tracks

The Left-Hander, Act One
1. The Winter Palace
2. Ataman Platov's Story
3. Inspection Of The Armoury (Terzetto)
4. The River Tulitsa (Dissolve)
5. Buckingham Palace. Orchestral Interlude I
6. The Royal Presentation
7. Seven Turns Of The Key. Orchestral Interlude II
8. The Flea
9. Arioso Of Alexander I And Scena
10. Again In The Winter Palace (During The Reign Of Tsar Nicholas II
11, A Village In Tula And The Left-Hander's Rude Songs
12. Ataman Platov Arrives In Tula
13. The Russians Refashion The English Flea (Choral Interlude)
14. Ataman Platov Returns To Tula
15. The Journey From Tula To St. Petersburg. Orchestral Interlude III
16. Atamon Platov And The Left-Hander Arrive At The Winter Palace
17. The Microscope Is Brought In. Orchestral Interlude IV
18. The English Flea Subjected To Russian Modification
19. Act One Finale
The Left-Hander, Act Two
20. The Left-Hander And The Flea At Buckingham Palace
21. The Russified Flea
22. Delighted English Question The Left-Hander (Sextet)
23. The English Brides (Love Canzonets)
24. Attempts At Persuasion (Recitative And Ensemble)
25. Know How. Orchestral Interlude V
26. How To Clean Your Musket?
27. A Vision Of Russia
28. The Left-Hander Sets Sail For Russia
29. The Storm. Orchestral Interlude VI
30. Return To St. Petersburg
31. Final Scenes (Ordeal In The Infirmaries)
32. Epilogue

notes

Recorded 27 - 28 July 2013 in Mariinsky II, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sung in Russian
Libretto In Russian and English

credits

Baritone Vocals [Alexander I/Nicholas I] – Vladimir Moroz
Bass-Baritone Vocals – Edward Tsanga
Chorus – Mariinsky Chorus,
Chorus Master [Principal Chorus Master] – Andrei Petrenko
Composed By, Libretto By – Rodion Shchedrin,
Conductor – Valery Gergiev
Orchestra – Mariinsky Orchestra,
Soprano Vocals [Princess Charlotte] – Maria Maksakova
Soprano Vocals [The Flea] – Kristina Alieva
Tenor Vocals [The Left-Hander, A Handyman From Tula] – Andrei Popov
Text By [Libretto Adapted From The Novel By] – Nikolai Leskov

companies

Copyright (c) – State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
Phonographic Copyright (p) – State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
Recorded At – Mariinsky Theatre

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