Description
Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk / Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicolai Gedda, Dimiter Petkov, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich / EMI 2x Audio CD 1990 Stereo / CDS 7 49955 2
UPC 077774995528
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда, romanized: Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda, lit. 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District') is an opera in four acts and nine scenes by Dmitri Shostakovich, his Opus 29. The libretto, jointly written by Alexander Preys and the composer, is based on the novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov.
Dedicated by Shostakovich to his first wife, physicist Nina Varzar, the roughly 160-minute opera was first performed on 22 January 1934 at the Leningrad Maly Operny, and on 24 January 1934 in Moscow. It incorporates elements of expressionism and verismo, telling the story of a lonely woman in 19th-century Russia who falls in love with one of her husband's workers and is driven to murder.
| Label: | EMI – CDS 7 49955 2 |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Album, Box Set
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera, Modern |
Tracklist:
| Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk | |||
| Act One | |||
| Scene One | |||
| 1-1 | Akh, Nye Spitsa Ból'she, Popróbuyu | 5:23 | |
| 1-2 | Gribki Sevódnya Búdut? | 5:25 | |
| 1-3 | Govori!...Plotinu-to Na... | 7:14 | |
| 1-4 | Interlude | 2:42 | |
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Scene Two |
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| 1-5 | Ay! Ay! Ay! | 2:40 | |
| 1-6 | Mnógo Vy, Muzhiki | 5:50 | |
| 1-7 | Interlude | 1:55 | |
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Scene Three |
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| 1-8 | Spat' Porá. Dyen Proshól | 3:18 | |
| 1-9 | Zherebyónok K Kob'lke Torópitsa | 5:46 | |
| 1-10 | Kto Éto, Kto, Kto Stuchit? | 7:50 | |
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Act Two |
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| Scene Four | |||
| 1-11 | Shto Znáchit Stárost' | 5:29 | |
| 1-12 | Proshcháy, Kátya, Proshcháy! | 4:29 | |
| 1-13 | Ustál...Prikázhete Mnye Postegát'? | 6:29 | |
| 1-14 | Vidno, Skóro Uzh Zaryá | 6:15 | |
| 1-15 | Interlude | 6:43 | |
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Scene Five |
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| 2-1 | Sergéy, Seryózha! | 5:52 | |
| 2-2 | Opyát Usnúl | 5:28 | |
| 2-3 | Slúshay, Sergéy, Sergéy! | 7:17 | |
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Act Three |
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| Scene Six | |||
| 2-4 | Shto Ty Tut Stoish?... ...Interlude | 6:39 | |
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Scene Seven |
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| 2-5 | Sózdan Politséysky Byl Vo Vrémya Onó |
7:19 | |
| 2-6 | Interlude | 2:23 | |
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Scene Eight |
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| 2-7 | Sláva Suprúgam | 9:33 | |
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Act Four |
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| Scene Nine | |||
| 2-8 | Vyórsty Odná Za Drugóy | 5:57 | |
| 2-9 | Stepánych! Propusti Menyá | 3:28 | |
| 2-10 | Nye Lekhkó Pósle Pochóta Da Poklónov | 3:14 | |
| 2-11 | Moyó Pochtyénye! | 7:51 | |
| 2-12 | V Lesú, V Sámoy Cháshche Yest' Ózero | 5:21 | |
| 2-13 | Vstaváy! Po Mestám! Zh'vo! | 6:08 |
- Chorus – The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
- Chorus Master – John McCarthy
- Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
- Conductor – Mstislav Rostropovich
- Libretto By – Alexander Preis
- Orchestra – The London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Producer – Suvi Raj Grubb
- Vocals [1st Foreman / Coachman] – Colin Appleton
- Vocals [2nd Foreman] – Alan Byers
- Vocals [3rd Foreman] – James Lewington
- Vocals [A Priest] – Leonard Mróz
- Vocals [A Sergeant] – Aage Haugland
- Vocals [A Shabby Peasant] – Robert Tear
- Vocals [A Teacher] – Martyn Hill
- Vocals [Aksinya] – Taru Valjakka
- Vocals [An Old Convict] – Alexander Malta
- Vocals [Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov] – Dimiter Petkov
- Vocals [Drunken Guest] – Edgar Fleet
- Vocals [Ekaterina Lvovna Ismailova] – Galina Vishnevskaya
- Vocals [Millhand / Officer] – Leslie Fyson
- Vocals [Policeman] – Oliver Broome
- Vocals [Porter] – Steven Emmerson
- Vocals [Sentry] – David Beavan
- Vocals [Sergey] – Nicolai Gedda
- Vocals [Sonyetka] – Birgit Finnilä
- Vocals [Steward] – John Noble
- Vocals [Woman Convict] – Lynda Richardson
- Vocals [Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov] – Werner Krenn
