| Solist | Chorus | Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
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| Vladislav Sulimsky (Br), Alexei Tanovitski (B), Tatiana Kravtsova (S), Andrei Popov (T), Sergei Semishkur (T), Gennady Bezzubenkov (B), Vadim Kravets (B), Sergei Skorokhodov (T), Yevgeny Strashko (T), Elena Vitman (MS), Zhanna Dombrovskaya (S) | Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre | GERGIEV, Valeri | Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre | 2008 | Mariinsky | MAR0501 | SACD | |
| Andrew Schrœder (Br), Vladimir Matorin (B), Jennifer Smith (S), Alexandre Kravetz (T), Ivan Matiakh (T), Beau Palmer (T), Linda Ormiston (MS), Jeannette Fischer (S), Barry Mora (Br), Frédéric Caton (Br), Alexandre Diakoff (Br), György Mozsár (B), Michael Hart-Davis (T), Jean-Louis Meunier (T), Jordan Nikolov (T), Stuart Patterson (T), Dimitri Tikhonov (B), Afra Val d'Or | Chœur de l'Opéra de Lausanne (Chorusmaster: Véronique Carrot) | JORDAN, Armin | Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne | 2001 | Cascavelle | RSR 6183 | Live (11-13 Nov.) | |
| Eduard Akimov (Br), Valery Belykh (B), Nina Sasulova (S), Boris Tarkhov (T), Alexander Lomonosov (T), Lyudmila Sapegina (MS) | Chorus of the Moscow Chamber Theatre (Chorusmaster: Vadimir Agronsky) | ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennady | Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Theatre | 1975 | Victor | VICC-40069/70 | BMG/Melodiya-74321 60319 2, Melodiya-C10 07007-10(LP) | |
| Alexei Mochalov (B), Nadezhda Nivinskaya (S) | Chorus of the Moscow Chamber Theatre | LEVIN, Anatoly | Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Theatre | 2001 | Exton | OVCL-00214 | Act 1-Scene 1 and Act 3-Scene 8. | |
| Suite Op. 15a: |
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| Solist | Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
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| FINK, Siegfried | Würzburger Perkussions-Ensemble |
| Thorofon | CTH 2003 | No. 3 Only. | |
| Paulo Pedani (Br), Tomaso Prascatti (T) | FRECCIA, Massimo | Italian Radio Orchestra |
| Aries | LP-1601 | LP, Live. Sung in Italian. | |
| Stanislaw Sulejmanow (Br), Wladimir Kasatschuk (T) | JUROWSKI, Michail | Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester | 1996 | Capriccio | 10 779 |
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| PEKARSKY, Mark | Percussion Ensemble |
| Melodiya | C10 28481 006 | LP, No. 3 Only. | |
| Jindrich Jindrák (Br), Ludek Löbl (T) | ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennady | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | 1973 | Praga | PR 250 003 | Live(12 Jan.), Praga-PRD 250 356. | |
| Solist | Chorus | Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
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| Maria Ewing (Katerina), Aage Haugland (Boris), Philio Langridge (Zinovy), Sergei Larin (Sergei), Kristine Ciesinski (Aksinya), Heinz Zednik (peasant), Guillaume Petitot (Porter), Jean-Pierre Mazaloubaud (1st foreman), Jean Savignol (2nd foreman), José Ochagavia (3rd foreman), Grigory Gritziuk (mill-hand), Alan Woodrow (coachman), Romuald Tesarowicz (priest), Anatoly Kotcherga (sergeant), Philippe Duminy (policeman), Ilya Levinsky (teacher), Mario Agnetti (drunken guest), Carlos Alvarez (officer), Johann Tilli (sentry), Elena Zaremba (Sonyetka), Kurt Moll (old convict), Margaret Jane Wray (woman convict) | Chœurs de l'Opéra Bastille (chorusmaster: Gunter Wagner) | CHUNG, Myung-Whun | Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille | 1992 | DG | 437 511-2 |
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| Anna-Katharina Behnke (Katerina), Oleg Bryjak (Boris), Jason Alexander (Zinovy), Stephen Ibbotson (Sergei), Christine Rösch (Aksinya), Stefan Vinke (peasant), Werner-Heiner Adam (sergeant), Dieter Rll (policeman), Lomon de Jager (1st foreman), Johannes Eidloth (2nd foreman), Thomas Krause (3rd foreman), Almas Svilpa (mill-hand), Doru Cepreaga (drunken guest), Markku Tervo (Porter), Edward Gauntt (officer), Günter Nowak (teacher), Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis (Sonyetka), Christian Rieger (old convict), Christine Rösch (woman convict) | Badischer Staatsopernchor (chorusmaster: Herwig Saffert) | HEINZEL, Wolfgang | Badischer Staatskapelle | 1996 | Antes | BM-CD 15.9001 | Live(June). Sung in german. | |
