Label: Naxos Historical
Series: Great Opera Recordings
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110216-17
Barcode: 0636943121627
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 11/2002

TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Eugene Onegin (Bolshoi Opera) (1937)

This, the first commercial recording of Eugene Onegin, is distinguished by the outstanding singing of the principals, and the sensitive conducting of Melik-Pashaev and Orlov. Leading the cast, Nortsov is outstanding with his psychologically acute portrayal of Onegin, while one of the Soviet era’s greatest tenors, Ivan Kozlovsky, takes the role of Lensky. Two conductors share the performance, Melik-Pashaev, late chief conductor at the Bolshoi, and Orlov, who in 1948 conducted a complete recording of the same opera.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Shilovsky, Konstantin - Lyricist
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich - Lyricist
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Makarova, Vera (mezzo-soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Orlov, Alexander (Conductor)
Mineev, Anatoli (bass)
Ostroumov, Sergei (tenor)
Mikhailov, Maxim (bass)
1 Act I - Scene 1 - Introduction 02:25
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
2 Act I - Scene 1 - Slikhali l vi za roschei glas nochnoi 05:12
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Makarova, Vera (mezzo-soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
3 Act I - Scene 1 - Bolyat moyi skori nozhenki so pokhodushki... Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku 04:35
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
4 Act I - Scene 1 - Kak ya lyublyu pod zvuki pesen etikh... Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku 03:17
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
5 Act I - Scene 1 - Nu ti, moya vostrushka 02:47
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Makarova, Vera (mezzo-soprano)
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
6 Act I - Scene 1 - Mesdames! Ya na sebya vzyal smyelost... Skazhi, kotoraya Tatyana 03:05
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
7 Act I - Scene 1 - Kak shchastliv, kak shchastliv ya!... Ya lyublyu vas 05:36
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
8 Act I - Scene 1 - A, vot i vi! 02:33
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Makarova, Vera (mezzo-soprano)
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
9 Act I - Scene 2 - Nu, zaboltalas ya! 07:33
Makarova, Vera (mezzo-soprano)
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
10 Act I - Scene 2 - Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde 12:13
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Orlov, Alexander (Conductor)
11 Act I - Scene 2 - Akh, noch minula 05:53
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Makarova, Vera (mezzo-soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
12 Act I - Scene 3 - Dyevitsi, krasavitsi 02:42
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
13 Act I - Scene 3 - Zdyes on, zdyes on, Yevgeni!... Kogda bi zhizn domashnim krugom 07:41
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 Act II - Scene 1 - Vot tak syurpriz! 07:28
Mineev, Anatoli (bass)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
Orlov, Alexander (Conductor)
2 Act II - Scene 1 - Uzhel ya zasluzhil ot vas nasmyeshku etu?... A cette fete convies 06:29
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Ostroumov, Sergei (tenor)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
3 Act II - Scene 1 - Messieurs, mesdames, mesta zanyat izvolte... Ti ne tantsuyesh, Lensky? 04:19
Mineev, Anatoli (bass)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
4 Act II - Scene 1 - V vashem dome! V vashem dome! 04:21
Rudnitskaya, Liudmila (mezzo-soprano)
Antonova, Elizaveta (alto)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
5 Act II - Scene 2 - Nu, shto zhe?.... Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis 09:40
Mikhailov, Maxim (bass)
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
6 Act II - Scene 2 - A, vot oni! 05:51
Mikhailov, Maxim (bass)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Kozlovsky, Ivan (tenor)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
7 Act III - Scene 1 - Polonaise 04:17
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
8 Act III - Scene 1 - I zdyes mnye skuchno!... Knyaginya Gremina! Smotrite! 06:00
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Mikhailov, Maxim (bass)
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus (Choir)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
9 Act III - Scene 1 - Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni 05:35
Mikhailov, Maxim (bass)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
10 Act III - Scene 1 - Itak, poidyom, tebya predstavlyu ya... Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana 03:06
Mikhailov, Maxim (bass)
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Melik-Pashayev, Alexander (Conductor)
11 Act III - Scene 2 - O! Kak mnye tyazhelo!... Onegin! Ya togda molozhe 13:48
Kruglikova, Elena (soprano)
Nortsov, Panteleimon (baritone)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Orchestra)
Orlov, Alexander (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:16:26