ČAJKOVSKIJ,P.I. / Tchaikovsky - Oprichnik / Opričnik - opera (3CD)

Tchaikovsky: The Oprichnik
Opera in four acts and five tableaux
Libretto by the composer after the play by Ivan Ivanovich Lazechnikov

CD1
1 Introduction (Orchestra) 5’40

Act 1
2 Come in, do us the honour (Zhemchuznïy/Molchan) 4’56
3 A duckling was swimming in the sea (Chorus of Girls) 2’05
4 How wearisome it is to spend the whole day (Natalya/Zakharyevna/Chorus of Girls) 3’22
5 A nightingale chirps on leafy fronds (Natalya) 5’52
6 See here if one should get sad over such a song! (Zakharyevna/Chorus of Girls/Natalya) 5’28
7 Don’t worry, dear Andrey, step forward (Basmanov/Andrey/Chorus of Oprichniks) 2’42
8 Tell me, have you taken a decision? (Basmanov/Andrey) 2’44
9 No, my friend (Andrey/Basmanov) 3’57
10 I thought I heard some voices (Natalya) 4’00
11 Here you are then! (Zakharyevna/Chorus of Girls) 4’14

Act 2
First Tableau
12 Introduction (Orchestra) 2’54
13 Much as one tries, life never changes (Morozova) 7’58
14 No more worries, mother, let the wind disperse your troubles (Andrey/Morozova) 3’35
15 But you, son, keep purer than the snow (Morozova/Andrey) 2’40
16 Basmanov likes wine and pleasures (Andrey/Morozova) 2’46
17 Dear son, do not abandon me (Morozova/Andrey) 3’57
18 I leave, mother, but I won’t be away for long (Andrey/Morozova) 2’54

Total time 71’54

CD2
Second Tableau
1 Introduction 1’54
2 What refuge shall I find from my sins? (Chorus of Oprichniks) 2’38
3 Brothers, stop being engrossed in godly things! (Vyazminsky/Chorus of Oprichniks) 2’20
4 No, stay, I come from the Czar (Basmanov/Chorus of Oprichniks/Vyazminsky) 3’45
5 Have you made this choice freely (Vyazminsky/Chorus of Oprichniks) 0’31
6 Before you, like before God (Andrey) 2’25
7 Are you ready, then, to take the sacred oath? (Vyazminsky/Andrey/Chorus of Oprichniks) 2’22
8 O Natalya, O mother! (Andrey/Vyazminsky/Basmanov/Chorus of Oprichniks) 3’37
9 In the name of the almighty God (Vyazminsky/Chorus of Oprichniks/Andrey/Basmanov) 7’21
10 As glorious as the sun in a clear day (Vyazminsky/ Chorus of Oprichniks) 2’47

Act 3
11 Introduction (Orchestra) 3’40
12 Dark times are looming on us (Chorus of People) 7’35
13 Oh, how lonely I already feel! (Morozova) 2’27
14 Filthy bitch, dirty broom (Chorus of Boys/People/Morozova) 1’42
15 I run to you, dear mother (Natalya/Morozova) 7’10

Total time 52’21

CD3
1 Let’s run away, come, let’s flee somewhere (Natalya/Morozova/Zhemchuznïy/Chorus of People) 1’43
2 I am before you and before the Lord (Natalya/Zhemchuznïy/Morozova) 4’51
3 Go, princess (Zhemchuznïy/Natalya/Chorus of Oprichniks/Chorus of People/Andrey/Morozova/ Basmanov) 6’10
4 I deny you, off with you, Praetorian (Morozova/Natalya) 1’23
5 Alas, I cannot fully grasp (Andrey/Natalya/Basmanov/Zhemchuznïy/Chorus of Oprichniks/Chorus of People) 5’03
6 Take heart, brother in faith (Basmanov/Natalya/Andrey/Zhemchuznïy/Chorus) 4’14

Act 4
7 Honour and glory to the fine, courageous lad (Wedding Chorus) 5’38
8 Dances of Oprichniks and women (Orchestra) 6’09
9 Friends, this day is both joyful and sad (Andrey/Chorus of Oprichniks/Basmanov) 6’05
10 Oh, if only this banquet would end! (Natalya/Andrey) 2’33
11 You are my light, my life (Natalya/Andrey) 3’43
12 Oh, may they never age (Wedding Chorus/Andrey/Basmanov 4’11
13 My respects to the noble congregation (Vyazminsky/Andrey/Basmanov/Chorus/Natalya) 4’50
14 Look, a frightening storm threatens (Vyazminsky/Natalya/Basmanov/Andrey/Chorus) 4’30
15 And so, my dove, do you know who is calling you? (Vyazminsky/Andrey/Natalya/Chorus/ Basmanov/Morozova) 5’36

Total time 66’52

Prince Zhemchuznïy............................................VASSILY SAVENKO
Natalya.............................................................ELENA LASSOSKAYA
Molchan Mitkov .......................................................DMITRI ULIANOV
Boyarïnya Morozova ............................................IRINA DOLZHENKO
Andrey Morozov ..............................................VSEVOLOD GRIVNOV
Basmanov................................................ALEXANDRA DURSENEVA
Prince Vyazminsky.......................................VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO
Zakharyevna.............................................................CINZIA DE MOLA

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
chorus master Paolo Vero
Gennady Rozhdestvensky