| Angela Denoke (Katerina), Kurt Rydl (Boris), Marian Talaba (Zinovy), Misha Didyk (Sergei), Donna Ellen (Aksinya), Michael Roider (peasant), Hans Peter Kammerer (officer/policeman), Marcus Pelz (Hausknecht/sentry), Gerhard Reiterer (1st foreman), Oleg Zalytskiy (2nd foreman), Martin Müller (3rd foreman), Johannes Gisser (mill-hand), Thomas Köber (Porter), Janusz Monarcha (priest), Eijiro Kai (Polizeichef), Wolfram Igor Derntl (teacher), Franz Gruber (drunken guest), Jens Musger (sergeant), Nadia Krasteva (Sonyetka), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (old convict), Sophie Marilley (woman convict) | Chor der Wiener Staatsoper | METZMACHER, Ingo | Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper | 2009 | Orfeo | C 812 1121 | Live(23 Oct.). Sung in german. | |
| Galina Vishnevskaya (Katerina), Dimiter Petkov (Boris), Werner Krenn (Zinovy), Nicolai Gedda (Sergei), Taru Valjakka (Aksinya), Aage Haugland (sergeant), Colin Appleton (coachman/1st foreman), Alan Byers (2nd foreman), James Lewington (3rd foreman), Robert Tear (peasant), Steven Emmerson (Porter), Leonard Mroz (priest), Leslie Fyson (mill-hand/officer), Oliver Broome (policeman), Martyn Hill (teacher), Alexander Malta (old convict), David Beavan (sentry), Birgit Finnila (Sonyetka), Lynda Richardson (woman convict), Edgar Fleet (drunken guest) | Ambrosian Opera Chorus (chorusmaster: John McCarthy) | ROSTROPOVICH, Mstislav | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1978 | EMI | CDS 7 49955 2 |
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| FISCHER, Philine (S) | GARAGULY, Carl von | Dresdner Philharmonie | 1967 | Eterna | 0031702BC | Excerpts. | |
| NELSONS, Andris | Boston Symphony Orchestra | 2015 | DG | 479 5059 | ‘Passacaglia’. | |
| RUNNICLES, Donald | San Francisco Opera Orchestra | 2000 | Arabesque | Z6764 | Entr'actes. | |
| STOKOWSKI, Leopold | Symphony of the Air | 1958 | EMI | ZDMB 5 65427 2 3 | Entr'acte between Scenes 6 and 7. | |
| JANSSEN, Werner | Janssen Symphony Orchestra | 1951 | Capitol | 6F-86010 | 45rpm. Arr. by Quinto Maganini. ‘Burying the corpse in the cellar’, ‘The ghost disappears’, and ‘The drunks at the wedding’ | |
| Suite Op. 29a: |
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| Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
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| BOREYKO, Andrey | Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR | 2005 | hänssler | CD 93.193 | Live (8-10 June) | |
| SANDERLING, Thomas | Russian Philharmonic Orchestra | 2005 | DG | 00289 477 6112 |
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| Arrangement: |
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| Soloist | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
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| APKALNA, Iveta (Org) | 2018 | Berlin Classics | 0301074BC | ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| DÉSARBRE, Hervé (Org) | 1999 | Le Chant du Monde | LDC 77781124 | Live, ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| FISEISKY, Alexei (Org) | 1992 | Etcetera | KTC 2019 | ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| HERRICK, Christopher (Org) | 1992 | Hyperion | CDA66605 | ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| KRYSTEVA, Neva (Org) |
| Gega New | GD 225 | ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| LUKŠAITÉ-MRÁZKOVÁ, Giedré (Org) | 1986 | panton | 81 0681-1 | LP, ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| MAKAROVA, Maria (Org) | 1996 | Olympia | OCD 585 | ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| ROIZMAN, Leonid (Org) | 1977 | Melodiya | 33 CM 04469-70 | LP, ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| RUBACHA, Valeri (Org) | 1995 | Olympia | OCD 554 | ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| SACCHETTI, Arturo (Org) | 1991 | Arts | 47273-2 | ‘Passacaglia’, Arr. for Org. by D. Shostakovich. | |
