| Notes: | Title order reversed on disc and container; the 1st work a ballet for solo voices, chorus, four pianos, and percussion; the 2nd an opera-oratorio.
Text of the 1st work from traditional Russian wedding rituals; libretto of the 2nd work by Jean Cocteau, translated into Latin by J. Daniélou.
Texts in Russian (Cyrillic), French, and Latin with English translations and program notes in Russian (Cyrillic), English, and French (77 p. : ill., ports.) in container.
In the 1st work: Mlada Khudoley, soprano ; Olga Savova, mezzo-soprano ; Alexander Timchenko, tenor ; Andrei Serov, bass ; Alexander Mogilevsky, Svetlana Smolina, Yulia Zaichkina, Maxim Mogilevsky, pianos. In the 2nd work: Gérard Depardieu, narrator ; Ekaterina Semenchuk, mezzo-soprano ; Sergei Semishkur, Alexander Timchenko, tenors ; Evgeny Nikitin, bass-baritone ; Mikhail Petrenko, bass. In both works: Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus ; Valery Gergiev, conductor.
Recorded in the Concert Hall of the Mariinsksy Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 28-31, 2009 and Feb. 4-8, 2010.
The 1st work sung in Russian; the 2nd sung in Latin with spoken narration in French.
Description based on hard copy version record.
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