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Release Date: 02/12/2013 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 829372   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Alexander N. Serov,   ... 
Performer:  Boris Christoff,  Serge Zapolsky,  Alexandre Labinsky,  Gaston Marchésini,   ... 
Conductor:  André Cluytens,  Féodor Potorjinsky,  Georges Tzipine,  Issay Dobrowen,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris,  Féodor Potorjinsky Choir,  French National Radio Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 11 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Boris Christoff was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on May 18, 1914. Educated as a lawyer, he was heard by the King of Bulgaria while singing with the famous Gusla Choir and at the behest of the King in 1942 he was granted a scholarship to study singing. Although not a particularly large man, Christoff's magnetic stage presence and piercing eyes made him always the center of attention on stage, and he exerted command and authority not only over his fellow performers but on the audience as well. His rich, sonorous voice was compact and perfectly focused and, like his physical presence, made its effect in every part of the theatre. Christoff's perfectly controlled Slavic voice was ideally suited to the Russian repertoire, especially the roles Read more particularly associated with Chaliapin. This 11-CD set features Christoff's operatic repertoire with arias by Gounod, Boito, Glinka, Cui, Balakirev, Gluck, Verdi and more. Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Songs (2), Op. 49: no 1, The upas tree by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  André Cluytens
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1882; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1963-64 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
2. Songs (2), Op. 49: no 2, The prophet by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  André Cluytens
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1963-64 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
3. Songs (5), Op. 51: no 3, Withered flower by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Serge Zapolsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1963-64 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
4. Songs (5), Op. 51: no 5, Rainy day has waned by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Serge Zapolsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1963-64 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 6 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
5. Songs (6), Op. 38: no 1, Don Juan's serenade by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
6. Songs (12), Op. 60: no 12, The mild stars shone for us by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Gaston Marchésini (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
7. Songs (12), Op. 60: no 9, Night by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
8. Songs (6), Op. 16: no 1, Cradle song by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
9. Songs (6), Op. 73: no 2, Night by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Gaston Marchésini (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
10. Songs (6), Op. 57: no 3, Do not ask by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1884; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
11. Songs (6), Op. 25: no 6, As they reiterated, `Fool' by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874-1875; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
12. Songs (6), Op. 27: no 1, At bedtime by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
13. Songs (6), Op. 65: no 2, Déception by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
14. Songs (6), Op. 25: no 4, The canary by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874-1875; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
15. Songs (6), Op. 6: no 6, None but the lonely heart by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Gaston Marchésini (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
16. Songs (6), Op. 73: no 6, Again, as before, alone by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
17. Children's Songs (16), Op. 54: no 5, Legend by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
18. Songs (12), Op. 21: no 1, Fate by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 7 Minutes 2 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
19. Songs (12), Op. 21: no 7, How fair this spot by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
20. Songs (15), Op. 26: no 13, When yesterday we met by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
21. Songs (15), Op. 26: no 2, He took all from me by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 0 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
22. Songs (6), Op. 4: no 2, Morning by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
23. Songs (15), Op. 26: no 15, All things pass by by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 1 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
24. Songs (15), Op. 26: no 8, I beg for mercy by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
25. Songs (15), Op. 26: no 6, Christ is risen by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
26. Songs (12), Op. 21: no 6, Loneliness by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
27. Songs (6), Op. 4: no 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
28. Songs (6), Op. 8: no 5, The dream by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 1 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
29. Songs (6), Op. 8: no 4, I have grown fond of sorrow by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
30. Songs (6), Op. 4: no 5, Oh thou, my field by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
31. Songs (6), Op. 4: no 1, Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 5 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
32. Songs (12), Op. 14: no 6, How everyone loves thee by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
33. Songs (15), Op. 26: no 12, Night is mournful by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/1958 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
34. Children's Songs (16), Op. 54: no 10, Lullaby in a storm by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1959-60 
Venue:  Salle Wagram, Paris 
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
35. Hostile Power: Excerpt(s) by Alexander N. Serov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Féodor Potorjinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Féodor Potorjinsky Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
 Date of Recording: 10/1954 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
36. Dubinushka "Song of the Volga" by Traditional
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Féodor Potorjinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Féodor Potorjinsky Choir
Written: Russia 
 Date of Recording: 10/1954 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
37. Bandura by Traditional
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Féodor Potorjinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Féodor Potorjinsky Choir
Written: Ukraine 
 Date of Recording: 10/1954 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
38. Along the Piterskaïa by Traditional
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Féodor Potorjinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Féodor Potorjinsky Choir
Written: Russia 
 Date of Recording: 10/1954 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
39. Down Mother Volga by Traditional
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Féodor Potorjinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Féodor Potorjinsky Choir
Written: Russia 
 Date of Recording: 10/1954 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
40. Nochen'ka by Traditional
