Elena Okolysheva, mezzo-soprano ; Arkady Mishenkin, tenor ; Moscow Capella ; Moscow Symphony Orchestra ; Igor Golovchin, conductor
Incidental music for Ostrovsky's play.
Recorded Mar. 1996, Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia.
Sung in Russian.
Introduction -- Dance and chorus of birds -- Monologue of Frost -- Shrovetide procession chorus -- Melodrama -- Entr'acte -- Lel's first song -- Lel's second song -- Entr'acte -- Chorus of blind Gusli-players -- Melodrama -- Chorus of people and courtiers -- Girls' round dance (Khovorod) -- Dance of the tumblers -- Lel's third song -- Brussilo's song -- Appearance of the Forest-Spirit and apparition of the false snow maiden -- Declamation of the Fairy of Spring -- Tsar Berendey's march and chorus -- Finale