Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka - Ruslan and Ludmila - Juri Simonov
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$13.95
- SKU: 48823
- Availability: In Stock
- Label(s): Melodiya
- Band: The USSR Bolshoi Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
- Year of release: 2008
- 3 CD Set
- Performer Evgeny Nesterenko, Bela Rudenko, Galina Borisova, Boris Morozov, Valery Jaroslavtsev
- Composer Mikhail Glinka
- Conductor Yuri Simonov
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- Characters and Performers:
Svetozar, Great Prince of Kiev – Valery Jaroslavtsev, bass
Ludmila, his daughter – Bella Rudenko, soprano
Ruslan, a Kiev knight, Lyudmila’s fiancé – Evgeni Nesterenko, bass
Ratmir, a Khazar prince – Tamara Sinjavskaja, contralto
Farlaf, a Varangian prince – Boris Morozov, bass
Gorislava, Ratmir’s niece – Nina Fomina, soprano
Finn, a kind magician – Albert Maslennikov, tenor
Naina, a witch – Galina Borisova, mezzo-soprano
Bajan – Alexander Arkhipov, tenor
Svetozar’s sons, knights, boyars and boyarynias, maids, nannies, boys, minor knights, courtiers who serve up with meals and wines, the prince's armed force, common people; maidens from the magic castle, Negros, midgets, Chernomor’s slaves, nymphs and undines.
USSR Bolshoi Theatre Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
Choirmasters – A.Rybnov and A.Khazanov
Concertmaster – Vladimir Victorov
Conductor – Juri Simonov
Recorded in 1978