Tchaikovsky : The Voyevoda, Act II of the reconstructed opera in three acts Op. 3 (1867-68)

Reconstructed by Pavel Lamm, Vissarion Shebalin and Boris Asafyev in the 1940s. Introduction 0:00 Scene 1 No. 1. Introduction & Chorus of Servants 2:30 No. 2. Bastryukov's Aria & Scene 5:00 No. 3. Scene 10:55 Scene 2 No. 4. Entr'acte and Dances of the Chambermaids 15:45 No. 5. Scene & Marya Vlasyevna's Song 26:35 No. 6. Scene & No. 7 Duet 34:35 No. 8. Duet 40:10 No. 9. Scene & Chorus 42:35 Performed by Vladimir Matorin (bass), Leonid Zimnenko (bass), Aleksandra Fatkina (soprano) Galina Kuznetsova (soprano), Lyudmila Bondarenko (soprano), Anatoly Mishchevsky (tenor), Oleg Klenov (baritone), Yulina Abramovskaya (mezzo), Vladimir Svistov (bass), Vyacheslav Voynarovsky (tenor), Nina Isakova (mezzo) with the Moscow Radio Large Chorus and USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra conducted by Volodymyr Kozhukhar. As noted by tchaikovsky-research.net : Introduction. The first 24 bars are taken directly from the opening of the Overture in C minor No. 2. Bastryukov's Aria was re-used with different words in Act II (No. 8) of The Oprichnik No. 3. The first part of this Scena was used in Act II (No. 8) of The Oprichnik No. 4 The Dances of the Chambermaids are based on the Characteristic Dances for orchestra No. 5. Marya's Song was reworked as Natalya's Song (Act I, No. 2) from The Oprichnik. The song uses the folk-tune 'I Wear My Hair in a Plaid', which Tchaikovsky later arranged the tune as No. 24 of Fifty Russian Folksongs No. 8. The opening theme of this number was re-used in the 1812 Overture No. 9. The Khorovod was used in the Act I (No. 6) of The Oprichnik. It includes the folk-tune 'Beyond My Yard is a Green Meadow', which Tchaikovsky later arranged as No. 25 of Fifty Russian Folksongs. Act III can be heard at    • Tchaikovsky : The Voyevoda, Act III of the...