Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov [Box set] [Import]

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov [Box set] [Import]

On this CD:

1. Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition, 2 versions)
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Nicolai Ghiaurov, Biserka Cvejic, Leo Heppe, Zoltan Kelemen, Margarita Lilova, Olivera Miljakovic
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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If you are going to have a copy of Rimsky-Korsakov's revision of Mussorgsky's Boris, this is probably the one to have, though there is also a lot to be said for Boris Christoff's tour de force in which he sings the opera's three big bass roles. Nicolai Ghiaurov and Galina Vishnevskaya are younger and vocally fresher than in their later recordings of the same roles, and Herbert von Karajan's conducting has (like so much of his work) a high-gloss polish that would be less appropriate for Mussorgsky's rough-hewn text than it is for Rimsky-Korsakov's smoother work. --Joe McLellan

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Music, Modest Mussorgsky, Herbert von Karajan, Salzburg Vienna Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Alexei Maslennikov, Anton Diakov, Biserka Cvejic, Galina Vishnievskaya, Gregor Radev, Leo Heppe, Ludovic Spiess, Margarita Lilova, Martti Talvela, Milen Paounov, Milen Paunov, Nadya Dobriyanova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Olivera Miljakovic, Paul Karolidis, Rudolf Frese, Sabin Markov, Zoltan Kelemen, Zvonimir Prelcec, Classical, Classical Music, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Russian Romantic Opera

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov [Box set] [Import]

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