Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila

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Ruslan and Lyudmila, Op. 5 (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Conducted by: Max Steimann Anthony Bramall Michail Jurowski Vladimir Sirenko Alexander Vedernikov Antonio de Almeida Constantine Orbelian Vassily Sinaisky
Maria Gavrilova, soprano
Ekaterina Morozova, soprano
Aleksandra Durseneva, contralto
Panfilov, tenor
Valery Gilmanov, bass
Maksim Paster, tenor
Irina Dolzhenko, mezzo-soprano
Vadim Lynkovsky, bass
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Taras Shtonda, bass-baritone


1.   Overture - 5:17
2.   Act I: No. 1. Introduction: Dela davno minuvsikh dnei (Bayan, Farlaf, Ratmir, Svetozar, Lyudmila, Ruslan, Chorus) - 7:03
3.   Act I: Est' pustynnyi Kraj (Bayan, Chorus) - 7:58
4.   Act I: No. 2. Lyudmila's Cavatina: Grustno mne, roditel' dorogoi (Lyudmila, Chorus) - 8:01
5.   Act I: No. 3. Finale: Chada rodimye (Svetozar, Ruslan, Lyudmila, Ratmir, Farlaf, Chorus) - 6:03
6.   Act I: Chto sluchilos'? (Ruslan, Ratmir, Farlaf, Svetosar, Chorus) - 8:40
7.   Act II: No. 4. Entr' acte - 3:12
8.   Act II: No. 5. Finn's Ballad: Dobro pozhalovat', moi syn (Finn, Ruslan) - 8:30
9.   Act II: No. 6. Duet of Finn and Ruslan: Blagodaryu tebya, moi divnyi pokrovitel (Ruslan, Finn) - 2:05
10.   Act II: No. 7. Scene and Farlaf's Rondo: Ya ves'drozhu (Farlaf, Naina) - 4:14
11.   Act II: Rondo: Blizok uz chas torzhestva moego - 3:49

Ruslan and Lyudmila, Op. 5 (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Conducted by: Max Steimann Anthony Bramall Michail Jurowski Vladimir Sirenko Alexander Vedernikov Antonio de Almeida Constantine Orbelian Vassily Sinaisky
Maria Gavrilova, soprano
Ekaterina Morozova, soprano
Aleksandra Durseneva, contralto
Panfilov, tenor
Valery Gilmanov, bass
Maksim Paster, tenor
Irina Dolzhenko, mezzo-soprano
Vadim Lynkovsky, bass
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Taras Shtonda, bass-baritone


1.   Act II: No. 8. Rusian's Aria: O pole, pole (Ruslan) - 6:16
2.   Act II: Dai, Perun, bulatnyi mech (Ruslan) - 4:44
3.   Act II: No. 9. Scene with the Head: Kto zdes' bluzhdaet (Head, Chorus) - 2:34
4.   Act II: No. 10. Finale: The Tale of The Head: Nas bylo dvoe, brat moi i ya (Head, Ruslan) - 3:32
5.   Act III: No. 11. Entr' acte - 2:41
6.   Act III: No. 12. Persian Chorus: Lozhitsya v pole mrak (Naina, Chorus of Maidens, Chorus) - 4:41
7.   Act III: No. 13. Gorislava's Scene and Cavatina: Kakie sladostnye zvuki (Gorislava) - 4:37
8.   Act III: No. 14. Ratmir's Aria: I zhar, i znoi smenila nochi ten' (Ratmir) - 11:49
9.   Act III. No. 15. Dances - 13:03
10.   Act III: No. 16. Finale: O moi Ratmir! (Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan, Chorus) - 6:24
11.   Act III: Vityazi! Kovarnaya Naina (Finn, Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan) - 4:21

Ruslan and Lyudmila, Op. 5 (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Conducted by: Max Steimann Anthony Bramall Michail Jurowski Vladimir Sirenko Alexander Vedernikov Antonio de Almeida Constantine Orbelian Vassily Sinaisky
Maria Gavrilova, soprano
Ekaterina Morozova, soprano
Aleksandra Durseneva, contralto
Panfilov, tenor
Valery Gilmanov, bass
Maksim Paster, tenor
Irina Dolzhenko, mezzo-soprano
Vadim Lynkovsky, bass
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Taras Shtonda, bass-baritone


1.   Act IV: No. 17. Entr'acte - 1:34
2.   Act IV: No. 18. Lyudmila's Scene and Aria: Vdali ot milogo (Lyudmila, Chorus) - 5:04
3.   Act IV: Akh ty dolya, dolushka (Lyudmila, Chorus) - 10:17
4.   Act III: No. 19. March of Chernomor - 4:54
5.   Act IV: No. 20. Oriental Dance: I. Turkish Dance: Allegretto - 2:15
6.   Act IV: No. 20. Oriental Dances: II. Arabian Dance: Allegro con spirito - 1:41
7.   Act IV: No. 20. Oriental Dances: III. Lesginka: Caucasian Dance - 3:13
8.   Act IV: No. 21. Chorus: Pogibnet, nezhdannyi prishlets! (Chorus) - 3:12
9.   Act IV: No. 22. Finale: Pobeda, pobeda, Lyudmila (Ruslan, Gorislava, Ratmir,Chorus) - 7:19
10.   Act V: No. 23. Entr'acte - 2:44
11.   Act V: No. 24. Ratmir's Romance: Ona mne zhizn', ona mne radost (Ratmir) - 6:38
12.   Act V: No. 25. Recitative and Chorus: Vsyo tikho! (Ratmir, Chorus) - 1:50
13.   Act V: No. 26. Duet of Ratmir and Finn: Chto slyshu ya? Lyudmily net? (Ratmir, Finn) - 6:18
14.   Act V: No. 27. Finale: Akh ty svet, Luydmila (Svetozar, Farlaf, Chorus) - 5:10
15.   Act V: Kogo nam bogi shlyut? (Ruslan, Svetozar, Farlaf, Lyudmila, Gorislava, Chorus) - 4:35
16.   Act V: Slava velikim bogam (Ratmir, Gorislava, Chorus) - 7:10

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