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Féodor Potorjinsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Féodor Potorjinsky Choir
Written: Russia 
 Date of Recording: 10/1954 
Venue:  Salle de la Mutualité, Paris 
Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
41. The garden by the Don by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
42. Evening song by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
43. But if I could meet thee again by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
44. On the Dnieper by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866/1879; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
45. Forgotten by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
46. Sadly rustled the leaves by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Gerald Moore (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 1951 
Language: Russian 
47. Where art thou, little star? by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857/1858; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
48. Hour of jollity by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1858/1859; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
49. Tell me why by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1858; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
50. I have many palaces and gardens by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
51. What are words of love to you? by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1860; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
52. King Saul by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  French National Radio Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
53. Old man's song by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
54. The wild winds blow by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  French National Radio Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1864; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
55. Night by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1864/1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
56. Kalistratushka by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1864; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
57. Salammbô: Balearic Song by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863-1866; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
58. Prayer by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
59. The outcast by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
60. Lullaby by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
61. Dear one, why are thine eyes sometimes so cold? by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
62. From my tears by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
63. Hopak by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  French National Radio Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866/1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
64. Darling Savishna by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
65. Sunless by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
66. The seminarist by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
67. Hebrew song by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
68. The magpie by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
69. Gathering mushrooms by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
70. The feast by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
71. The ragamuffin by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
72. The he-goat by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
73. The classicist by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
74. The orphan by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
75. Child's song by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
76. The nursery by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1872; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
77. Eremushka's Lullaby by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
78. The peepshow by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1870; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
79. Songs and dances of death by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  French National Radio Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875-1877; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
80. Epitaph by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
81. The sphinx by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Alexandre Labinsky (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
82. Not like thunder, trouble struck by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
83. Softly the spirit flew up to heaven by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
84. Is spinning man's work? by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
85. It scatters and breaks by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
86. The vision by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
87. Pride by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
88. The wanderer by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexandre Labinsky (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
89. Mephistopheles' song of the flea by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  French National Radio Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1879; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
90. Khovanshchina: Here on this spot by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872-1880; Russia 
 Length: 6 Minutes 28 Secs. 
91. Mephistopheles' song of the flea by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1879; Russia 
 Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs. 
92. Prince Igor: I can't conceal by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869-1887; Russia 
 Length: 3 Minutes 51 Secs. 
93. Prince Igor: How goes it, Prince? "Konchak's Aria" by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869-1887; Russia 
 Length: 7 Minutes 27 Secs. 
94. Sadko: no 3, Song of the Viking Guest by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894-1896; Russia 
 Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. 
95. Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya: Prince Yuri's Aria by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Schüchter
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903-1905; Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs. 
96. Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Prince Gremin's aria by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Schüchter
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877-1878; Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs. 
97. Song of the Volga boatmen by Traditional
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Written: Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs. 
98. Siberian prisoner's song by Traditional
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Gerald Moore (Piano)
Written: Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 20 Secs. 
99. Songs and dances of death: no 4, The field-marshal by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Gerald Moore (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs. 
100. Softly the spirit flew up to heaven by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Gerald Moore (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
 Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs. 
101. Boris Godunov: Yet one more tale "Pimen's Monologue" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Nicolai Malko
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
 Length: 5 Minutes 47 Secs. 
102. Boris Godunov: In the town of Kazan "Varlaam's Song" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
 Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. 
103. Boris Godunov: I have attained the highest power "Boris' Monologue" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
 Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs. 
