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: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724356777927
Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: April 09, 2002
Sales Rank: 74643
Studio: EMI Classics



Disc 1:
  1. Act One, Scene One: Akh, Nye Spitsa Bol'she, Poprobuyu - Galina Vishnevskaya
  2. Act One, Scene One: V Dyevkakh Luchshe Bylo - Galina Vishnevskaya
  3. Act One, Scene One: Gribki Sevodnya Budut? - Galina Vishnevskaya
  4. Act One, Scene One: Prigotov Otravu Dlya Krys - Galina Vishnevskaya
  5. Act One, Scene One: Govori!... Plotinu-to Na - Leslie Fyson
  6. Act One, Scene One: Proshchay, Katerina - WErner Krenn
  7. Act One, Scene One: Chevo Vstal? Chevo Ostanovilsa? - Dimiter Petkov
  8. Act One, Scene One: Interlude - London Philharmonic Orchestra
  9. Act One, Scene Two: A! Ay! Ay! - John McCarthy
  10. Act One, Scene Two: Barynya!... Ay!... Shto S Toboyu? - Robert Tear
  11. Act One, Scene Two: A Nu-s, Pozvol'te Ruku-s - Robert Tear
  12. Act One, Scene Two: Interlude - London Philharmonic Orchestra
  13. Act One, Scene Three: Spat' Pora. Dyen Proshol - Galina Vishnevskaya
  14. Act One, Scene Three: Zherebyonok K Kobylke Toropitsa - Galina Vishnevskaya
  15. Act One, Scene Three: Kto Eto, Kto, Kto Stuchit? - Nicolai Gedda
  16. Act One, Scene Three: Ya Poydu... Proshchay - Nicolai Gedda
  17. Act Two, Scene Four: Shto Znachit Starost' - Dimiter Petkov
  18. Act Two, Scene Four: Pod Oknami U Chzuhikh - Dimiter Petkov
  19. Act Two, Scene Four: Proshchay, Katya, Proshchay! - John McCarthy
  20. Act Two, Scene Four: Ustal... Prikazhete Mnye Postegat'? - Galina Vishnevskaya
  21. Act Two, Scene Four: V Kladovuyu Sergeya Zaperli - Galina Vishnevskaya
  22. Act Two, Scene Four: Vidno, Skoro Uzh Zarya - John McCarthy
  23. Act Two, Scene Four: Batya, Ispovyedatsa - Dimiter Petkov
  24. Act Two, Scene Four: Akh, Boris Timofeyevich - Galina Vishnevskaya
  25. Act Two, Scene Four: Interlude - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Disc 2:
  1. Act Two, Scene Five: Sergey, Seryozha! - Nicolai Gedda
  2. Act Two, Scene Five: Katya, Prikhodit Konyets Lyubvi Nashey - Nicolai Gedda
  3. Act Two, Scene Five: Nye Pechal'sa, Sergey - Nicolai Gedda
  4. Act Two, Scene Five: Opyat Usnul - Galina Vishnevskaya
  5. Act Two, Scene Five: Nu? Chevo Tebye? - Nicolai Gedda
  6. Act Two, Scene Five: Slushay, Sergey, Sergey! - Nicolai Gedda
  7. Act Two, Scene Five: Katerina!... Kto Tam? - WErner Krenn
  8. Act Two, Scene Five: Tepyer Shabash - Nicolai Gedda
  9. Act Three, Scene Six: Shto Ty Tut Shoish? - Nicolai Gedda
  10. Act Three, Scene Six: U Menya Byla Kuma - Robert Tear
  11. Act Three, Scene Six: Interlude - London Philharmonic Orchestra
  12. Act Three, Scene Six: Sozdan Politseysky Byl Vo Vremya Ono - Leslie Fyson
  13. Act Three, Scene Six: U Izmaylovoy Seychas Pir Goroy - Martyn Hill
  14. Act Three, Scene Six: Vashe Blagorodie!... Chevo Tebye? - Leslie Fyson
  15. Act Three, Scene Six: Intelrude - London Philharmonic Orchestra
  16. Act Three: Scene Eight: Slava Suprugam - John McCarthy
  17. Act Three: Scene Eight: Shto Takoe?... Zamok Sorvan - John McCarthy
  18. Act Three: Scene Eight: Shto Takoe? Pozdno! - Leslie Fyson
  19. Act Four: Scene Nine: Vyorsty Odna Za Drugoy - John McCarthy
  20. Act Four: Scene Nine: Stepanych! Propusti Menya - Nicolai Gedda
  21. Act Four: Scene Nine: Nye Lekhko Posle Pochota Da Poklonov - Galina Vishnevskaya
  22. Act Four: Scene Nine: Moyo Pochtyenye! - Birgit Finnila
  23. Act Four: Scene Nine: Ladno Dostanu! - Nicolai Gedda
  24. Act Four: Scene Nine: Na Chulki! Idyom, Tepyer Ty Moya! - John McCarthy
  25. Act Four: Scene Nine: V Lesu, V Samoy Chashche Yest' Ozero - Galina Vishnevskaya
  26. Act Four: Scene Nine: Znaesh Li, Sonyetka - Birgit Finnila
  27. Act Four: Scene Nine: Vstavay! Po Mestam! Zhivo - Leslie Fyson
  28. Act Four: Scene Nine: Akh!... Bozhe Moy! Shto Takoe? - Leslie Fyson
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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com :
Written between 1930 and 1932, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk was one of the most brilliant achievements of Shostakovich's long career. It was also the work that got him into trouble with Stalin. When the Soviet leader attended a performance in Moscow in 1936, almost two years after the opera's acclaimed Leningrad premiere, he personally ordered the publication of a scathing article in Pravda ("Muddle Instead of Music"), unleashing a ruthless campaign to reduce the arts in Soviet Russia to a state of dogmatic subservience to the regime. Lady Macbeth would disappear from the repertory for 30 years, and Shostakovich, despite his great gifts for opera, would focus his attention on symphonic and chamber music instead.

