Povest' o nastoiashchem cheloveke (The Story of a Real Man) op. 117 (1948)
Mark Ermler, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Yevgeny Kibkalo (Baritone), Glafira Deomidova (Soprano), Alexander Suzanov (Child's Voice), Vladimir Kurguzov (Child's Voice), Georgi Shulpin (Tenor), Margarita Miglau (Mezzo-soprano), Antonina Ivanova (Soprano), Vera Smirnova (Alto), Georgi Pankov (Bass), Mark Reshetin (Bass), Leonid Maslov (Tenor), Nikolay Zakharov (Bass), Valentina Petrova (Mezzo-soprano), Kira Leonova (Alto), Arthur Eisen (Bass-baritone), Aleksei Maslennikov (Tenor), Vitaly Vlasov (Tenor), Maria Zvezdina (Soprano), Vladimir Petrov (Tenor), Valery Yaroslavtsev (Bass)
1960, Moscow
- 01:26Vstuplenie (Introduction) "Vyros v roshche dubok molodoy" (The oak tree grew up in a grove) (Chorus)
Act I
- 04:191. Aleksei u razbitogo samoleta (Alexey at the crash site) "Podshibli..." (Knocked down) (Alexey)
- 01:572. Pervyi antrakt (First Entr'acte)
- 03:313. Mertvoe pole (Death Field) "Tri dnia puti, a les vse tot zhe" (Three days of travel, and the forest is still the same) (Alexey)
- 01:534. Pesnia Ol'gi (Olga's Song) "Pomnish', milyi" (Remember, darling) (Olga)
- 00:555. Kanonada (Barrage) "Artilleriia!" (Artillery!) (Alexey)
- 02:106. Vtoroi antrakt (Second Entr'acte)
- 02:307. Stsena s rebiatami (Men talking) "Ruki ne derzhat" (Hands do not hold) (Alexey, Seryonka, Fedya)
- 01:168. Rasskaz Seren'ki (Seryonka's Song) "V derevniu nashu Plavni" (In our village Plavni) (Seryonka)
- 02:389. Prikhod kolkhoznikov (Arrival of the collective farmers) "A von i ded ia s Fed'koi, glian'!" (My grandfather and Fedka, look!) (Seryonka, Grandfather Mihailov, Varya, Petrovna, Vasilissa)
- 02:0610. Pesnia kolkhoznikov (Song of the collective farmers) "Vyros v Plavniakh dubok molodoi" (The oak tree grew up in a grove) (Grandfather Mihailov, Varya, Petrovna, Vasilissa, Chorus)
- 02:1611. Tretii antrakt (Third Entr'acte)
- 04:1612. Pesnia dlia trio (Trio) "Chto zhe ty Varen'ka radost' priunyla" (What are you, Varenka) (Varya, Grandfather Mihailov, Alexey)
- 02:0213. Prikhod babki Vasilisy (Arrival of Grandmother Vasilissa) "Ol'ga, eto ty?" (Olga, is that you?) (Alexey, Varya, Vasilissa)
- 01:3114. Ariia deda (Grandfather's Aria) "Odna utekha byla ei: eta ptitsa" (One joy was hers: this bird) (Grandfather Mihailov)
- 01:0715. Stsena priblizheniia samoleta (The approach of the aeroplane) "Varia! Varia!" (Varya! Varya!) (Alexey, Fedya, Grandfather Mihailov, Petrovna, Vasilissa)
- 03:2516. Poiavlenie Andreia i ot"ezd (Andrei's arrival and departure) "Spasibo Seren'ka!" (Thank you, Seryonka!) (Grandfather Mihailov, Alexey, Varya, Andrei)
Act II
- 05:571. Bred Alekseia (Alexey's Ravings) "Tolko ne eto!" (Not that again!) (Alexey, Surgeon Vasilyevich, Surgeons, Alexey's Mother, Olga, Andrei, Klaudiya)
