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Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 3 in E flat, Op 30 Shostakovich Quartet Trois Morceaux, Op 9
Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Introduction and Mazurka (Dmitri the Impostor; Vasily Shuisky )
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Akulov Mazeppa
Based on Pushkin's poem about the notorious and violent 17th-century Ukrainian separatist, Tchaikovsky's opera focuses on the personal, rather than political life of its subject with heavy emphasis on unhappy romantic intrigue.
Chorus and Orchestra of Kirov Opera, conductor Valery Gergiev

Contributors

Unknown:
Vasily Shuisky
Conductor:
Yevgeni Akulov
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Mazeppa:
Nikolai Putilin (baritone)
Kochubey:
Sergel Alexashkin (baritone)
Lyubov:
Larissa Dyadkova (mezzo)
Maria:
Irina Loskutova (soprano)
Andrei:
Viktor Lutsiuk (tenor)
Orlik:
Vlacheslav Luhanin (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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