London - Eugen Onegin - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tchaikovsky / London - Eugen Onegin (Sung in German) [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/01/2009

Album Tracks 1. Act I - Prologue 2. Introduction 3. Scene Nikitich / Mitiukha / Chorus 4. Scene Shchelkalov / Chorus 5. Coronation Scene - Chorus / Shuisky 6. Monologue Boris / Chorus 7. Act I - the Monastery of the Miracle 8. Scene Pimen / Grigory 9. Scene Grigory 10. Act I - in the Inn on the Lithuanian Border 11. Scene Innkeeper / Varlaam / Missail 12. Varlaam's Aria 13. Scene Varlaam / Missail / Grigory 14. Scene Office / Grigory / Varlaam / Missail / Innkeeper 15. Act II - the Tsar's Chambers in the Kremlin 16. Scene Nurse / Xenia / Feodor 17. Scene Boris / Xenia / Feodor 18. Monologue Boris 19. Scene Shuisky / Boris 20. Hallucination Scene Boris 21. Act III - the Castle of Mnishek at Sandomir, Poland 22. Chorus of Ladies 23. Scene Marina / Chorus 24. Scene Marina / Rangoni 25. Scene Marina / Grigory 26. Polonaise 27. Duet Marina / Grigory 28. Act IV - St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow 29. Chorus 30. Scene Simpleton / Boris / Chorus 31. Act IV - the Kremlin Palace 32. Chorus 33. Scene Boris / Shuisky / Chorus 34. Pimen's Narration 35. Boris' Death 36. Act IV - the Forest of Kromy 37. Chorus 38. Scene Varlaam / Missail / Grigory / Simpleton / Chorus

The unforgettable passion and intensity that soprano Leonie Rysanek and baritone George London brought to their most famous pairing in Wagner's Der fliegende Hollander is well-represented here as well on this recording of a 1955 live performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin, starring Ms. Rysanek as Tatyana and Mr. London as Onegin. Though already becoming less common at the time, the opera is sung in German translation rather than Russian for the Austrian audience in attendance. This historic recording has been remastered in 24bit/96kHz sound.