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Boris Christoff's set of the complete songs of Mussorgsky is one of the greatest monuments to a single composer's greatest body of works, one of the greatest monuments to the art of singing, and one of the greatest monuments to one of the great singers of the twentieth century. The only really comparable achievement is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's corpus of recordings of the songs of Schubert. And if Fischer-Dieskau's achievement is larger in scope, it is neither more profound nor more musical than Christoff's. Mussorgsky's songs are as central to his greatness as a composer as Schubert's were to his. In them, he went as deep into humanity and into his art as Schubert did in his songs. Not only the great cycles, The Songs and Dances of Death, Sunless, and The Nursery, but also many of the individual songs, are as great as any ever composed. The range is as wide, the aim is as high, and the level of achievement is almost always as great in the best moments of Boris Godunov, and Christoff is there for every moment. All three of his cycles are the best ever made, and every single one of the songs is sung with passionate intelligence and dedicated soulfulness. Songs like "Cruel Death" and "The Puppet Show" have been equaled but never surpassed. And his "Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea" is frighteningly funny. One could argue with some of the accompanists or complain of some of the orchestral arrangements by other composers, but anyone who loves Mussorgsky or the art of singing should by all means get this recording.
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Gde ti, zvezdochka? (Where art thou, little star?) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Vesyolïy chas (The Joyous Hour) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Otchego, skazhi (Tell me why) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
List'ya shumeli unïlo (The leaves rustled sadly) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Gerald Moore, Artist - Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Mnogo yest' u menya teremov i sadov (I have many palaces and gardens) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Chto vam slova lyubvi? (What are Words of Love to You) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Tsar' Saul (King Saul) (arr. A.K. Glazunov) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Georges Tzipine, Conductor, MainArtist - Boris Christoff, Artist - French National Radio Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Pesn' startsa: stanu skromno u poroga (Old Man's Song) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
No yesli bi s toboyu ya vstretit'sya mogla (But if I could meet thee again) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Duyut vetri, vetri buyniye (The winds blow, the wild winds) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Georges Tzipine, Conductor - Boris Christoff, Artist - French National Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Noch' (Night) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Kalistratushka (Little Kalistrat) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Salammbô (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Molitva (Prayer) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Otverzhennaya: opït rechitativa (The Outcast: Essay in Recitative) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Kolïbel'naya pesnya (Cradle Song) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Malyutka: akh, zachem tvoy glazki poroyu? (Dear one, why are thine eyes sometimes so cold?) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
DISC 2
Zhelaniye (Longing) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Sorochintsï Fair (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Svetik Savishna (Darling Savishna) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Seminarist (The Seminarist) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Yevreyskaya pesnya (Hebrew Song) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Strekotun'ya beloboka (The Magpie) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Po grii (Gathering Mushrooms) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Pirushka (The Feast) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Ozornik (Mischief) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Svetskaya skazochka: kozyol (A Society Tale: The Goat) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Po nad Donom sad tsvetyot (A garden blooms by the Don) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Klassik (The Classicist) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Sirotka (The Orphan) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Detskaya pesenka (Child's Song) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
The Nursery (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Detskaya (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Kolibel'naya Eryomushki (Eremushka's Lullaby) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Rayok (The Gallery) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Vechernyaya pesenka (Evening Song) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Zabitiy (Forgotten) (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
DISC 3
Bez solntsa (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist, MainArtist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Boris Christoff, Artist - Alexandre Labinsky, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Songs and Dances of Death (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Georges Tzipine, Conductor, MainArtist - Boris Christoff, Artist - French National Radio Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Georges Tzipine, Conductor, MainArtist - Boris Christoff, Artist - French National Radio Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
Album review
Boris Christoff's set of the complete songs of Mussorgsky is one of the greatest monuments to a single composer's greatest body of works, one of the greatest monuments to the art of singing, and one of the greatest monuments to one of the great singers of the twentieth century. The only really comparable achievement is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's corpus of recordings of the songs of Schubert. And if Fischer-Dieskau's achievement is larger in scope, it is neither more profound nor more musical than Christoff's. Mussorgsky's songs are as central to his greatness as a composer as Schubert's were to his. In them, he went as deep into humanity and into his art as Schubert did in his songs. Not only the great cycles, The Songs and Dances of Death, Sunless, and The Nursery, but also many of the individual songs, are as great as any ever composed. The range is as wide, the aim is as high, and the level of achievement is almost always as great in the best moments of Boris Godunov, and Christoff is there for every moment. All three of his cycles are the best ever made, and every single one of the songs is sung with passionate intelligence and dedicated soulfulness. Songs like "Cruel Death" and "The Puppet Show" have been equaled but never surpassed. And his "Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea" is frighteningly funny. One could argue with some of the accompanists or complain of some of the orchestral arrangements by other composers, but anyone who loves Mussorgsky or the art of singing should by all means get this recording.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 63 track(s)
- Total length: 03:10:52
- Main artists: Boris Christoff Georges Tzipine Alexandre Labinsky Gerald Moore French National Radio Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Andromeda
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2015 Andromeda (P) 2015 Andromeda
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