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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh

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Composer
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAY ANDRE
Artist
Vedernikov, Kazakov, Panfilov, Monogarova, Gubsky, H
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 27, 2012
Catalog #
8660288-90
UPC
730099028875

About

The Invisible City of Kitezh, completed in 1905, is a remarkable opera that fuses folklore, mysticism and realism. Its subject is the story of the advancing Mongol army’s entry to Great Kitezh and the city’s subsequent miraculous survival. Rejecting archaisms and the more religiously inclined suggestions of his librettist, Rimsky-Korsakov sought to create an opera that “is contemporary and even fairly advanced”. It is therefore through-composed, hinting at times at Wagnerian procedure, and flooded with the composer’s rich, apt and brilliant orchestral palette, fully supportive of the powerful vocal writing.

Tracklist 40 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Prelude: In praise of the wilderness 03:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude: In praise of the wilderness
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  3. 2 Act I: Ah, you forest, my forest (Fevronya) 03:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Ah, you forest, my forest (Fevronya)
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  4. 3 Act I: Where are you, my dear friends (Fevronya) 04:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Where are you, my dear friends (Fevronya)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  5. 4 Act I: I know all the forest paths (Fevronya, Prince Vsevolod) 07:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: I know all the forest paths (Fevronya, Prince Vsevolod)
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  6. 5 Act I: Day and night we have our service (Fevronya, Prince Vsevolod) 02:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Day and night we have our service (Fevronya, Prince Vsevolod)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  7. 6 Act I: Dearest, how can you live life without joy (Fevronya, Prince Vsevolod) 03:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: Dearest, how can you live life without joy (Fevronya, Prince Vsevolod)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  8. 7 Act I: Hail to thee, lips of honey (Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya) 03:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Hail to thee, lips of honey (Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Vitaly Panfilov, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  9. 8 Act I: As soon as the marksman came (Chorus, Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya, Poyarok) 04:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: As soon as the marksman came (Chorus, Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya, Poyarok)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Vitaly Panfilov, Tatiana Monogarova, Gevorg Hakobyan
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  10. 9 Act II: Show them, Mikhaylushka (The bear tamer, Chorus, The ballad singer) 03:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II: Show them, Mikhaylushka (The bear tamer, Chorus, The ballad singer)
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Stefano Consolini, Riccardo Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  11. 10 Act II: Ah, my foolish children! (The ballad singer, Chorus, The bear tamer, Kuterma) 04:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Ah, my foolish children! (The ballad singer, Chorus, The bear tamer, Kuterma)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Riccardo Ferrari, Stefano Consolini, Mikhail Gubsky
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  12. 11 Act II: Gracious benefactors (Chorus, Kuterma, Poyarok, Fevronya) 07:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Gracious benefactors (Chorus, Kuterma, Poyarok, Fevronya)
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Gubsky, Gevorg Hakobyan, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  13. 12 Act II: Do not sin, God allows a good word (Fevronya, Kuterma, Poyarok, Chorus) 03:30
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Do not sin, God allows a good word (Fevronya, Kuterma, Poyarok, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Mikhail Gubsky, Gevorg Hakobyan
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  14. 13 Act II: Over the bridges of guelder-tree (Female Chorus, Bedyay, Burunday) 04:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Over the bridges of guelder-tree (Female Chorus, Bedyay, Burunday)
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Valery Gilmanov, Alexander Naumenko
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  15. 14 Act II: There will be no such beauty in the steppes (Burunday, Bedyay, Chorus, Kuterma, Fevronya) 04:14
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: There will be no such beauty in the steppes (Burunday, Bedyay, Chorus, Kuterma, Fevronya)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Alexander Naumenko, Valery Gilmanov, Mikhail Gubsky, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  16. 15 Act II: Stop, you godless heathens! (Kuterma, Chorus, Bedyay, Burunday, Fevronya) 02:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II: Stop, you godless heathens! (Kuterma, Chorus, Bedyay, Burunday, Fevronya)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Gubsky, Valery Gilmanov, Alexander Naumenko, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  17. Disc 2
  18. 1 Act III Scene 1: Good fortune to you, citizens of Kitezh (Poyarok, Chorus, Prince Vsevolod) 06:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Good fortune to you, citizens of Kitezh (Poyarok, Chorus, Prince Vsevolod)
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Gevorg Hakobyan, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  19. 2 Act III Scene 1: God still preserves Greater Kitezh (Chorus, Poyarok, Prince Vsevolod) 03:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: God still preserves Greater Kitezh (Chorus, Poyarok, Prince Vsevolod)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Gevorg Hakobyan, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  20. 3 Act III Scene 1: Oh glory, vain wealth! (Prince Yury) 04:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Oh glory, vain wealth! (Prince Yury)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Kazakov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  21. 4 Act III Scene 1: Wondrous queen of heaven (Chorus, Prince Yury, Page) 06:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Wondrous queen of heaven (Chorus, Prince Yury, Page)
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Kazakov, Marika Gulordava