- 03:442. Zelenaia roshchitsa (Green Grove) "Zelenaya roshchitsa, chto zh ty ne tsvetesh?" (Green grove, why aren't you blossoming?) (Klaudiya)
- 01:043. Stsena Klavdii s komissarom (Scene of Klavdiya and Commissar) "Kak tolko terpit on takuyu bol?" (How can he stand such pain?) (Klaudiya, Semyon Vorobev)
- 03:294. Ballada komissara (Commissar's Ballade) "Slushayte-ka, umnitsa, istoriyu" (Listen to my story, good girl) (Semyon Vorobev)
- 02:335. Stsena (Scene) "A komissar?" (How about the Commissar?) (Klaudiya, Semyon Vorobev, Kukushkin)
- 01:036. Stsena (Scene) "Dve baryshni, kak budto by otseyalis" (Two girls seem to have dropped out) (Kukushkin, Klaudiya, Gvozdev, Semyon Vorobev)
- 01:117. Pesenka Kukushkina (Kukushkin's Song) "Anyuta, Anyuta!" (Kukushkin)
- 02:248. Stsena (Scene) "Nu chto, polzun, zhiv?" (Well, crawler, alive?) (Surgeon Vasilyevich, Alexey)
- 03:209. Stsena Alekseia i komissara (Scene of Commissar and Alexei) "Alesha, ty o chem dumaesh?" (Alyosha, what are thinking of?) (Semyon Vorobev, Alexey)
- 02:1710. Tretii antrakt (Third Entr'acte) (Repeated)
- 04:5711. Stsena v soliarii (Scene in a Solarium) "Tebe bylo trudno, no ty dobilsya" (You had a hard time, but you succeeded) (Alexey, Surgeon Vasilyevich, Kukushkin)
- 03:4312. Ariozo Alekseia (Alexei's Arioso) "Vesna v Kamyshine" (Springtime in Kamyshin) (Alexey, Andrei)
- 06:4013. Smert' komissara (Commissar's Death) "Vesna na solnyshko potyanula" (Spring is getting sunnier) (Alexey, Semyon Vorobev, Klaudiya, Andrei, Kukushkin)
- 02:0514. "Son moy mily" (My sweet dream) (Klaudiya)
Act III
- 03:111. Pis'mo (A Letter) "Olya, kak mne trudno" (Olya, it's so hard) (Alexey)
- 02:472. Stsena (Scene) "Druzya!" (Friends!) (Surgeon Vasilyevich, Senior physician, Alexey, Andrei, Sinocka)
- 02:023. Val's (Waltz)
- 00:594. Stsena i tanets (Scene and Dance) "Skorey priyti v sebya" (Come to your senses, quick) (Alexey, Surgeon Vasilyevich, Senior physician)
- 02:505. Rumba
- 01:256. Ot"ezd letchikov (The Pilots’ Departure) "Konechno, nam budet trudno" (Of course, it would be difficult) (Senior physician, Surgeon Vasilyevich, Alexey)
- 03:047. Barcarolle "Kakaya tishina" (How quiet) (Olga)
- 01:498. Front (Battle Front) "Nas zovet lyubimy gorod" (Our favourite city is calling us) (Alexey, Andrei, Chorus)
- 02:279. Ozhidanie (Waiting) "Maslov, Fedotov, Danilov - vse vozvratilis" (Maslov, Fedotov, Danilov - all are back) (Kukushkin, Andrei, Colonel)
- 04:0210. Vozvrashchenie Alekseia (Alexei's Return) "Letit! On letit!" (Flying! He's flying!) (Kukushkin, Colonel, Andrei, Alexey, Chorus)
- 00:4411. Vtoroe pis'mo k Ol'ge (Second Letter to Olga) "Moya dalekaya, segodnya ya khochu" (My far away one) (Alexey)
- 02:2412. Duet Ol'gi i Alekseia (Duet of Olga and Alexei) "Alesha, k tebe" (Alyosha...) (Kukushkin, Alexey, Olga)
- 00:5713. Finale "Vyros v roshche dubok molodoy" (A young oaklet grew in the grove) (Chorus)
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