Glinka: Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) (Mikhailov, Spiller, Melik-Pashayev) (1947, 1950) – Maxim Mikhailov & Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

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Act I: Overture

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

8:50

2

Act I: Introduction: Rodina moya! Russkaya zemlya (My homeland! The Russian lands) (Chorus and Soldier)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

8:24

3

Act I: Cavatina and Rondo: Akh, ti, polye, polye ti moyo (Ah, you, my field) (Antonida)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

6:35

4

Act I: Chto gadat' o svad'bye (Why dream of weddings) (Susanin, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

5:18

5

Act I: Scene, Trio and Chorus: Zdravstvuitye, rodniye! (Greetings, kinsfolk) (Sobinin, Susanin, Antonida, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

17:19

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Act II: Polonaise and Chorus of Poles: Ley vina! Pey do dna (Serve the wine! Drink to the bottom!) (Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

4:32

7

Act II: Krakowiak

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

5:24

8

Act II: Dances

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

5:52

9

Act II: Mazurka

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

6:33

10

Act II: Finale: Otkuda? (Where are you from?) (Polish Commander, Messenger, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

4:36

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Act III: Entr'acte

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

2:59

12

Act III: Duet: Kak mat' ubili u malogo ptentsa (When they killed the mother of the little bird) (Vanya, Susanin)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

8:39

13

Act III: Chorus of peasants: Seychas mi v les idyom (Now we are setting off for the woods) (Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

3:29

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Act III: Quartet: Antonida! Miliye dyeti! (Antonida! Dear children!) (Susanin, Sobinin, Vanya, Antonida)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

11:30

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Act III: Scene and Chorus: Nu vot, ya dozhil, slava bogu (Well, I have lived to see this day, thank God) (Susanin, Vanya, Antonida, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

13:24

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Act III: Wedding Chorus: Razgulyalisya, razlivalisya vodi vyeshniye (Spring waters stream and flow) (Maidens Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

3:03

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Act III: Romance: Ne o tom skorblyu, podruzhen'ki (I am not grieving over that, dear friends) (Antonida, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

4:16

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Act III: Finale: Antonida! Chto sluchilos' (Antonida! What has happened?) Sobinin, Antonida, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

2:23

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Act IV: Entr'acte

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

2:51

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Act IV: Aria: Bedniy kon' v polye pal (The poor horse fell in the field) (Vanya, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

12:25

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Act IV: Chorus of Poles: Ustali mi! (We are tired!) (Chorus, Susanin)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

3:52

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Act IV: Aria: Chuyut pravdu! (They sense the truth!) (Susanin)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

5:37

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Act IV: Recitative: Davno li s sem'yoy svoey (Not long ago in my family) (Susanin, Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

13:17

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Epilogue: Entr'acte

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

3:06

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Epilogue: Finale: Slav'sya, slav'sya, ti Rus' moya! (Glory, glory to thee, my Rus'!) (Chorus)

Maxim Mikhailov & Elizaveta Antonova

3:45

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A Life for the Tsar, Act III: Duet: Kak mat' ubili u malogo ptentsa (When they killed the mother of the little bird) (Vanya, Susanin)

Mark Reizen & Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

9:11

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A Life for the Tsar, Act III: Romance: Nye o tom skorblyu, podruzhen'ki (I am not grieving over that, dear friends) (Antonida, Chorus)

Antonina Nezhdanova & Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

3:18

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A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Brattsi! V metyel' (Brethren! In the storm) (Sobinin, Chorus)

Helge Rosvaenge & Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

4:30

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A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Aria: Bednyi kon' (The poor horse fell in the field) (Vanya, Chorus)

Evgeniya Zbruyeva & Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

8:41

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A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Chuyut pravdu! (They sense the truth!)

Feodor Chaliapin & Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

9:21