Okka von der Damerau, Boris Stepanov, Alexey Tikhomirov, Sergei Skorokhodov

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    14. Scene 4: Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazani (Varlaam)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexey Tikhomirov

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    15. Scene 4: Čto ž ty ne podtjagivaeš (Varlaam, Grigory, Missail)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexey Tikhomirov, Sergei Skorokhodov, Boris Stepanov

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    16. Scene 4: Kak edet ën (Varlaam, Grigory, Innkeeper, Border Guard, Missail)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexey Tikhomirov, Sergei Skorokhodov, Okka von der Damerau, Oleg Budaratskiy, Boris Stepanov

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    17. Scene 4: Ja gramotnyj (Grigory, Border Guard, Varlaam, Missail)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Sergei Skorokhodov, Oleg Budaratskiy, Alexey Tikhomirov, Boris Stepanov

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    18. Scene 5: Milyj moj ženich (Xenia, Fyodor)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Hanna Husáhr, Johanna Rudström

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    19. Scene 5: Polno, carevna-golubuška! (Nurse, Xenia, Boris, Fyodor)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Margarita Nekrasova, Hanna Husáhr, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Johanna Rudström

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    20. Scene 5: Dostig ja vysšej vlasti (Boris)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    21. Scene 5: Tebe čego? (Boris, Boyar, Shuisky, Fyodor)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Boris Stepanov, Maksim Paster, Johanna Rudström

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    22. Scene 5: Ili net! Postoj, postoj, Šujskij! (Boris, Shuisky)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Maksim Paster

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    23. Scene 5: Ne kazn' strašna (Shuisky, Boris)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Maksim Paster, Alexander Tsymbalyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    24. Scene 6: Čto, otošla obednja? (Men, Mityukha)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Anton Ljungqvist

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    25. Scene 6: Trrr-rrr-rrr-rrr! (Chorus, Holy Fool)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Boris Stepanov

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    26. Scene 6: O čëm on plačet? (Boris, Holy Fool, Shuisky)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Boris Stepanov, Maksim Paster

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    27. Scene 7: Sanovitye bojare! (Shchelkalov)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Vasily Ladyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    28. Scene 7: Čto ž? Pojdëm na golosa, bojare (Boyars)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    29. Scene 7: Žal', Šujskogo net knjazja (Boyars, Shuisky)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Maksim Paster

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    30. Scene 7: Čur, čur! (Boris, Shuisky, Shchelkalov, Boyars)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Maksim Paster, Vasily Ladyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    31. Scene 7: Smirennyj inok (Pimen, Boris)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Mika Kares, Alexander Tsymbalyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    32. Scene 7: Raz, v glubokom sne, vdrug slyšu (Pimen, Boris)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Mika Kares, Alexander Tsymbalyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    33. Scene 7: Ostav’te nas! (Boris)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk

      Conductor: Kent Nagano

    34. Scene 7: Gospodi! Gospodi! (Boris, Chorus, Fyodor)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Brunnsbo Music Classes Children's Choir, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Johanna Rudström

      Conductor: Kent Nagano


Modest Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov stands out among the major works of the opera repertoire in having an extremely complex creative history. The original libretto, by the composer himself, was based closely on Pushkin’s Shakespeare-inspired drama about the ill-fated Russian ruler. Mussorgsky completed the score in 1869, and submitted it to the committees of the Imperial Theatres. It was rejected, however, primarily because of the lack of a female lead and therefore a love interest, but Mussorgsky’s unadorned style has also been mentioned as a reason. In 1871 the composer therefore reworked the opera extensively, adding new scenes – and a female principal in the form of the Polish princess Marina Mniszek – and changing the overall structure from seven scenes into a prologue and four acts. The revised Boris was completed in 1872, and two years later it was finally performed in St Petersburg, while the Moscow audience had to wait until 1888, seven years after the death of its composer. In order to promote the work, Mussorgsky’s colleague and friend Rimsky-Korsakov undertook to revise the work, making the orchestration more traditional and colorful and softening a number of harsh harmonies. It was the Rimsky-Korsakov version that took the opera out of Russia and without it, the opera would not be as widely known as it is today. In recent times, however, several opera houses have begun performing the more abrasive original version from 1869, and it is this ‘Ur-Boris’ that has been recorded here. It is performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under its principal guest conductor, Kent Nagano. They are joined by a cast of mainly Russian vocal soloists, headed by Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Boris, a role he performed under Nagano already in 2013 at the Bayerische Staatsoper. In the opera, as in Pushkin’s drama, the Russian people plays a hugely important role – here performed by the Göteborg Opera Chorus.

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REVIEWS:

Tsymbalyuk’s young-sounding Tsar is beautifully sung, gaining in intensity from the scene in the Kremlin onwards; but the developing extremity of his emotional responses is never overdone and his death scene remains restrained, with no scenery-chewing.

– Opera

This new account, based on live performances, is beautifully sung and played, and recorded in surround sound. Although one can nitpick many aspects of this recording, there is much to enjoy. It is especially valuable to now have a recording of the opera as Mussorgsky first intended it.

– MusicWeb International