BRILLIANT OPERA COLLECTION: MUSSORGSKY: SOROCHINTSY FAIR

Opera in three acts, Libretto by the composer, based on the like-named tale by Nikolai Gogol Edited by Pavel Lamm - Completed by Vissarion Shebalin, Introduction arranged by Anatoly Lyadov CD1 1 Introduction 4'29 Act 1 2 The fair scene 3'45 3 The Gypsy's appearance 6'20 4 Scene: Cherevik and Godfather 2'46 5 Scene: Cherevik and Khivrya 4'39 6 Grits'ko's meditation and finale 8'05 Act 2 7 Scene: Cherevik and Khivrya 8'41 8 Khivrya alone 5'54 9 Khivrya's song -- Scene with the Priest's son 10'14 10 Guests are coming 7'14 11 Cherevik's song with guests 5'56 12 Godfather's tale and finale 5'09 Total time 73'19 CD2 Act 3 Scene 1 1 Cherevik and Godfather with lads, then Gypsy, Grits'ko 8'50 2 Lad's dreaming vision 10'04 Scene 2 3 Parasya's meditation 7'02 4 Final hopak 1'37 Total time 27'34 Hermann Kuklin, Cherevik Svetlana Zalizniak, Khivrya Nadezhda Ryzhkova, Parasya Sergei Vialkov, Godfather Vitaly Petrov, Grits'ko Sergei Maistruk, Afanasy Ivanovich Andrei Vylegzhanin, Gypsy/Chernobog Chorus and Orchestra of Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Russia Vera Davydova, chorus master Evgeny Brazhnik, conductor