Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano, with various orchestras and conductors
"Newly recorded in the USSR."
Program notes on slipcase; romanized texts of the arias, with English translations ([4] p.)--inserted.
Zarema's aria, from The fountain of Bakhchisarai / Arensky -- The soldier's arioso, from Moscow / Tchaikovsky -- Marfa's prophecy (act 2) and Marfa's aria (act 3) from Khovanshchina / Mussorgsky -- Bride's song, from Alexander Nevsky. Lullaby, from On guard for peace (with Teimuraz Mironov, boy soprano) / Prokofiev -- Varvara's song and ballad, from Not love alone / Shchedrin