Discover “feodor chaliapin - Scenes From Russian Opera”: One release from 1958, from France - Available in LP
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Scenes From Russian Opera

  • LP
  • COLH 100
  • 1958
  • France
  • Scenes From Russian Opera (Feodor Chaliapin)
Feodor Chaliapin - Scenes From Russian Opera
LP - Feodor Chaliapin - Scenes From Russian Opera
LP - Feodor Chaliapin - Scenes From Russian Opera
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Scenes From Russian Opera (Feodor Chaliapin)

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'Main Artist is listed as 'Feodor Chaliapin' on the booklet and insert, 'Chaliapin' on the jacket, and 'Chaliapine' on the labels.

Proper title, as on the booklet and insert, is 'Scenes from Russian Opera'. Jacket has side titles of 'Boris Goudonov' and 'Russian Operatic Arias'. Spine has 'Boris Goudonov - Excerpts' as a title. Labels are titled 'Excerpts From 'Boris Goudonov'' and 'Russian Operatic Arias'.

The sleeve has a plastic pull-stick to slide it from the jacket.

The release has a 12-page booklet with information on Chaliapin and Russian opera, with two black & white photographs of Chaliapin. Inside the booklet is a loose, 8-page libretto with lyrics in Russian (Latinized) and English. There is a note in the booklet that owing to copyright, the libretto may not be available in all countries.

Tracks listed as 'a', 'b', 'c', etc.
'Coronation Scene (Prologue)' listed as 'Coronation Scene' in the booklet.
'I Am Suffocating !' listed as 'Ah, I Am Stifling' in the booklet.
Track A4 is split in the booklet.
'Aria Of Khan Kontchak' listed as 'Kontchak's Aria' in the booklet.

Recorded by The Gramophone Company Limited, England. Booklet made and printed in England. Libretto printed in England.

'Feodor Chaliapin' liner notes by permission of the Editor of 'The Record Collector'.
Notes © by Martin Cooper and Desmond Shawe-Taylor, 1958.
Libretto Transliterations and English Versions © by Martin Cooper.

'Electric & Musical Industries (U.S.) Ltd.' written on the labels.

'Coronation Scene' recorded in London in October, 1925, on master number CC7066. First issued in February, 1926, on record number DB900.
'I Have Attained The Highest Power' / 'Ah, I Am Stifling' recorded in London in June, 1931, on master numbers 2B577 and 2B578. First issued in September, 1931, on record number DB1532.
'Farewell Of Boris' recorded at a performance at Covent Garden Opera House, London, on 4th July, 1928, on master number CR2141. First issued in November, 1928, on record number DB1183.
'Prayer And Death Of Boris' recorded at a performance at Covent Garden Opera House, London, on 4th July, 1928, on master numbers CR2142 and CR2143. First issued in June, 1938, on record number DB3464.
'Farlaf's Rondo ('Russlan and Ludmilla')' / 'The Miller's Aria ('Russalka')' recorded in London in June, 1931, on master numbers 2B582 and 2B579, respectively. First issued in December, 1931, on record number DB1530.
'Mad Scene And Death Of The Miller ('Russalka')' recorded in London in June, 1931, on master numbers 2B580 and 2B581. First issued in September, 1931, on record number DB1531.
'Kontchak's Aria ('Prince Igor')' / 'Song of the Viking Guest ('Sadko')' recorded in London in October, 1927, on master numbers CC1710 and CC1705 respectively. First issued in May, 1928, on record number DB1104.

All transferred to LP in Paris in 1957. First issue of the transfer in March, 1958, on record number COLH100 in the 'Great Recordings of the Century' series, in England.
'[discogs]

1
Excerpts From 'Boris Goudonov'
1
Coronation Scene (Prologue)
1
Russian Operatic Arias
2
I Have Attained The Highest Power (Act 2)
3
I Am Suffocating ! (Act 2)
4
Farewell, Prayer And Death Of Boris (Act 4)
1
Russlan And Ludmilla: Rondo Of Farlaf
2
Roussalka: Miller's Aria
3
Roussalka: Mad Scene And Death Of The Miller
4
Prince Igor: Aria Of Khan Kontchak
5
Sadko: Song Of The Viking Guest
Conductor
Max Steinmann
Liner Notes ['chaliapin On The Stage']
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Liner Notes ['feodor Chaliapin']
Boris Semeonoff
Liner Notes [Booklet Quotation]
Maurice Maeterlinck
Liner Notes [Transliterations, English Versions, 'russian Opera']
Martin Cooper
Orchestrated By [Orch.]
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Vocals [Sung By]
Feodor Chaliapin
Written By
Pushkin— Moussorgksy
Written-By
Modest Mussorgsky
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