The Slippers (Cherevichki)
Alexander Melik-Pashayev, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Georgi Nelepp (Tenor), Elizaveta Antonova (Mezzo-soprano), Alexey Ivanov (Baritone), Maksim Mikhailov (Bass), Yelena Kruglikova (Soprano), Sergei Krasovsky (Bass), Feodor Godovkin (Tenor), Alexander Peregudov (Tenor), Andrei Ivanov (Baritone), Olga Insarova (Mezzo-soprano), Ivan Ionov (Bass), Benyamin Shevtsov (Tenor), Ivan Sipaev (Bass), Mikhail Skazin (Baritone)
1948, Moscow
- 09:33Overture
Act 1
- 07:08No. 1 Scene and Duet 'Ah, how silvery the moon shines' (Solokha, Devil)
- 09:56No. 2 She's got really warmed up (Devil, Solokha, Chub, Panas, Chorus)
- 01:55No. 3 Recitative 'Just look at the snowstorm' (Oksana)
- 04:45No. 3 Aria 'A little apple tree was blossoming in the garden' (Oksana)
- 03:35No. 4 Scene 'She never takes her eyes off herself' (Vakula, Oksana)
- 02:11No. 4 Arioso 'Whether she is a witch or not' (Vakula)
- 01:35No. 5 Scene 'Just look at you' (Oksana, Chub, Vakula)
- 05:59No. 6 Scene and Duet 'What's all the noise?' (Oksana, Vakula)
- 05:01No. 7 Scene 'If only people were a bit more intelligent' (Oksana, Vakula, Chorus)
Act 2
- 01:17Entr'acte
- 05:12No. 8 Scene 'The storm has swept' (Solokha, Devil)
- 03:02No. 9 Scene 'Now that's what I call' (Pan Golova, Solokha)
- 02:51No. 10 Scene 'Is anyone in' (Schoolmaster, Solokha)
- 03:30No. 10 Song 'A woman runs after the devil' (Schoolmaster, Solokha)
- 02:24No. 11 Scene 'Greetings' (Chub, Solokha, Vakula)
- 01:32No. 11 Quintet 'I don't feel well' (Schoolmaster, Solokha, Devil, Pan Golova, Vakula)
- 03:49No. 12 Arioso 'A year has gone by' (Vakula)
- 05:15No. 13 Chorus 'Good Evening! Good Evening!'
- 06:18No. 14 Scene and Song 'Oksana, why are you so late' (Oksana, Vakula, Chorus)
- 01:43No. 14 Song 'Little slippers, little slippers' (Oksana, Chorus)
- 05:21No. 15 Finale 'Ah, Vakula, you're here again' (Oksana, Vakula, Chub, Chorus)
Act 3
- 02:59Entr'acte
- 02:32No. 16 Chorus 'It is dark, too dark' (Forest Spirit, Chorus)
- 01:17No. 17 Scene 'Where have I come!' (Vakula, Chorus)
- 03:20No. 17b Aria 'Who knows, my girl, if your heart can feel my pain' (Vakula)
- 02:56No. 17 Scene 'I walk back and forth' (Vakula, Devil, Chorus)
- 02:39No. 18 Scene 'We are there' (Devil, Vakula, Old Cossack, Attendant, Chorus)
- 06:20No. 19 Polonaise - Have I reached Heaven (Vakula, Master of Ceremonies, Old Cossack, His Highness, Chorus)
- 05:36No. 20 Couplets 'Before we start the dance' (His Highness, Chorus)
- 03:21No. 21 Menuet and Scene 'Did you have a good journey' (Catherine II, Vakula, His Highness, Chorus)
- 03:21No. 22a Russian Dance
- 02:39No. 22b Cossack Dance
- 02:23No. 23 Scene 'In the Czarina's family theatre' (Master of Ceremonies, Devil, Vakula)
Act 4
- 04:46No. 24 Duet 'Some say he threw himself into the river' (Solokha, Oksana)
- 03:24No. 25 Finale 'We invite you to our house' (Oksana, Chorus)
- 05:09No. 25 Finale 'Where do you go, young men' (Chub, Pan Golova, Panas, Solokha, Vakula, Oksana, Chorus)
- 01:54No. 25 Finale 'Strong winds, do not blow' (Oksana, Solokha, Vakula, Chub, Chorus)