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In the 19th Century, Russian music was still dominated the Italian and French repertoires. But young composers were taking things in a new direction. In the face of westernisation, they were working to recreate an unbroken Russian thread, with folk melodies centre stage. In this vein, Modest Mussorgski created a synthesis of centuries-old Russian folk music and the musical language of Romanticism. His opera Boris Godunov exemplified this approach: every character has their own identifying theme, in the manner of the Wagnerian leitmotif, and the discourse exploits popular Russian idiom. The writing and the harmony have an impressive aloofness, which immediately stands out as Russian. The orchestration – and in particular the use of clocks in the second part of the prologue, or the coronation scene – corroborates this picture. Finally – and what is particularly salient in this version – is the vocality of this great score, which is eminently lyrical and follows the prosody of the language. The work's choral character – Varlaam's song at the tavern, for example, with choirs that chant the score – lends it a grandiose realism which never falls into the picturesque.
Kent Nagano and the Gothenburg symphonic orchestra selected the original version of Boris Godunov, with a libretto that makes no concessions to generic convention – divided into seven tableaux. It was this uncompromising character that saw it so long censored, and reorchestrated by Rimski-Korsakov. The latter re-working made it possible for Boris to be performed, and, once it made it onto the lyrical stage, to win notoriety – and ultimately to be played today, in its original 1869 version by the young Alexander Tsymbaluk, with a touch of sadness, but perhaps not quite enough madness. Listeners will be delighted too by Mika Kares's excellent Pimen. © Elsa Siffert/Qobuz
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Boris Godunov, Pt. 1 Scene 1 (1869 Version) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anton Ljungqvist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oleg Budaratskiy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Oleg Budaratskiy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vasily Ladyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anton Ljungqvist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brunnsbo Music Class Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oleg Budaratskiy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Boris Godunov, Pt. 1 Scene 2 (1869 Version) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maxim Paster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Boris Godunov, Pt. 2 Scene 1 (1869 Version) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mika Kares, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mika Kares, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mika Kares, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mika Kares, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mika Kares, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brunnsbo Music Class Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Boris Godunov, Pt. 2 Scene 2 (1869 Version) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Boris Stepanov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Okka von der Damerau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexey Tikhomirov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexey Tikhomirov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Boris Stepanov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Okka von der Damerau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexey Tikhomirov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Boris Stepanov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Okka von der Damerau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oleg Budaratskiy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexey Tikhomirov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Boris Stepanov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sergei Skorokhodov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oleg Budaratskiy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexey Tikhomirov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
DISC 2
Boris Godunov, Pt. 3 (1869 Version) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hanna Husáhr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johanna Rudström, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hanna Husáhr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johanna Rudström, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margarita Nekrasova, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Boris Stepanov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxim Paster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johanna Rudström, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxim Paster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxim Paster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Boris Godunov, Pt. 4 Scene 1 (1869 Version) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anton Ljungqvist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Boris Stepanov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brunnsbo Music Class Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Boris Stepanov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxim Paster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Boris Godunov, Pt. 4 Scene 2 (1869 Version) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vasily Ladyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maxim Paster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vasily Ladyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxim Paster, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mika Kares, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mika Kares, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Kent Nagano, Conductor, MainArtist - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexander Tsymbalyuk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johanna Rudström, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brunnsbo Music Class Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Göteborg Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
2019 BIS 2019 (P) BIS
Albumbeschreibung
In the 19th Century, Russian music was still dominated the Italian and French repertoires. But young composers were taking things in a new direction. In the face of westernisation, they were working to recreate an unbroken Russian thread, with folk melodies centre stage. In this vein, Modest Mussorgski created a synthesis of centuries-old Russian folk music and the musical language of Romanticism. His opera Boris Godunov exemplified this approach: every character has their own identifying theme, in the manner of the Wagnerian leitmotif, and the discourse exploits popular Russian idiom. The writing and the harmony have an impressive aloofness, which immediately stands out as Russian. The orchestration – and in particular the use of clocks in the second part of the prologue, or the coronation scene – corroborates this picture. Finally – and what is particularly salient in this version – is the vocality of this great score, which is eminently lyrical and follows the prosody of the language. The work's choral character – Varlaam's song at the tavern, for example, with choirs that chant the score – lends it a grandiose realism which never falls into the picturesque.
Kent Nagano and the Gothenburg symphonic orchestra selected the original version of Boris Godunov, with a libretto that makes no concessions to generic convention – divided into seven tableaux. It was this uncompromising character that saw it so long censored, and reorchestrated by Rimski-Korsakov. The latter re-working made it possible for Boris to be performed, and, once it made it onto the lyrical stage, to win notoriety – and ultimately to be played today, in its original 1869 version by the young Alexander Tsymbaluk, with a touch of sadness, but perhaps not quite enough madness. Listeners will be delighted too by Mika Kares's excellent Pimen. © Elsa Siffert/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 02:04:56
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Alexander Tsymbalyuk Maxim Paster Mika Kares Sergei Skorokhodov Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Kent Nagano
- Composer: Modeste Moussorgski
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Klassiek Opera
2019 BIS 2019 BIS
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