But what an opera this one was! Notwithstanding its title, it has nothing to do with Shakespeare's Macbeth and quite a lot to do with Dostoevsky (even though it's based on a story by another 19th-century writer, Nikolai Leskov). The plot has all the elements of a Russian epic--boredom, need, irresistible sexual longing, infidelity, murder, suicide--and the music is vintage Shostakovich, swinging between farce and tragedy with astonishing sureness, magnificently intense, deeply absorbing, yet approachable. The opera's climactic scenes are driven by music of incredible power, and there are pages of haunting lyric beauty as well, such as Katarina's aria in scene 3, or the extraordinary music that begins the love scene between Katarina and Sergey--mysterious, edgy, sensuous, and vast. It's all brought home on this recording, a labor of love from two of the composer's closest friends and greatest champions. Vishnevskaya, the great exponent of the role of Katarina, sings with untrammeled splendor, while Rostropovich, the supreme interpreter of the music of Shostakovich in our time, conducts a characterful, white-hot performance by the London Philharmonic. --Ted Libbey



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Absolutely wonderful performance of a work that is much more controversial.
Never mind what Stalin has to do with the work in terms of controversy.
The plot WAS new and unconventional at THAT time. But it is another matter when it comes to the 21st century.
Rotrospovich and Vishnevskaya, together with Gedda and others put up a wonderful performance with the London Phil.
However, the work itself is tortuous to non-Russian speakers.
Throughout the 'opera', Vishnevskaya's beautiful voice wails in dismay. The music is very much 'incidental' to the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Stunning
Ensemble work is superb, score is brilliant, vocal performances truly "Russian" in style and quality. I'm no expert, but I truly loved this recording.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Still the top recording of this opera beyond all doubt!!!
Since other people have already described the opera's content quite reasonably well cumulatively, I'll simply re-affirm and underscore their recommendations especially relative to the other two recordings I've heard of this piece: Gjórgijev (on www.gmn.com with his Kiróv-Mariínskiy Opera Company - NB, this recording of a live performance at London's Barbican Hall is not for commercial sale and needs a good internet connection to be properly appreciated) and Chung (on Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very Moving
Unlike most of the reviewers, it took me a while to enjoy this opera, and not because of the music (which is truly wonderful, and very melodic, so don't be afraid of it if you are uncertain of modern opera, which is often never melodic at all). I found the sound of the Russian very annoying. That will sound strange, but it wasn't the language itself so much as how it was sung. I had heard Russian opera before, and though it is rather "twangy" compared to Italian, German, or French, I was never disturbed ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A beautiful recording!!
You don't have to be an advanced opera fan, (or fanatic!) to enjoy this one, as I am an opera newbie. The music is wonderful. Don't reject this opera because it isn't in Italian or German! It is not difficult to follow the libretto in the booklet with the Russian written in transliteration rather than the Cyrillic alphabet, along with the English translation. So get ready for a wild ride! Shostakovich suffered greatly at the hands of the Soviet leadership for writing this opera, but you can enjoy it for ... Read More


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