Naxos
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh
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Details
- 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
- Disc 1
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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
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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
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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
-
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
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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
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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
-
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
-
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
-
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
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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
-
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
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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
-
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
-
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
-
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
- Disc 2
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
- Disc 3
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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