Singer: Feodor Chaliapin
Title: Scenes From Russian Opera
Label: Angel Records ‎– COLH 100
Series: Great Recordings Of The Century – COLH100
Type: Vinyl, LP
Country: UK & US
Date of released: 1958
Category: Classical
Style: Modern
Size MP3 zip: 1491 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1387 mb
Rating: 4.0✭
Format: MP3 MOD VQF RA AU MP4 DXD WAV FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

Excerpts From "Boris Goudonov"
A1	Coronation Scene (Prologue) Conductor – Albert Coates
A2	I Have Attained The Highest Power (Act 2)
A3	I Am Suffocating ! (Act 2)
A4	Farewell, Prayer And Death Of Boris (Act 4) Conductor – Vincenzo Bellezza
Russian Operatic Arias
B1	Russlan And Ludmilla: Rondo Of Farlaf Written By – Pushkin—GlinkaWritten-By – Glinka*
B2	Roussalka: Miller's Aria Written By – Pushkin— DargomishkyWritten-By – Dargomishky*
B3	Roussalka: Mad Scene And Death Of The Miller Tenor Vocals [With, Tenor] – G. M. Pozemkovsky*Written By – Pushkin— DargomishkyWritten-By – Dargomishky*
B4	Prince Igor: Aria Of Khan Kontchak Conductor – Albert CoatesOrchestrated By [Orch.] – Glazunov*Written By – Stassof—BorodinWritten-By – Borodin*, Stassof*
B5	Sadko: Song Of The Viking Guest Conductor – Lawrance CollingwoodWritten By – Belsky—Rimsky-KorsakovWritten-By – Rimsky-Korsakov*, Belsky*

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Electric & Musical Industries (U.S.) Ltd.

Credits

• Conductor – M. Steinmann* (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3)
• Liner Notes ['Chaliapin On The Stage'] – Desmond Shawe-Taylor
• Liner Notes ['Feodor Chaliapin'] – Boris Semeonoff
• Liner Notes [Booklet Quotation] – Maurice Maeterlinck
• Liner Notes [Transliterations, English Versions, 'Russian Opera'] – Martin Cooper
• Orchestrated By [Orch.] – Rimsky-Korsakov* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
• Vocals [Sung By] – Feodor Chaliapin
• Written By – Pushkin— Moussorgksy (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Written-By – Moussorgksy* (tracks: A1 to A4), Pushkin* (tracks: A1 to B3)

Notes

Main Artist is listed as 'Feodor Chaliapin' on the booklet and insert, 'Chaliapin' on the jacket, and 'Chaliapine' on the labels.

Proper title, as on the booklet and insert, is 'Scenes from Russian Opera'. Jacket has side titles of 'Boris Goudonov' and 'Russian Operatic Arias'. Spine has 'Boris Goudonov - Excerpts' as a title. Labels are titled 'Excerpts From "Boris Goudonov"' and 'Russian Operatic Arias'.

The sleeve has a plastic pull-stick to slide it from the jacket.

The release has a 12-page booklet with information on Chaliapin and Russian opera, with two black & white photographs of Chaliapin. Inside the booklet is a loose, 8-page libretto with lyrics in Russian (Latinized) and English. There is a note in the booklet that owing to copyright, the libretto may not be available in all countries.

Tracks listed as 'a', 'b', 'c', etc.
"Coronation Scene (Prologue)" listed as "Coronation Scene" in the booklet.
"I Am Suffocating !" listed as "Ah, I Am Stifling" in the booklet.
Track A4 is split in the booklet.
"Aria Of Khan Kontchak" listed as "Kontchak's Aria" in the booklet.

Recorded by The Gramophone Company Limited, England. Booklet made and printed in England. Libretto printed in England.

'Feodor Chaliapin' liner notes by permission of the Editor of 'The Record Collector'.
Notes © by Martin Cooper and Desmond Shawe-Taylor, 1958.
Libretto Transliterations and English Versions © by Martin Cooper.

'Electric & Musical Industries (U.S.) Ltd.' written on the labels.

"Coronation Scene" recorded in London in October, 1925, on master number CC7066. First issued in February, 1926, on record number DB900.
"I Have Attained The Highest Power" / "Ah, I Am Stifling" recorded in London in June, 1931, on master numbers 2B577 and 2B578. First issued in September, 1931, on record number DB1532.
"Farewell Of Boris" recorded at a performance at Covent Garden Opera House, London, on 4th July, 1928, on master number CR2141. First issued in November, 1928, on record number DB1183.
"Prayer And Death Of Boris" recorded at a performance at Covent Garden Opera House, London, on 4th July, 1928, on master numbers CR2142 and CR2143. First issued in June, 1938, on record number DB3464.
"Farlaf's Rondo ('Russlan and Ludmilla')" / "The Miller's Aria ('Russalka')" recorded in London in June, 1931, on master numbers 2B582 and 2B579, respectively. First issued in December, 1931, on record number DB1530.
"Mad Scene And Death Of The Miller ('Russalka')" recorded in London in June, 1931, on master numbers 2B580 and 2B581. First issued in September, 1931, on record number DB1531.
"Kontchak's Aria ('Prince Igor')" / "Song of the Viking Guest ('Sadko')" recorded in London in October, 1927, on master numbers CC1710 and CC1705 respectively. First issued in May, 1928, on record number DB1104.

All transferred to LP in Paris in 1957. First issue of the transfer in March, 1958, on record number COLH100 in the "Great Recordings of the Century" series, in England.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 label): 2 XEA 10302
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 label): 2 XEA 10303
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runouts): 2XEA 10302-1N A
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runouts): 2XEA 10303-1N R

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
COLH 100	Feodor Chaliapin	Scenes From Russian Opera ‎(LP)	La Voix De Son Maître	COLH 100	France	1958
COLH 100	Feodor Chaliapine*	I • Extraits De Boris Et Airs D'Opéras Russes ‎(LP)	La Voix De Son Maître	COLH 100	France	1958
LPHMV-V-279	Fjodor Šaljapin*	Arias From Boris Godunov And Other Russian Operas (Arije I Scene Iz Ruskih Opera) ‎(LP, Comp)	Jugoton, His Master's Voice	LPHMV-V-279	Yugoslavia	1971
COLH 100	Feodor Chaliapin	Scenes And Arias From Russian Operas ‎(LP)	His Master's Voice	COLH 100	UK	1958
2C 051-43185	Feodor Chaliapine*	Airs d'Opéras Russes ‎(LP, Mono)	EMI	2C 051-43185	France	Unknown