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Special offer. Boris Christoff

Recordings from 1949 - 1955

Boris Christoff (bass)

  • Release Date: 25th Jan 2010
  • Catalogue No: NI79613
  • Label: Nimbus
  • Series: Prima Voce
  • Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

3 CDs

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Contents

Mozart: Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni)

Work length5:35
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari

Caldara: Come raggio di sol (Recorded 1952)

Work length3:11
  • Boris Christoff, Gerald Moore
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Bellini: Norma: Ite sul colle (Recorded 1955)

Work length10:13
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Vittorio Gui

Bellini: La Sonnambula: Il mulino! Il fonte!...Vi ravviso (Recorded 1955)

Work length4:59
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Vittorio Gui

Excerpt, Verdi: Nabucco

Work length9:43
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Vittorio Gui

Sperate, o figli!...D'Egitto la sui lidi (Recorded 1955)

Track length4:57

Oh chi piange?...Del futuro nel bujo discerno (Recorded 1955)

Track length4:46

Verdi: La forza del destino: Il santo nome di Dio (Recorded 1955)

Work length6:54
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Vittorio Gui

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra: A te l'estremo addio…Il lacerate spirito (Recorded 1955)

Work length5:52
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Vittorio Gui

Verdi: Ernani: Che mai veggio!...Infelice…L'offeso onor (Recorded 1951)

Work length6:49
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari

Verdi: Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo…Dormiro sol (Recorded 1950)

Work length9:14
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Herbert von Karajan

Excerpt, Boito: Mefistofele

Work length7:43
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Nicolai Malko, Issay Dobrowen

Ave Signor! (Recorded 1949)

Track length3:55

Son lo spirito che nega (Recorded 1949)

Track length3:48

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Prologue Scene II: Coronation Scene (Recorded 1952)

Work length10:53
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Issay Dobrowen

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act I Scene 1: Pimen's Monologue (Recorded 1949)

Work length5:51
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Nicolai Malko

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act I Scene 2: Varlaam's Song (Recorded 1949)

Work length2:33
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Herbert von Karajan

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act II Scene 1

Work length10:02
  • Boris Christoff
  • Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Issay Dobrowen

Boris' Monologue (Recorded 1952)

Track length6:04

Clock Scene (Recorded 1952)

Track length3:58

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act IV Scene 2: Farewell and Death of Boris (Recorded 1949)

Work length11:45
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Issay Dobrowen

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Dosifey's Aria (Recorded 1950)

Work length6:22
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Issay Dobrowen

Rimsky Korsakov: Sadko: Song of the Viking Merchant (Recorded 1950)

Work length3:45
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Issay Dobrowen

Rimsky Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh: O Vain Illusion (Recorded 1952)

Work length4:26
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Wilhelm Schüchter

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Everyone Knows Love on Earth (Recorded 1952)

Work length4:55
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Wilhelm Schüchter

Excerpt, Borodin: Prince Igor

Work length11:15
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Issay Dobrowen

Prince Galitsky's Aria (Recorded 1950)

Track length3:52

Konchak's Aria (Recorded 1950)

Track length7:23

Serov: The Power of the Fiend: Shrove Tuesday (Recorded 1954)

Work length4:39
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: Song of the Lumberjacks (Recorded 1954)

Work length5:00
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: The Bandore (Recorded 1954)

Work length3:28
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: Down Peterskaya Street (Recorded 1954)

Work length2:13
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: Going Down the Volga (Recorded 1954)

Work length3:39
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: The Lonely Autumn Night (Recorded 1954)

Work length5:22
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Znamedy: Psalm 137, By the Waters of Babylon (Recorded 1954)

Work length5:24
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Mikhail Strokine: Prayer to St. Simeon (Recorded 1954)

Work length2:36
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Chesnokov: Lord have Mercy on our People (Recorded 1954)

Work length4:00
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: The Song of the Twelve Robbers (Recorded 1954)

Work length5:55
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Grechaninov: Litany (Recorded 1954)

Work length6:01
  • Boris Christoff
  • Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: Siberian Prisoner's Song (Recorded 1951)

Work length4:17
  • Boris Christoff, Gerald Moore
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death: No. IV. The Field-Marshall (Recorded 1951)

Work length4:54
  • Boris Christoff, Gerald Moore
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Mussorgsky: The Grave (Recorded 1951)

Work length3:44
  • Boris Christoff, Gerald Moore
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Mussorgsky: Softly the Spirit Flies up to Heaven (Recorded 1951)

Work length3:14
  • Boris Christoff, Gerald Moore
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

Grigory Lishin: She Mocked (Recorded 1952)

Work length3:32
  • Boris Christoff, Gerald Moore
  • Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Anatole Fistoulari, Vittorio Gui, Herbert von Karajan, Issay Dobrowen, Nicolai Malko, Wilhelm Schüchter

trad.: Song of the Volga Boatmen (Recorded 1952)

Work length4:20
  • Boris Christoff
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Feodor Potorzhinski Russian Choir, Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Gard
  • Issay Dobrowen

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