| Suite (arr. J. Conlon): |
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| CONLON, James | Gürzenich Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker | 2001 | Capriccio | 10892 | Live(29 June - 3 July) | |
| Solist | Chorus | Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
|---|
| Andrei Baturkin (Br), Irina Gelakhova (MS), Mikhail Goujov (B), Elena Prokina (S), Anatoly Lochak (Br), Herman Apaikin (T), Lydia Chernykh (S), Alexander Kisselev (B) | Russian State Symphonic Cappella (Chorusmaster: Valeri Polyansky) | ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennady | Residentie Orchestra The Hague | 1997 | Chandos | CHAN 9591(2) |
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| N. Kuralesina (Masha), A. Steputenko (Glushkov), A. Tkachenko (Drebednev), Vasili Alchevsky (Barabashkin), V. Chekalov (Bubentsov), A. Kotova (Lyusya), Tatyana Shmyga (Lida), Nikolai Ruban (Boris), N. Krylova (Vava) | Chorus of Moscow Operetta Theatre | STOLYAROV, Grigori | Orchestra of Moscow Operetta Theatre | 1959 | Melodiya | 33D 034379-82 | LP. MK-33D-11043-4(10" mono, Excerpts(‘Overture’, Nos. 6, 22, 19, 7, 5, 25, 18, 14, 26, and 39).), Melodiya-33 M 60-36879-82(LP, ‘Lidochka's Aria’ only.) | |
| Ian Platt, Meurig Davies, Nicole Tibbels, Anna Barkan, Phyllida Hancock, Simon Davies, Brian Lipson, Roger Bryson, Richard Suart, Janet Fullerlove |
| KANI, Wasfi | Orchestra of Pimlico Opera | 1995 | BBC | BBC MM132 | Sung in English, Re-orchestration by Gerard McBurney. | |
| Unknown | CHERKASOV, Gennady | Orchestra of Moscow Operetta Theatre |
| Melodiya | 33D 021219-20 | LP. No. 7 (‘Journey through Moscow’) only. | |
| DITTRICH, Michael | Wiener Symphoniker | 2003 | Preiser | PR 90641 | Live(4 Mar.), ‘Journey through Moscow’ and ‘Polka and Galopp’. | |
| KOSTEKANETZ, André | His Orchestra | 1965 | Sony | SBK 62 642 | ‘Galop’ and ‘Overture Waltz’ (Act III). | |
| METZMACHER, Ingo | Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg | 2003 | Sony | SXP 130091 | Live(31 Dec.), ‘Polka and Galopp’. | |
| METZMACHER, Ingo | Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg | 2000 | EMI | 7243 5 57129 2 9 | Live(31 Dec.), ‘Journey through Moscow’. | |
| ORBELIAN, Constantine | Moscow Chamber Orchestra | 1999 | Delos | DE 3257 | ‘Waltz’. | |
| Suite: |
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| Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
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| CHAILLY, Riccardo | Philadelphia Orchestra | 1995 | London | POCL-1688 | Decca-UCCD-3597(No. 1 only.) | |
| SLOANE, Steven | Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin | 2004 | Capriccio | 71 096 |
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| Arrangement: |
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| Player | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
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| COBER, Jan | Rundfunk-Blasorchester Leipzig | 2003 | Amos | 5995 | Arr. by Jan Cober. | |
| GERHARDT, Alban (Vc) | OSBORNE, Steven (Pf) | 2005 | Hyperion | CDA67534 | ‘Lyusya's Song of Yearning’. Arr. by S. Kalyanov. | |
| MAKAROVA, Maria (Org) | 1996 | Olympia | OCD 585 | ‘Waltz of the Flowers’, Arr. for Org. | |
| SIMON, Geoffrey | The 48 Violas | 1995 | CALA | CACD0106 | ‘Galop’, Arr. by Julian Milone | |
| TOMASSI, Giorgia, GRIGUOLI, Carlo Maria, STELLA, Alessandro (Pf) | 2011 | EMI | 50999 6 44701 2 2 | Live(June), ‘Un giro attraverso Mosca’, ‘Valzer’, ‘Danze’, and ‘Balletto’. Arr. by Carlo Maria Griguoli. | |
| WIKSTRÖM, Inger (Pf) | 1981 | Bluebell | BELL 126 | LP, ‘Lyusya's Song of Yearning’, labelled as ‘Waltz in g minor’. | |
| Solist | Chorus | Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
|---|
