With the name appearing above the title in letters almost as large as the title, the disc cover tells all that needs to be known about the recording within. For truly, George London's performance is almost as big as the title, almost as grandly magnificent, as gigantically malevolent, as enormously human as the title character of Boris Godunov he portrays. As good as some of the other parts of the performance are, this is plainly George London's Boris Godunov. London was the first non-Russian to sing the role at the Bolshoi ...
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With the name appearing above the title in letters almost as large as the title, the disc cover tells all that needs to be known about the recording within. For truly, George London's performance is almost as big as the title, almost as grandly magnificent, as gigantically malevolent, as enormously human as the title character of Boris Godunov he portrays. As good as some of the other parts of the performance are, this is plainly George London's Boris Godunov. London was the first non-Russian to sing the role at the Bolshoi Theater, and this recording is a document of his performance there. Although not quite in the same league as Boris Christoff's commanding Boris or Feodor Chaliapin's virtually definitive effort, London's is still a magnificent interpretation of the role. He captures the triumphant tragedy of the Czar in the opening Coronation Scene, the tormented guilt in the Clock Scene, and the despairing majesty in the final Death Scene as few singers before him ever could and as none after him...
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Add this copy of Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Bolshoi Theatre Production) to cart. $78.50, like new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Sony Classical.
