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Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia Festival Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov – Borodin: Prince Igor (1990) CD-Rip

Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia Festival Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov – Borodin: Prince Igor (1990) CD-Rip
  • Title: Borodin: Prince Igor
  • Year Of Release: 1990
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Genre: Classical, Opera
  • Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 03:30:17
  • Total Size: 965 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD1

1-1 Overture 10:18
1-2 Prologue 21:20
Act 1
1-3 Scene 1 - At Vladimir Galitsky's Court 18:36
1-4 Scene 2 - Arioso Of Yaroslavna 09:53
1-5 Yaroslavna With The Girls 05:00
1-6 Yaroslavna And Galitsky 08:05

CD2
Act 1
2-1 Final Of Act One 09:29
Act 2
2-2 Choir Of The Polovstian Maidens 06:05
2-3 Dance Of The Polovstian Maidens 02:16
2-4 Cavatina Of Konchakovna 06:40
2-5 Scene With Choir 03:41
2-6 Recitative And Vavatina Of Vladimir Igoryevich 05:25
2-7 Duet Of Igoryevich And Konchakovna 06:41
2-8 Aria Of Prince Igor 07:04
2-9 Prince Igor And Ovlur 04:04
2-10 Aria Of Konchak 06:30
2-11 Recitative Of prince Igor And Konchak 03:27
2-12 Polovtsian Dance With Choir 11:55

CD3

Act 3
3-1 Polovtsian March 05:53
3-2 Song Of Konchak 03:13
3-3 Recitative Of Konchak And Choir Of The Khans 04:50
3-4 Choir And Dance Of The Guards 03:47
3-5 Recitative Of Ovlur And Prince Igor 02:01
3-6 Trio (Konchakovna, Ogoryevich, Prince Igor) 04:14
3-7 Finale 04:51
Act 4
3-8 Aria Of Yaroslavna 10:13
3-9 Song Of The Peasants 03:06
3-10 Recitative Of Yaroslavna And Duet With Igor 07:49
3-11 Song Of The Gudok-Players And Choir 09:33
3-12 Choral Finale 03:51

Performers:
Boris Martinovich (Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince Seversky -baritone-)
Stefka Evstatieva (Yaroslavna, his second wife -soprano-)
Kałudi Kałudow (Vladimir Igoryevich, Igor’s son from his first marriage -tenor-)
Nicola Ghiuselev (Vladimir Yaroslavich, Prince Galitsky, Yaroslavna’s brother -bass-)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Khan Konchak -bass-)
Alexandrina Miltcheva (Konchakovna, Khan Konchak’s daughter -mezzo-soprano-)
Mincho Popov (Ovlur, a Christian Polovtsian -tenor-)
Stoil Georgiev (Gudok-Player Skula -bass-)
Angel Petkov (Gudok-Player Yeroshka -tenor-)
Elena Stoyanova (Yaroslavna’s nanny/A Polovtsian maiden -soprano-)

Sofia National Opera Chorus
Sofia Festival Orchestra
Emil Tchakarov (conductor)

Prince Igor is an epic opera,with its wonderful crowd scenes and intimate love music and although it can at times appear more a patchwork of scenes than a coherent work it does contain wonderful music which moves along with great vigour and excitement. This version with mainly Bulgarian singers is most enjoyable with Tchakarov bringing out the dramatic tension,vivid melody and colour with finesse and passion,the orchestra responding admirably to all the nuances in the score,the chorus too so important in this work give an outstanding performance in the Polovtsian music. The two magnificent basses Ghiaurov and Ghiuselev excel as Konchak and Galitsky compelling in their richness of voice each bringing out the colour of their character which in turn helps to give some focus to this huge episodic work. Stefka Evstatieva as Yaroslavna(Galitsky's sister) sings beautifully with slavic tone and characterises the role well,the mezzo Alexandrina Miltcheva as Konchakovna(Konchak's daughter)is not quite up to the standard of the aforementoned singers, curdling in places but she too has beautiful moments and does not disappoint and Boris Matinovich has a virile bass voice in the role of Seversky singing with intelligence. Prince Igor although at times a sprawling work contains many pleasures worth exploring and is one of the glories of Russian opera.


Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia Festival Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov – Borodin: Prince Igor (1990) CD-Rip




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