| Gloria Lane (Katerina), Kari Nurmela (Boris), Georgi Chokalov (Zinovy), William Cochran (Sergei), Anastasia T. Schepis (Aksinya), Osvaldo Alemanno (second workman/host), Marcello Munzi (coachman/first workman), Bernardino di Domenico (peasant), Vinicio Cocchieri (porter), Alfredo Zanazzo (priest), Dimitri Lopatto (clerk/guard/sentinel), Giacomo Carmi (officer/third workman), Florindo Andreolli (nihilist), Maurizio Mazzieri (old convict), Lino Puglisi (commissar), Anna di Stasio (Sonyetka) | RAI Chorus, Rome | AHRONOVICH, Yuri | RAI Orchestra, Rome | 1976 | Allegro | OPD-1388 | Live(29 May) | |
| Eleonora Andreyeva (Katerina), Eduard Bulavin (Boris), Vyacheslav Razievsky (Zinovy), Gennadi Yefimov (Sergei), Dina Potapovskaya (Aksinya), Vyacheslav Fyodorkin (workman), Vasili Shtefutsa (coachman), Lev Yeliseyev (peasant), Vladimir Popov (janitor), Yevgeni Maksimenko (priest), Mikhail Tyuremnov (clerk), Konstantin Mogilevsky (policeman), Matvei Matveyev (teacher), Georgi Dudarev (old convict), Yevgeni Korenev (sentry), Nina Isakova (Sonyetka), Olga Borisova (woman convict) | Chorus of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Drama Theatre, Moscow | PROVATOROV, Gennadi | Orchestra of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Drama Theatre, Moscow | 1964 | Melodiya | C10 0871-8 | LP, Eterna-8 26 164(LP, Highlights), Melodiya-33 C 70-14549-58(LP, ‘Katerina's Aria (Act 1 and 4)’) | |
| Gizela Tsipola (Katerina), Alexander Zagrebelny (Boris), Vladimir Gurov (Zinovy), Sergei Dubrovin (Sergei), Oxana Yatsenko (Aksinya), Andrei Ishchenko (workman), Yuri Khomich (coachman), Nikolai Khorunzhy (peasant), Ivan Cherney (janitor), Georgi Krasulya (priest), Stepan Matveyev (clerk), Vladimir Lositsky (police sergeant), Anatoli Kocherga (old convict), Alexander Chuluk-Zagrai (sentry), Galina Tuftina (Sonyetka), Asa Bakanova (woman convict) | Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev Chorus | TURCHAK, Stepan | Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev Orchestra | 1983 | Melodiya | C10 21393 004 | LP | |
| BEŇAČKOVÁ, Gabriela (S) | NEUMANN, Václav | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | 1981 | Supraphon | 1116 2843 ZA | LP, ‘Katerina's Aria’ (Act 1). | |
| KORETSKAYA, Svetlana (S) | KITAYENKO, Dmitri | Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre Orchestra | 1971 | Melodiya | CM 02927-8 | LP, ‘Katerina's Aria’ (Act 1 and 4). | |
| VISHNEVSKAYA, Galina (S) | DEDYUKHIN, Alexandre (Pf) |
| RCA | RB-16271 | LP, ‘Katerina's Aria’ (Act 1). | |
| VISHNEVSKAYA, Galina (S) | MARKEVITCH, Igor | London Symphony Orchestra | 1962 | BBC | 15656 91832 | Live(26 Aug.). ‘I could see from my window’ and ‘I know a lake in the forest’. | |
| Op. 114a: |
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| Conductor | Orchestra | Rec. | Label | Number | Note | Recommendation |
|---|
| JUROWSKI, Michail | Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester | 1996 | Capriccio | 10 780 |
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| JÄRVI, Neeme | Scottish National Orchestra | 1987 | Chandos | CHAN 8587 |
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| ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennady | Philharmonia Orchestra | 1962 | BBC | 15656 91832 | Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5, Live(4 Sept.). BBC-BBCL 4220-2 | |
| ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennadi | State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR | 1985 | Revelation | RV10084 | Brilliant-9019 | |
| SHOSTAKOVICH, Maxim | Prague Symphony Orchestra | 1999 | Supraphon | SU 3415-2 031 | Nos. 5, 1, 2, 3, and 4, Live(2 Mar.) | |
| Symphonic Suite (ed. B. Basner): |
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| FEDOSEEV, Vladimir | Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra | 1996 | CANYON | PCCL-00356 |
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| FEDOSEEV, Vladimir | Vienner Symphony Orchestra | 1997 | CALIG | CAL 50992 | Live | |
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