DVD Video, Mussorgsky (composer)
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Recommended1869 version
Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
I am very grateful that we have a well-made recording of this production, which allows us at last to see the 1869 version as an independent work of art that makes sense in its own terms, a... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Boris Christoff - The Lugano Recital, 1976
Boris Christoff (bass)
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Bruno Amaducci
Christoff was among the greatest of singing actors, but he is a bit stiff in tails on the concert platform - even more in interview. This is nonetheless a tribute to a superb performer, still... —
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris), Yulia Sokolik (Fyodor), Eri Nakamura (Xenia), Heike Grötzinger (Nurse), Gerhard Siegel (Schuisky), Markus Eiche (Andrey), Anatoli Kotscherga (Pimen), Sergey Skorokhodov (Grigory), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano, Calixto Bieito
the updating seems neither modish nor forced, and is carried out with economy and intelligence...There's no dip in commitment anywhere in the cast. Tsymbalyuk's Boris, sung in a pleasingly smooth,... —
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna);
Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Martin Tsonev (Boris Godunov), Mario Krastev (Fyodor), Irina Zhekova (Kseniya), Rumyana Petrova (Nurse), Sergei Drobishevski (Shuysky), Angel Hristov (Pimen), Kostadin Andreev (Grigoriy Otrepiev), Petar Buchkov (Varlaam), Hrisimir Damyanov (Holy Fool)
Sofia Opera, Konstantin Chudovski
As a staging it is broadly traditional in terms of period - the costumes, the obviously glued on beards, and such sets as there are all clearly evoke early 17th-century Russia. Tsonev is a physically... —
