Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

by Dmitri Shostakovich

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: Russia
  • Community rating: 4.19/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This landmark recording conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich stands as a definitive, unexpurgated realization of Shostakovich's brutally tragic masterpiece. The intensely dramatic score and soaring vocal performances by Galina Vishnevskaya perfectly capture the psychological horror, violence, and dark satire that famously provoked the ire of the Soviet regime. It represents a triumphant historical restoration of one of the 20th century's most controversial operas.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, alcohol, violence, choral, orchestral, infidelity, operatic, theatrical, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Act I (Part 1) / Scene 1 - Entr'acte - Scene 2
  2. Act I (Conclusion) / Entr'acte - Scene 3
  3. Act II (Part 1) / Scene 4 (Part 1)
  4. Act II (Part 2) / Scene 4 (Conclusion) - Entr'acte
  5. Act II (Conclusion) / Scene 5
  6. Act III (Part I) / Scene 6 - Entr'acte
  7. Act III (Conclusion) / Scene 7 - Entr'acte - Scene 8
  8. Act IV (Part 1) / Scene 9 (Conclusion)
  9. Act IV (Conclusion) / Scene 9 (Conclusion)

Credits

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - primary artist, composed by, libretto by
  • Galina Vishnevskaya - primary artist, vocals [ekaterina lvovna ismailova]
  • Nicolai Gedda - primary artist, vocals [sergey]
  • Dimiter Petkov - primary artist, vocals [boris timofeyevich ismailov]
  • Mstislav Rostropovich - primary artist, conductor
  • The Ambrosian Opera Chorus - chorus
  • Alexander Preis - libretto by
  • Nikolai Leskov - libretto by [after]

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