Feodor Chaliapin











Disc 1
1BORIS GODOUNOV, Mussorgsky, Pimen's narration4.25
Rec: 26 Nov 1911 Matrix: 2548C HMV Cat: 022252
2THE DEMON, Rubinstein, Do not weep, child [sung in Russian]3.20
Rec: 15 Oct 1911 Matrix: 2495C HMV Cat: 022225
3Folk song, Mashenka3.55
Rec: 30 Sept 1911 Matrix: 24541/2 C HMV Cat: 022213
4Brahms, Sapphische Ode3.20
Rec: 12 Jan 1914 Matrix: 5305ae HMV Cat: 4 - 22669
5Mussorgsky, The song of the flea3.22
Rec: 10 Oct 1921 Matrix: Cc 549-1 HMV Cat: 2 - 022005 Percy Pitt, conductor
6Malashkin, Oh, could I in song tell my sorrow [sung in Russian]2.39
Rec: 11 Oct 1921 Matrix: Cc 541-2 HMV Cat: 2 - 022012 Max Rabinowitsch, piano
7BORIS GODOUNOV, Mussorgsky, Varlaam's song2.44
Rec: 30 Jan 1922 Matrix: B 26100-2 HMV Cat: 7 - 22009 Josef Pasternack, conductor
8DON CARLOS, Verdi, Dormiro sol (King Philip's aria )4.31
Rec: 31 Jan 1922 Matrix: C 26104-2 Victor Cat: 88665 Josef Pasternack, conductor
9SADKO, Rimsky-Korsakov, The Varangian Merchant's song3.04
3.04 Rec: 9 Oct 1922 Matrix: Cc 1890-2 HMV Cat: DB 103 George W Byng, conductor
10Folk song (arr. Chaliapin & Koenemann), The song of the Volga boatmen3.29
Rec: 9 Oct 1922 Matrix: Cc 1891-4 HMV Cat: DB 105 George W Byng, conductor
11PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Galitzky's song3.38
Rec: 22 Nov 1922 Matrix: B 27091-1 Victor Cat: 558 Josef Pasternack, conductor
12BORIS GODOUNOV, Mussorgsky, Boris' monologue4.53
Rec: 26 June 1923 Matrix: Cc 3153-2 HMV Cat: DB 612 Eugene Goossens, conductor
13FAUST, Gounod, Vous qui faites l'endormie (Mephistopheles' serenade )4.53
Rec: 2 July 1923 Matrix: Bb 3199-1 HMV Cat: DA 554 Eugene Goossens, conductor
14DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Madamina (Catalogue aria)5.43
Rec: 25 Sept 1923 Matrix: Bb 3200-3/Bb 3201-2 HMV Cat: DA 555 Julius Harrison, conductor
15A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, Susanin's recitative & aria4.56
Rec: 25 Sept 1923 Matrix: Cc 3504-2 HMV Cat: DB 758 Julius Harrison, conductor
16LA BOHEME, Puccini, Vecchia zimarra (Coat song)3.11
Rec: 3 Jan 1924 Matrix: B 29247-2 Victor Cat: AGSA 11 Rosario Bourdon, conductor
17Tchaikovsky, Pilgrim's song3.10
Rec: 3 Jan 1924 Matrix: B 29248-1 Victor Cat: 1004 Rosario Bourdon, conductor Schmidt, violin
18MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Ave Signor3.20
Rec: 16 March 1927 Matrix: BVE 27089-7 Victor Cat: 1269 Rosario Bourdon, conductor
19MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Son lo spirito che nega3.22
Rec: 31 May 1926 Matrix: CR 388-1 HMV Cat: DB 942
Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Vincenzo Bellezza, Recorded live at Covent Garden
20DON QUICHOTTE, Massenet, Death scene8.54
with Olive Kline (soprano)
Rec: 7 April 1927 Matrix: CVE 38334/5-1 Victor Cat: 6693 Rosario Bourdon, conductor
Disc 2
1BORIS GODUNOV, Mussorgsky, Boris' monologue5.18
Rec: 6 June 1931 Matrix: 2B 577-3 HMV Cat: DB 1532
London Symphony Orchestra, Max Steinmann, conductor
2BORIS GODUNOV, Mussorgsky, Clock scene4.18
Rec: 6 June 1931 Matrix: 2B 577-2 HMV Cat: DB 1532
London Symphony Orchestra, Max Steinmann, conductor
3BORIS GODUNOV, Mussorgsky, Farewell, prayer and death12.23
with Margherita Carosio (soprano)
Rec: 4 July 1928 Matrix: CR 2141-1A/2,3-1 HMV Cat: DB 1183/3464
Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Vincenzo Bellezza Recorded live at Covent Garden
4Beethoven, In questa tomba oscura3.49
Rec: 20 Oct 1927 Matrix Cc 10961-4 HMV Cat: DB 1068
5PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Khan Kontchak's aria4.57
Rec: 20 Oct 1927 Matrix Cc 11710-2 HMV Cat: DB 1104
6Folk song (arr. Chaliapin), Down the Petersky2.13
Rec: 13 June 1929 Matrix Bb 16990-4 HMV Cat: DA 1061 with the 'Petersky' balalaika orchestra
7ALEKO, Rakhmaninov, Aleko's cavatina4.57
Rec: 11 Nov 1929 Matrix Cc 18156-1 HMV Cat: DB 2145 Lawrence A Collingwood, conductor
8FAUST, Gounod, Un rat... Le veau d'or3.42
with Michael Cozette (baritone)
Rec 27 Feb 1930 Matrix: CF 3000-2 HMV Cat: DB 1437
Chorus and Orchestra of the Theatre de l'Opera, Henri Busser, conductor
9Folk song (arr. Chaliapin), Nochen'ka5.11
Rec: 12 June 1930 Matrix: CF 3360-2 HMV Cat: DB 2145 Jean Bazilevsky, piano
10RUSALKA, Dargomyzhsky, The Miller's aria4.02
Rec: 8 June 1931 Matrix: 2B 579-2A HMV Cat: DB 1530
London Symphony Orchestra, Max Steinmann, conductor
11Rubenstein, Persian love song [sung in Russian]4.55
Rec: 13 May 1931 Matrix: 2B 884-3 HMV Cat: DB 1525 Lawrance A. Collingwood, conductor
12RUSSLAN AND LYUDMILA, Glinka, Farlaf's rondo3.12
Rec: 8 June 1931 Matrix: 2B 582-2 HMV Cat: DB 1530
London Symphony Orchestra Max Steinmann, conductor
13Massenet, Elegie4.27
Rec: 13 May 1931 Matrix: 2B 885-1 HMV Cat: DB 1525 Cedric Sharpe, cello Ivor Newton, piano
14Grechaninov, Twofold Litany4.29
Rec: 1 March 1932 Matrix: 2W 1337-3 HMV Cat: DB 1701
Choir of the Russian Metropolitan Church, N.P. Afonsky, conductor
15Ibert, Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte [music for the film Don Quichotte]3.05
Rec: 13 March 1933 Matrix: OPG 637-1 HMV Cat: DA 1311 Jacques Ibert, conductor and composer
16Mussorgsky, The song of the flea3.07
Rec: 6 Feb 1936 Matrix 8112-4 Victor Cat: 14901 G.Godzinsky, piano
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