Alexander Vedernikov, The Bolshoi Theatre - Highlights from Russian Operas, Vol. 2 (2009)DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 60:19 minutes | 1,37 GB
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Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet Alexander Vedernikov and soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow follow up their acclaimed first volume of highlights from Russian operas with this second volume, released in 2009. This album from PentaTone Classics is an excellent "highlight reel" of Russian opera hits of the Romantic era. This volume features the works of Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky. Snippets of Mussorgsky's "Khovanschina" and "Borid Godunov", a portion of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Legend of the invisable city of Kitezh" and the second act of "Sadko", and a part of Tchaikovsky's opera derived from classic Russian literature "Eugene Onegin".