and that somehow took me to
Rimsky Korsakov
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia
Vladimir Galusin (Grishka Kutyer'ma), Galina Gorchakova (Fevroniya), Nikolai Putilin (Fyodor Poyarok), Nikolai Ohotnikov (Yury Vsevolodovich), Yevgeny Boitsov (Merchant I), Evgeny Fedorov (Merchant II), Nikolai Gassiev (Bear Trainer), Olga Korzhenskaya (Youth), Larissa Diadkova (Alkonost)
Kirov Opera & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev
Recorded in 1994
an astounding work, sometimes dubbed the Korsakov Parsifal (I haven't actually figured this one out yet, I'm just stating it as a piece of information on the work thinking it somehow shows the magnitude of the work). It is beautiful, tender, violent, sacred, magnificent, exciting, sad and lovely. Here, it is produced in a wonderful live recording appreciated as one of the best available with a superb cast and a modern good quality sound. I highly, highly recommend it.
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