104. Boris Godunov: Farewell, my son, I am dying "Death of Boris" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
 Length: 7 Minutes 16 Secs. 
105. Boris Godunov: Act 4 - Finale by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 39 Secs. 
106. Those folk by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
107. For the shores of thy far native land by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
108. Song of the dark forest by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
109. From my tears by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1870-1871; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
110. Sea Princess by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
111. Septain by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1885; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
112. Arabian melody by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
113. Sleeping Princess by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
114. Pride by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1884-1885; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
115. Why art thou so early, dawn? by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1852-1855; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
116. My songs are poisoned by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
117. False note by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
118. The pretty girl no longer loves me by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Maud Martin-Tortelier (Cello), Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1854; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
119. Fishermaiden by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano), Maud Martin-Tortelier (Cello), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1854; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
120. Listen to my song, little friend by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Alexander Tcherepnin (Piano), Maud Martin-Tortelier (Cello), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1854; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
121. Sea by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Janine Reiss (Piano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1870; Russia 
 Language: Russian 
122. Don Giovanni, K 527: Madamina, il catalogo è questo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Schüchter
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ 
 Date of Recording: 03/17/1952 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio no 1, London, UK 
Length: 5 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
123. Iphigénie en Aulide: O Diana, Dea spietata by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Anatole Fistoulari
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1772-1774; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 03/06/1951 
Venue:  Kingsway Hall, London, England 
Length: 6 Minutes 16 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
124. Norma: Ite sul colle, o Druidi by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Vittorio Gui
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 10/11/1955 
Venue:  Opera Theater, Rome, Italy 
Length: 10 Minutes 12 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
125. I vespri siciliani: O tu, Palermo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Wilhelm Schüchter
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/18/1952 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio no 1, England, UK 
Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
126. Nabucco: Sperate, o figli...D'Egitto la sui lidi...Come notte by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Vittorio Gui
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1842; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 10/1955 
Venue:  Opera Theater, Rome, Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 55 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
127. Nabucco: O chi piangi...Del futuro nel bujo discerno by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Vittorio Gui
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1842; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 10/1955 
Venue:  Opera Theater, Rome, Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 46 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
128. Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Vittorio Gui
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 05/1955 
Venue:  Opera Theater, Rome, Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 53 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
129. Don Carlos: Ella giammai m'amò...Dormirò sol sul manto mio regal by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867/1884; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 11/28/1949 
Venue:  Kingsway Hall, London, England 
Length: 9 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
130. La forza del destino: Il santo nome di Dio Signore by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Vittorio Gui
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
 Date of Recording: 05/20/1955 
Venue:  Opera Theater, Rome, Italy 
Length: 6 Minutes 52 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
131. Mefistofele: Son lo spirito che nega by Arrigo Boito
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Issay Dobrowen,  Nicolai Malko
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Italy 
 Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio no 1, England, UK 
Length: 7 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
132. La sonnambula: Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Vittorio Gui
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 10/1955 
Venue:  Opera Theater, Rome, Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
133. Ernani: Infelice! e tu credevi by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Anatole Fistoulari
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/06/1951 
Venue:  Kingsway Hall, London, England 
Length: 6 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
134. Iphigénie en Aulide: O tu la cosa mia più cara by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1772-1774; Vienna, Austria 
135. A Life for the Tsar: They sense the truth "Susanin's Aria" by Mikhail Glinka
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Igor Markevitch
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1834-1836; Russia 
136. A Life for the Tsar: Not so long ago, at home by Mikhail Glinka
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1834-1836 ; Russia 
137. A Life for the Tsar: Death of Susanin by Mikhail Glinka
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Belgrade National Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written:  1834-1836 ; Russia 
138. Prince Igor: It is he, my bright falcon! by Alexander Borodin
Performer:  Julia Wiener (Soprano), Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor:  Jerzy Semkow
139. Boris Godunov: Ugh, it's oppressive "Clock Scene" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
140. Boris Godunov: My soul is sad by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
141. Boris Godunov: Farewell, my son, I am dying "Death of Boris" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Boris Christoff (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 

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