Alexander Pirogov - Death of Boris Godunov (1949)
/ vinyltovideo Russian bass Alexander Pirogov performs the death scene from Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov." The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra and Chorus is conducted by Nikolai Golovanov. A condensed "concert version" of the opera was released on double 10" LPs by "The Musical Masterpiece Society Inc."/"The Opera Society" (cat. number M114-OP13). The recording was made in 1949. I had also planned to post the coronation scene but ran out of room on the CD during the transfer.