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  22. 5 Act III Scene 1: Wondrous queen of heaven (Chorus, Page) 03:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Wondrous queen of heaven (Chorus, Page)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Marika Gulordava
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  23. 6 Act III Scene 1: God's will be done (Prince Yury, Prince Vsevolod, Chorus) 03:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: God's will be done (Prince Yury, Prince Vsevolod, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Kazakov, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  24. 7 Act III Scene 1: What are we standing about for, sisters? (Female Chorus, Page, Prince Yury) 05:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: What are we standing about for, sisters? (Female Chorus, Page, Prince Yury)
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Marika Gulordava, Mikhail Kazakov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  25. 8 Act III Scene 1: Entr'acte: The Battle near Kerzhenets 04:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Entr'acte: The Battle near Kerzhenets
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  26. 9 Act III Scene 2: Here is the oak grove (Kuterma, Burunday, Bedyay, Chorus) 02:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Here is the oak grove (Kuterma, Burunday, Bedyay, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Gubsky, Alexander Naumenko, Valery Gilmanov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  27. 10 Act III Scene 2: Don't worry! We shan't touch you (Bedyay, Burunday, Chorus) 05:59
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Don't worry! We shan't touch you (Bedyay, Burunday, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Valery Gilmanov, Alexander Naumenko
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  28. 11 Act III Scene 2: It was not hungry ravens (Chorus, Burunday) 02:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: It was not hungry ravens (Chorus, Burunday)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Alexander Naumenko
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  29. 12 Act III Scene 2: Ah, my dear husband, my hope! (Fevronya, Kuterma) 03:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Ah, my dear husband, my hope! (Fevronya, Kuterma)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Mikhail Gubsky
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  30. 13 Act III Scene 2: No, that accursed ringing (Kuterma, Fevronya) 05:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: No, that accursed ringing (Kuterma, Fevronya)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Gubsky, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  31. 14 Act III Scene 2: Ah, folks, at liberty (Kuterma, Chorus) 04:06
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Ah, folks, at liberty (Kuterma, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Gubsky
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  32. Disc 3
  33. 1 Act IV Scene 1: Oh, I can't go on (Fevronya, Kuterma) 04:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: Oh, I can't go on (Fevronya, Kuterma)
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Mikhail Gubsky
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  34. 2 Act IV Scene 1: Well, let's go pray if you want (Kuterma, Fevronya) 04:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: Well, let's go pray if you want (Kuterma, Fevronya)
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Gubsky, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  35. 3 Act IV Scene 1: What's happening to me? (Kuterma, Fevronya) 04:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: What's happening to me? (Kuterma, Fevronya)
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Mikhail Gubsky, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  36. 4 Act IV Scene 1: Let me see: what pretty flowers (Fevronya, Alkonost) 08:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: Let me see: what pretty flowers (Fevronya, Alkonost)
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Elena Manistina
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  37. 5 Act IV Scene 1: Is that you, radiant light of my eyes? (Fevronya, Ghost of Prince Vsevolod) 04:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: Is that you, radiant light of my eyes? (Fevronya, Ghost of Prince Vsevolod)
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  38. 6 Act IV Scene 1: The bridegroom has come (Sirin, Fevronya) 02:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: The bridegroom has come (Sirin, Fevronya)
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Rosanna Savoia, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  39. 7 Act IV Scene 1: He who partakes of our bread (Ghost of Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya) - Symphonic Prelude 02:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act IV Scene 1: He who partakes of our bread (Ghost of Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya) - Symphonic Prelude
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Vitaly Panfilov, Tatiana Monogarova
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  40. 8 Act IV Scene 2: The Lord promised those who seek (Sirin, Alkonost, Chorus) 04:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act IV Scene 2: The Lord promised those who seek (Sirin, Alkonost, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Rosanna Savoia, Elena Manistina
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  41. 9 Act IV Scene 2: Radiant kingdom! (Fevronya, Chorus, Prince Vsevolod) 05:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act IV Scene 2: Radiant kingdom! (Fevronya, Chorus, Prince Vsevolod)
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Vitaly Panfilov
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  42. 10 Act IV Scene 2: I bow to you, righteous people (Fevronya, Prince Yury, Prince Vsevolod, Sirin, Alkonost, Page, Poyarok, Chorus) 06:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act IV Scene 2: I bow to you, righteous people (Fevronya, Prince Yury, Prince Vsevolod, Sirin, Alkonost, Page, Poyarok, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Tatiana Monogarova, Mikhail Kazakov, Vitaly Panfilov, Rosanna Savoia, Elena Manistina, Marika Gulordava, Gevorg Hakobyan
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
  43. 11 Act IV Scene 2: Ah, my faithful bride (Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya, Prince Yury, Poyarok, Chorus) 07:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act IV Scene 2: Ah, my faithful bride (Prince Vsevolod, Fevronya, Prince Yury, Poyarok, Chorus)
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Vitaly Panfilov, Tatiana Monogarova, Mikhail Kazakov, Gevorg Hakobyan
    Ensemble
    Cagliari Theatre Chorus, Cagliari Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov