Glinka: Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) (Mikhailov, Spiller, Melik-Pashayev) (1947, 1950) - CD

CD - 1

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar), Op. 4 (1836)

 

1. Act I: Overture

00:08:48

 

2. Act I: Introduction: Rodina moya! Russkaya zemlya (My homeland! The Russian lands) (Chorus and Soldier)

00:08:27

 

3. Act I: Cavatina and Rondo: Akh, ti, polye, polye ti moyo (Ah, you, my field) (Antonida)

00:06:34

 

4. Act I: Chto gadat' o svad'bye (Why dream of weddings) (Susanin, Chorus)

00:05:18

 

5. Act I: Scene, Trio and Chorus: Zdravstvuitye, rodniye! (Greetings, kinsfolk) (Sobinin, Susanin, Antonida, Chorus)

00:17:11

 

6. Act II: Polonaise and Chorus of Poles: Ley vina! Pey do dna (Serve the wine! Drink to the bottom!) (Chorus)

00:04:38

 

7. Act II: Krakowiak

00:05:24

 

8. Act II: Dances

00:05:52

 

9. Act II: Mazurka

00:06:33

 

10. Act II: Finale: Otkuda? (Where are you from?) (Polish Commander, Messenger, Chorus)

00:04:36

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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar), Op. 4 (1836)

 

1. Act III: Entr'acte

00:03:01

 

2. Act III: Duet: Kak mat' ubili u malogo ptentsa (When they killed the mother of the little bird) (Vanya, Susanin)

00:08:38

 

3. Act III: Chorus of peasants: Seychas mi v les idyom (Now we are setting off for the woods) (Chorus)

00:03:29

 

4. Act III: Quartet: Antonida! Miliye dyeti! (Antonida! Dear children!) (Susanin, Sobinin, Vanya, Antonida)

00:11:29

 

5. Act III: Scene and Chorus: Nu vot, ya dozhil, slava bogu (Well, I have lived to see this day, thank God) (Susanin, Vanya, Antonida, Chorus)

00:13:24

 

6. Act III: Wedding Chorus: Razgulyalisya, razlivalisya vodi vyeshniye (Spring waters stream and flow) (Maidens Chorus)

00:03:03

 

7. Act III: Romance: Ne o tom skorblyu, podruzhen'ki (I am not grieving over that, dear friends) (Antonida, Chorus)

00:04:15

 

8. Act III: Finale: Antonida! Chto sluchilos' (Antonida! What has happened?) Sobinin, Antonida, Chorus)

00:02:22

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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar), Op. 4 (1836)

 

1. Act IV: Entr'acte

00:02:52

 

2. Act IV: Aria: Bedniy kon' v polye pal (The poor horse fell in the field) (Vanya, Chorus)

00:12:25

 

3. Act IV: Chorus of Poles: Ustali mi! (We are tired!) (Chorus, Susanin)

00:03:51

 

4. Act IV: Aria: Chuyut pravdu! (They sense the truth!) (Susanin)

00:05:36

 

5. Act IV: Recitative: Davno li s sem'yoy svoey (Not long ago in my family) (Susanin, Chorus)

00:13:15

 

6. Epilogue: Entr'acte

00:03:07

 

7. Epilogue: Finale: Slav'sya, slav'sya, ti Rus' moya! (Glory, glory to thee, my Rus'!) (Chorus)

00:03:40

 

8. A Life for the Tsar, Act III: Duet: Kak mat' ubili u malogo ptentsa (When they killed the mother of the little bird) (Vanya, Susanin)

00:09:12

 

9. A Life for the Tsar, Act III: Romance: Nye o tom skorblyu, podruzhen'ki (I am not grieving over that, dear friends) (Antonida, Chorus)

00:03:16

 

10. A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Brattsi! V metyel' (Brethren! In the storm) (Sobinin, Chorus)

00:04:31

 

11. A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Aria: Bednyi kon' (The poor horse fell in the field) (Vanya, Chorus)

00:08:39

 

12. A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Chuyut pravdu! (They sense the truth!)

00:00:24