Tchaikovsky: Oprichnik

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 1

• 1. Introduction
• 2. 1. Come in, do us the honour
• 3. 2. A duckling was swimming in the sea
• 4. 3, How wearisome it is to spend
• 5. 4. A nightingale chirps on leafy fronds
• 6. 5. See here if one should get sad over such a song!
• 7. 6. Don't Worry, dear Andrej, step forward
• 8. 7. Tell me, have you taken a decision
• 9. 8. No, my friend
• 10. 9. I thought I heard some voices
• 11. 10. Here you are then!
• 12. 1. Introduction
• 13. 2. Much as one tries, life never changes
• 14. 3. No more worries, mother, let the wind
• 15. 4. But you, son, keep purer than the snow
• 16. 5. Basmanov likes wine and pleasures
• 17. 6. Dear son, do not abandon me
• 18. 7. I leave, mother, but I won't be away for long

Disc 2

• 1. 1. Introduction
• 2. 2. What refuge shall I find from my sins?
• 3. 3. Brothers, stop being engrossed in godly things!
• 4. 4. No, stay, I come from the Czar
• 5. 5. Have you made this choice freely
• 6. 6. Before you, like before God
• 7. 7. Are you ready, then, to take the sacred oath?
• 8. 8. O Natal'ja, O mother!
• 9. 9. In the name of the almighty God
• 10. 10. As glorious as the sun in a clear day
• 11. 1. Introduction
• 12. 2. Dark times are looming on us
• 13. 3. Oh, how lonely I already feel!
• 14. 4. Filthy bitch, dirty broom
• 15. 5. I run to you, dear mother

Disc 3

• 1. 6. Let's run away, come, let's flee somewhere
• 2. 7. I am before you and before the Lord
• 3. 8. Go, princess
• 4. 9. I deny you, off with you, Praetorian
• 5. 10. Alas, I cannot fully grasp
• 6. 11. Take heart, brother in faith
• 7. 1. Honour and glory to the fine, courageous lad
• 8. 2. Dances of Oprichniks and women
• 9. 3. Friends, this day is both joyful and sad
• 10. 4. Oh, if only this banquet would end!
• 11. 5. You are my light, my life
• 12. 6. Oh, may they never age
• 13. 7. My respects to the noble congregation
• 14. 8. Look, a frightening storm threatens
• 15. 9. And so, my dove, do you know who is calling you?