Notes: | Opera in 4 acts with a prologue; sung in Russian. Libretto by Mussorgsky after Pushkin and Karamzin. Version recorded "based on the 'definitive' version (1872)" --Program notes. Compact discs. Analog recording. Program notes by David Lloyd-Jones, with French and German translations, and Russian libretto (transliterated) with English, French, and German translations (249 p.) inserted in outer container. Also issued on analog discs (412 281-1) and cassettes (412 281-4) Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano ; Vladislav Piavko, Andrei Sokolov, tenors ; Alexander Vedernikov, Vladimir Matorin, basses ; other soloists ; USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus ; "Spring" Studio Children's Chorus ; USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra ; Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor. Recorded in 1978-1983 in the USSR.
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