BBC Proms 2017 Prom 29, Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina (320kbps .mp3) torrent

BBC Proms 2017 Prom 29, Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina. BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, boys' choirs and an international cast - conductor Semyon Bychkov.

Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

00. Introductory commentary
01. Khovanshchina, Act 1
02. Khovanshchina, Act 2
02i. Introduction to Khovanshchina Act 2
03. Khovanshchina, Act 3
03i. Introduction to Khovanshchina Act 3
04. Khovanshchina, Act 4
04i. Introduction to Khovanshchina Act 4
05. Khovanshchina, Act 5
05i. Introduction to Khovanshchina Act 5
06. Interval - Proms Extra, Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina
Petroc Trelawny discusses Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina with Rosamund Bartlett and Nicholas Baragwanath.
07. Proms Extra - Throwing a Wobbly
Louise Fryer uncovers the ups and downs of vocal vibrato. How and why do singers use it? With guests sopranos Janis Kelly and Peyee Chen, tenor John Potter, scientist Helena Daffern and early music researcher Richard Bethell.
Producer David Gallagher
Ivan Khovansky ..... Ante Jerkunica (bass)
Andrey Khovansky ..... Christopher Ventris (tenor)
Golitsin .....Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor)
Marfa ..... Elena Maximova (mezzo-soprano)
Dosifey ..... Ain Anger (bass)
Shaklovity ..... Georg Gagnidze (bass)
Susanna ..... Jennifer Rhys-Davies (soprano)
Scribe ..... Norbert Ernst (tenor)
Emma ..... Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano)
Kuzka ..... Colin Judson (tenor)
BBC Singers
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Schola Cantorum
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Paul Weigold (asst.conductor)
Paul Curran (director)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Shot through with folk melodies, Mussorgsky's 'national music drama' Khovanshchina weaves a richly coloured operatic tapestry in which Russia herself is the heroine. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestras and an exciting cast, including Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova.

Broadcast: 6 August 2017