附註:compact disc.
Disc 3 partially analog recording.
Notes and synopsis by Detlef Gojowy and Dorothea Redepenning in German, with English, French and Italian translations, and text in Russian (transliterated), English, French and German (331 p. : ports.) included in outer container.
Opera in 5 acts, orchestrated by Dmitry Shostakovich.
Sung in Russian; libretto by the composer.
Parallel titles on container: Chovanscina = Chowanschtschina = La Khovantchina.
DISC 1:Act 1:Dawn over the river Moscow-- Kouzka:I'll go,go...go to Ivangorod-- Shaklovity:Hey!Hey you,scribbler!-- Muscotive people:Once there lived a godmother-- Ivan Khovansky:Children,my children!-- Emma:Let me go!Leave me,let me go!-- Marfa:Well,well,prince!-- Dosifey:Lord!Let not the enemy powers be victorious-- Act 2:Golitsin:"Brother Vasenka,my light"-- Pastor:I am aware of your hallowed custom-- Marfa:Mysterious powers,great powers-- DISC 2:Ivan Khovansky:We are here without announcement-- Dosifey:Princes,calm your anger-- Shaklovity:Princes!The tsarevna commanded me-- Act 3:Old believers:We shall bring disgrace upon them-- Marfa:There went a young maiden-- Susanna:Sin!Dreadful,irredeemable sin-- Shaklovity:In the streltsy quarter all are sleeping-- Strltsy Wives:Ah,you damned drunkards-- Kouzka:What's the matter?-- Ivan Khovansky:Greetings to you,children-- DISC 3:Act 4:(Scene 1)Peasant women:I,a young lad,spent the night-- Persian dances-- Shaklovity and Ivan Khovansky:Why are you here?(Scene 2)Beginning-- Dosifey:The fate of inevitable,menacing destiny-- Andrey Khovansky and Marfa:Ah.you are here,you wicked woman-- Streltsy wives:Have no mercy,punish the damned-- Act 5:Dosifey:Here,in this holy place-- Old believers:Enemy of the people-- Marfa:They have gone away-- Old Believers,Dosifey,Marfa:Be praised,Lord of all glory!-- Dawn over the river Moscow.
