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The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka)
Prologue: On The Red Mountain
Introduction: Konyets Zimye; Propyeli Petukhi (Wood Spirit)
V Urochni Chas Obichnoi Cheredoyu
Ne To Vstrechnayu Ya
Tovarischi; Soroki-belobobkii (Spring)
Sbiralis Ptitsi, Sbiralis Pyevchi (Chorus Of Birds, Spring)
Po Bogatim Posadskim Domam (King Frost)
Ne Durno To Popiroval (Spring, King Frost)
A-oo, A-oo! (Snow Maiden, Spring, King Frost)
S Podruzhami Po Yagoda Khodit (Snow Maiden, King Frost, Spring)
Slikhala Ya, Slikhala (Snow Maiden)
Slishih? Tayesh! (King Frost, Spring, Snow Maiden, Chorus Of Wood Spirits, Wood Spirit, Chorus Of Berendeians)
Ranim-rano Kuri Zapyeli (Chorus Of Berendeians)
Minuyet Lyeto Krasnoye, Sgoryat Ogni Kupalskiye (Straw-Dummy, Chorus)
Domoi Idi! (Bobilikha, Bobil, Chorus, Snow Maiden)
Act I: The Village Of Berendey
Introduction
Za Laskovi Priyom (Lel, Bobil, Snow Maiden)
Zemlyanichka-yagodka (Lel)
Kak Po Lyesu Lyes Shumit (Lel, Snow Maiden, Chorus)
Kak Bolno Zdyes (Snow Maiden)
Snegurochka, Odna Stoyit, Bednyazhka! (Kupava, Snow Maiden)
Golubushki, Golubushki-devitsi (Kupava, Mizgir, Chorus)
Podruzhenki! Vesyoluyu Syerdtsa (Kupava, Snow Maiden, Mizgir, Bobil, Bobilikha, Lel, Chorus)
Golubushki-podruzhki, poglyadite! (Kupava, Mizgir, Lel, Chorus)
Act II: A Hall In The Tsar's Palace
Vyeshchiye, Zvonkiye Struni Rokochut (Chorus Of Musicians)
Veliki Tsar Shchastlivkh Berendyeyev (Bermyata, Tsar Berendey, Page)
Batyushka, Svyetli Tsar! (Kupava, Tsar Berendey)
Gosudarevi Lyudi (First Herald, Second Herald)
Ceremonial Procession Of The Tsar
Privyet Tebye, Premudri, Veliki Berendyei (Lel, Kupava, Bermyata, First Herald, Second Herald, Chorus)
Spasibo Vam! (Tsar Berendey, Bermyata, Mizgir, Kupava, Snow Maiden, Bobilikha, Bobil, Chorus)
Polna, Polna Chudyes Moguchaya Priroda! (Tsar Berendey)
Snegurochka, Prishla Tvoya Pora (Tsar Berendey, Snow Maiden, Bermyata, Lel, Mizgir, Chorus)
Da Zdravstvuyet Premudri (Chorus)
Act III: In The Sacred Forest
Ai, Vo Pole, Ai, Vo Pole (Snow Maiden, Lel, Bobil, Tsar Berendey, Chorus)
Ukhodit Dyen Vesyoli (Tsar Berendey)
Dance Of The Tumblers
Tucha So Gromom Sgovarivalas (Lel)
Spasibo, Lyel! Devitsi, Ne Stidites! (Tsar Berendey, Snow Maiden, Chorus)
Prigozhi Lyel, Uzhel Tebye Ne Zhalko (Snow Maiden)
Zavyal Venok; Na Utro Nado Novi (Snow Maiden, Mizgir)
Na Tyoprom Sinem More (Mizgir, Snow Maiden, Wood Spirit)
Brodi Vsyu Noch Za Prizrakom Begushchim! (Wood Spirit, Mizgir)
Kuda Ona Devalas, Zapropala? (Lel, Kupava, Snow Maiden)
Act V: In The Valley Of The Yarilo
Introduction
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Recording Location: House of Culture, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 26-30 September, 1, 2 & 4 October 1955
Original LP release: Decca LXT 5183-97 mono (January 1957); Decca 'Ace of Diamonds' GOS 642-45 stereo (March 1974); London XLL 1418-22/XLLA 45 mono (June 1957)
Includes 20-page booklet with 1957 essay and synopsis by Gerald Abraham.
Art Direction – - Raymond Bannerman
Baritone Vocals [Mizgir] – - Dušan Popović
Bass Vocals [Bermyata] – - Ilija Gligorijević
Bass Vocals [King Frost] – - Miroslav Čangalović
Bass Vocals [Second Herald] – - Krsta Krstich
Bass Vocals [Shrovetide Straw-Dummy] – - Ivan Murgaški
Booklet Editor – - Bruce Raggatt
Chorus – - Belgrade National Opera Chorus *
Composed By – - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor – - Krešimir Baranović
Consultant [Project Consultant] – - Peter Quantrill
Engineer [Balance Engineer] – - Kenneth Wilkinson (mono) *, - Roy Wallace (stereo) *
Executive-Producer [Eloquence Series Producer] – - Cyrus Meher-Homji
Liner Notes – - Gerald Abraham , - Peter Quantrill
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Lel] – - Milica Miladinović
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Spring] – - Biserka Cvejić
Orchestra – - Belgrade National Opera Orchestra *
Producer [Eloquence Producer] – - Cyrus Meher-Homji
Producer [Recording Producer] – - James Walker (3)
Remastered By [Remastering Engineer] – - Chris Bernauer
Soprano Vocals [Kupava] – - Valerija Heybal
Soprano Vocals [Snow Maiden (Snegurochka)] – - Sofija Janković
Tenor Vocals [Bobil] – - Nikola JanÄić
Tenor Vocals [First Herald] – - Bogoljub GrubaÄ
Tenor Vocals [Tsar Berendey] – - Stepan Andrashevich
Vocals [Bobilikha] – - Ljubica Versaykova
Vocals [Wood Spirit] – - Drago Dimitrijević
Phonographic Copyright Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd
Made By Technicolor, Australia
Recorded At Dom Kulture Beograd