Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina

Label: Stradivarius Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 2 UPC: 723722054327 EAN: 0723722054327 ASIN: B00000197L Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

1. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Preludio
2. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Me ne andro, me ne andro (Kuzka - Primo e secondo strielzi)
3. Khovanshchina: Act 1: O Sodoma e Gomorra! (Lo scrivano - Shakloviti)
4. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Fate festa! (Coro - Lo scrivano)
5. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Figli, figli miei (Ivan - Coro)
6. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Gloria al principe! (Coro)
7. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Grazia, grazia, lasciatemi! (Emma - Andrea - Marfa)
8. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Io ci son! (Marfa - Andrea - Emma - Coro)
9. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Che succede? Prence Andrea (Ivan - Andrea - Coro)
10. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Ferma, trattenetevi! (Dositeo - Emma - Ivan - Marfa - Coro)
11. Khovanshchina: Act 1: Dio, Signor (Dositeo - Coro)
12. Khovanshchina: Act 2: Mio diletto Vasenka (Golitsin)
13. Khovanshchina: Act 2: Chi c'e? (Golitsin - Varsonofiev - Marfa)
14. Khovanshchina: Act 2: Forze recondite, forze terribili! (Marfa - Golitsin)
15. Khovanshchina: Act 2: Entriam senza farci attendere (Ivan - Golitsin)
16. Khovanshchina: Act 2: Dall'ira vostra e dall'angoscia (Dositeo - Golitsin - Ivan - Coro - Varsonofiev - Shakloviti)

Tracks:

1. Khovanshchina: Act 3: Aperta si e gia (Marfa)
2. Khovanshchina: Act 3: O creatura mia (Dositeo - Marfa)
3. Khovanshchina: Act 3: Dormon gli strielzi (Shakloviti)
4. Khovanshchina: Act 3: Forza Strielzi, forza, su (Coro - Shakloviti)
5. Khovanshchina: Act 3: Ah, maledetti ubriaconi (Coro - Lo scrivano)
6. Khovanshchina: Act 3: Sventura e (Lo scrivano - Coro)
7. Khovanshchina: Act 3: Padre, padre vieni a noi (Coro)
8. Khovanshchina: Act 3: Buondi figlioli (Ivan - Coro)
9. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 1: Sulla riva del ruscello (Coro - Ivan)
10. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 1: Fin che hanno a tarda sera (Coro - Ivan)
11. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 1: Danze persiane
12. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 1: Tu che vuoi? (Ivan - Shakloviti)
13. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 1: Il bianco cigno (Coro - Shakloviti)
14. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 2: Preludio
15. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 2: Compiuto si e il giudizio (Dositeo - Marfa)
16. Khovanshchina: Act 4 - Part 2: Dunque perduto io son (Andrea - Marfa - Coro)
17. Khovanshchina: Act 5: Qui, in questo luogo (Dositeo)
18. Khovanshchina: Act 5: Frati miei (Dositeo - Coro)
19. Khovanshchina: Act 5: Dio, altro peccato no ho (Marfa - Andrea)
20. Khovanshchina: Act 5: Non odi tu? (Marfa - Andrea - Dositeo)
21. Khovanshchina: Act 5: Potente Dio di gloria (Coro - Dositeo - Marfa - Andrea)

Customer Reviews:

Christoff completists only.......2000-09-11

Christoff is in strong voice, and makes a compelling character out of the strange religious fanatic, Dosifei. Even though this recording is late in his career his singing is firm, though the honeyed legato, so wonderful in his 50's recordings of 'Boris Godunov' and the complete Mussorgsky songs (both currently unavailable - ridiculous, EMI get your act together!), is not much in evidence. It's a shame that his reading of Dosifei was never put to disc in Russian (this performance is in Italian), so this is the only memento of what was by all accounts a powerful interpretation.

But, and it's a big 'but', Khovanshchina does not work as a star vehicle: it is an ensemble opera and needs a strong and even cast of singers. It doesn't get that here - other performances rate from the bad to the mediocre, the conducting is idiomatic, but the recording quality downright bad. Worse, the opera, here in the Rimsky-Korsakov version, is cut to shreds - big cuts that even Rimsky would have balked at!

Christoff fans only. And if you want the opera in Italian, go to Opera d'oro's performance - a full edition with a stunning consistent cast and good recording quality....

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