BORIS GODOUNOV

Chaliapin, Bada, Borgioli, others

Available for the first time, this Guild release offers the complete Prologue to the opera and Act IV, Scenes 1 and 2 complete, as well as excerpts from Act II and III. Many of these discs have never before been transferred to LP or CD. This Guild release introduces the music lover to the powerful dramatic and musical achievement of Chaliapin as heard in a public performance of the complete final act. The listener will be stunned by the cumulative emotional impact of Chaliapin’s vocal art when heard in a performance no longer broken into excerpts. Includes a lavishly illustrated booklet about Chaliapin’s art, biography and technical details as to the restoration.