Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka (Pimen), Kenneth Riegel (Shuisky), Nicolai Gedda (Simpleton), Galina Vishneyevskaya (Marina), Catherine Dubosc (Xenia), Matthew Adam Fish (Feodor), Mira Zakai (Nurse), Vyacheslav Poloznov (Grigory), Misha Raitzin (Missail), Lajos Miller (Shchelkalov)
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Prologue
- Lajos Miller (baritone), Richard Cowan (bass-baritone), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Malcolm Smith (bass-baritone)
- Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
- Mstislav Rostropovich
"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 1
- Paul Plishka (bass), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass), Stefan Szkafarowsky (baritone), Vyacheslav Polozov (tenor), Misha Raitzin (tenor)
- National Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Washington, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
- Mstislav Rostropovich
"One last narration" (Pimen)
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 2
- Matthew Adam Fish (boy soprano), Mira Zakai (contralto), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Catherine Dubosc (soprano), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Thomas Booth (tenor)
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Mstislav Rostropovich
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 3
- Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Nikita Storozhev (bass), Vyacheslav Polozov (tenor)
- Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
- Mstislav Rostropovich
"On the azure Vistula under a shady willow" (Chorus, Marina)
"Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)
"I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 4
- Richard Cowan (bass-baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Lajos Miller (baritone), Paul Plishka (bass), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass), Jacques Trigeau (baritone), Thomas Booth (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Matthew Adam Fish (boy soprano), Misha Raitzin (tenor), Michel Pastor (tenor), Vyacheslav Polozov (tenor)
- Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, Choral Arts Society of Washington
- Mstislav Rostropovich
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)