Ruslan and Lyudmila
Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Theatre Chorus, Members of the Kirov Orchestra St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Anna Netrebko (Soprano), Galina Gorchakova (Soprano), Gennady Bezzubenkov (Bass), Irina Bogachova (Mezzo-soprano), Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Tenor), Larissa Diadkova (Alto), Mikhail Kit (Bass), Vladimir Ognovienko (Bass), Yuri Marusin (Tenor)
℗ 1996
- 04:36Overture
Act 1
- 07:32No. 1 'These are deeds of long ago' (Introduction: Bayan, Farlaf, Ratmir, Svetozar, Lyudmila, Ruslan, Chorus)
- 07:18No. 1 'There is a deserted Island' (Introduction: Bayan, Chorus)
- 08:32No. 2 'I am sad, dear father' (Cavatina: Lyudmila, Chorus)
- 07:38No. 3 'My own children!' (Finale: Svetozar, Ruslan, Lyudmila, Ratmir, Farlaf, Chorus)
- 08:38No. 3 'What has happened?' (Finale: Ruslan, Ratmir, Farlaf, Svetosar, Chorus)
Act 2
- 03:07No. 4 Entr'acte
- 08:56No. 5 'Welcome, my son!' (Ballad: Finn, Ruslan)
- 02:13No. 6 'I thank you, my wondrous protector' (Duet: Finn, Ruslan)
- 04:08No. 7 'I am all atremble' (Scene: Farlaf, Naina)
- 02:57No. 7 'The hour of my triumph is at hand' (Rondo: Farlaf)
- 06:32No. 8 'O field, field!' (Aria: Ruslan)
- 04:32No. 8 'Give me, Perun, a sword' (Aria: Ruslan)
- 02:26No. 9 'Who is roaming about there?' (Scene with the Head: Ruslan, Chorus)
- 03:24No. 10 'There were two of us' (Finale, The Tale of The Head: Ruslan, Chorus)
Act 3
- 02:45No. 11 Entr'acte
- 04:44No. 12 'A nocturnal gloom descends on the field' (Persian Chorus: Naina, Chorus)
- 05:10No. 13 'What sweet sounds were those' (Scene and Cavatina: Gorislava)
- 11:59No. 14 'The shade of night has replaced the heat' (Aria: Ratmir)
- 13:48No. 15 Dances
- 07:38No. 16 'O my Ratmir!' (Finale: Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan, Chorus)
- 04:00No. 16 'Knights! The crafty Naina has succeeded in seducing you' (Finale: Finn, Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan)
Act 4
- 01:17No. 17 Entr'acte
- 04:44No. 18 'Far away from my beloved' (Scene and Aria: Lyudmila, Chorus)
- 10:24No. 18 'Ah, my fate, my bitter fate' (Scene and Aria: Lyudmila, Chorus)
- 03:54No. 19 March of Chernomor
- 02:23No. 20 Oriental Dance I. Turkish Dance: Allegretto
- 01:33No. 20 Oriental Dance II. Arabian Dance: Allegro con spirito
- 03:08No. 20 Oriental Dance III. Lesginka (Caucasian Dance)
- 02:35No. 21 'The unexpected stranger shall die!' (Chorus)
- 07:55No. 22 'Victory, victory, Lyudmila' (Finale: Ruslan, Gorislava, Ratmir, Chorus)
Act 5
- 02:38No. 23 Entr'acte
- 07:10No. 24 'She is my life, she is my joy!' (Romance: Ratmir)
- 01:36No. 25 'All is quiet' (Recitative and Chorus: Ratmir, Chorus)
- 06:10No. 26 'What do I hear? Lyudmila gone?' (Duet: Ratmir, Finn)
- 05:14No. 27 'Ah, darling Luydmila' (Finale: Svetozar, Farlaf, Chorus)
- 04:58No. 27 'Whom do the gods send to us?' (Finale: Ruslan, Svetozar, Farlaf, Lyudmila, Ratmir, Gorislava, Chorus)
- 04:45No. 27 'Glory to the great gods!' (Finale: Lyudmila, Ratmir, Ruslan, Svetozar, Gorislava, Chorus)
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All recordings of "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
- Yuri Simonov, Valery Yaroslavtsev, Bela Rudenko, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Tamara Ilyinichna Sinyavskaya, Boris Morozov, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra1978
- Valery Gergiev, Anna Netrebko, Galina Gorchakova, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Irina Bogachova, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Mariinsky Theatre Chorus, Members of the Kirov Orchestra St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra℗ 1996
- Ivan Repušić, Münchner Rundfunkorchester℗ 2019
- Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov, Vadim Lynkovsky, Ekaterina Morozova, Taras Shtonda, Aleksandra Durseneva, Valery Gilmanov, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus2003, Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre