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Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina - Zdravko Gadjev, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Nicola Ghiuselev, Kaludi Kaludov, Alexandrina Miltcheva, Chorus and Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera, Emil Tchakarov / Sony Classical 3x Audio CD 1990
S3K 45831
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- Label Code: LC 0149
Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина, IPA: [xɐˈvanʲɕːɪnə], sometimes rendered The Khovansky Affair) is an opera (subtitled a 'national music drama') in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources. The opera was almost finished in piano score when the composer died in 1881, but the orchestration was almost entirely lacking.
Like Mussorgsky's earlier Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina deals with an episode in Russian history, first brought to the composer's attention by his friend the critic Vladimir Stasov. It concerns the rebellion of Prince Ivan Khovansky, the Old Believers, and the Muscovite Streltsy against the regent Sofia Alekseyevna and the two young Tsars Peter the Great and Ivan V, who were attempting to institute Westernizing reforms in Russia. Khovansky had helped to foment the Moscow Uprising of 1682, which resulted in Sofia becoming regent on behalf of her younger brother Ivan and half-brother Peter, who were crowned joint Tsars. In the fall of 1682 Prince Ivan Khovansky turned against Sofia. Supported by the Old Believers and the Streltsy, Khovansky – who supposedly wanted to install himself as the new regent – demanded the reversal of Patriarch Nikon's reforms. Sofia and her court were forced to flee Moscow. Eventually, Sofia managed to suppress the so-called Khovanshchina (Khovansky affair) with the help of the diplomat Fyodor Shaklovity, who succeeded Khovansky as leader of the Muscovite Streltsy. With the rebellion crushed, the Old Believers committed mass suicide (in the opera, at least).
| Label: | Sony Classical – S3K 45831 |
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| Format: |
3 x CD, Album, Box-Set
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| Country: | Austria |
| Released: |
1990 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera, Romantic |
Tracklist:
| Disc 1 | |||
| Act 1 | |||
| 1-1 | Down Over The River Moscow | ||
| 1-2 | Kouzka: I'll Go, Go...Go To Invangorod | ||
| 1-3 | Shaklovity: Hey! Hey You Scribbler | ||
| 1-4 | Muscovie People:Once There Lived A Godmother | ||
| 1-5 | Ivan Khovansky: Children My Children! | ||
| 1-6 | People: Praise The Swan, The White Swan | ||
| 1-7. | Emma: Let Me Go! Leave Me, Let Me Go! | ||
| 1-8 | Marfa: Well, Well, Prince! | ||
| 1-9 | Dosifey: Lord! Let Not The Enemy Powers Be Victorious | ||
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Act 2 |
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| 1-10 | Golitsin: "Brother Vasenka, My Light" | ||
| 1-11 | Pastor: I Am Aware Of Your Hallowed Custom | ||
| 1-12 | Marfa: Mysterious Powers, Great Powers | ||
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Disc 2 |
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| Act 2 | |||
| 2-1 | Ivan Khovansky: We Are Here Without Announcement | ||
| 2-2 | Dosifey:Princes Calm Your Anger | ||
| 2-3 | Shaklovity: Princes! The Tsarevna Commanded Me | ||
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Act 3 |
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| 2-4 | Old Believers: We Shall Bring Disgrace Upon Them | ||
| 2-5 | Marfa: There Went A Young Maiden | ||
| 2-6 | Susanna: Sin! Dreadful, Irredeemable Sin | ||
| 2-7 | Shaklovity: In The Streltsy Quarter All Are Sleeping | ||
| 2-8 | Streltsy Wives: Ah, You Damned Drunkards | ||
| 2-9 | Kouzka: What's The Matter? | ||
| 2-10 | Ivan Kkovansky: Greetings To Yo Children | ||
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Disc 3 |
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| Act 4 Scene 1 | |||
| 3-1 | Peasant Women: I, A Young Lad, Spent The Night | ||
| 3-2 | Persian Dances | ||
| 3-3 | Shaklovity And Ivan Khovansky: Why Are You Here | ||
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Act 4 Scene 2 |
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| 3-4 | Beginning | ||
| 3-5 | Dosifey: The Fate Of Inevitable, Menacing Destiny | ||
| 3-6 | Andrey Khovansky And Marfa: Ah, You Are Here, You Wicked Woman | ||
| 3-7 | Streltsy Wives: Have No Mercy, Punish The Damned | ||
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Act 5 |
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| 3-8 | Dosifey: Here, In This Hoy Place | ||
| 3-9 | Old Believers: Enemy Of The People | ||
| 3-10 | Marfa: The Have Gone Away | ||
| 3-11 | Old Believers, Dosifey, Marfa: Be Praised, Lord Of All Glory! | ||
| 3-12 | Dawn Over The River Moscow |
Disc: 1
Disc: 2
Disc: 3
12. Khovanshchina: Act 5: Dawn over the River Moscow
- Co-producer – Boris Spassow
- Producer – Zlatina Kotzeva
- Sound Designer – Nikola Mirchev, Siegbert Ernst
A popular musical drama in five acts. Orchestrated by Dmitri Shostakovich
Written: 1872-1880; Russia
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Prince Ivan Khovansky -bass-)
Zdravko Gadjev (Prince Andrey Khovansky -tenor-)
Kaloudi Kaloudov (Prince Vasily Golitsin -tenor-)
Stoyan Popov (Shaklovity -baritone-)
Nicolai Ghiuselev (Dosifey -bass-)
Alexandrina Miltcheva (Marfa -mezzo-soprano-)
Maria Petrova Popova (Susanna -soprano-)
Angel Petkov (Public sribe -tenor-)
Maria Dimchevska (Emma -soprano-)
Dimiter Stanchev (Pastor/First Strelets -baritone-)
Stoil Georgiev (Varsonofiev/Second Strelets -baritone-)
Roumen Doikov (Kouzka -tenor-)
Assen Selimsky (Streshniev -baritone-)
Streltsy: Mincho Popov, Boris Bogdanov, Petko Marinov, Werther Vrachovski, Emil Ugrinov, Stoyan Balabanov, Nedelcho Pavlov, Kosta Dinkov, Boyan Katsarski
Sofia National Opera Chorus (Lyubomir Karoleev, Hristo Kazandjiev)
Sofia National Opera Orchestra (Boris Spassov)
Emil Tchakarov (conductor)
Recorded at Bulgaria Concert Hall in January 1986, Sofia
