Conductor Mark Ermler - 1961(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Alexei - Yevgeny Kibkalo
Olga - Glafira Deomidova
Grandfather Mikhailo - Georgi Shulpin
Vasilissa - Vera Smirnova
Varya - Margarita Miglau
Petrovna - Antonia Ivanova
Seryenka - Aleksandr Susanov
Fedya - Vladimir Kurguzov
Andrei - Georgi Pankov
First Surgeon - Leonid Maslov
Second Surgeon - Nikolai Zakharov
Alexei's Mother - Valentina Petrova
Klavdia - Kira Leonova
Commissar - Artur Eisen (Eizen)
Kukushkin - Alexei Maslennikov
Gvozdev - Vitali Vlassov
Vasili Vasilevich - Mark Reshetin
Senior Physician - Vladimir Petrov
Zinochka - Maria Zvenzdina
Colonel - Valery Yaroslavtsev
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Black Disc - Melodiya C-0313-18 {3LPS}; Melodiya D-08351-6 {3LPS}; Ultraphone ULP147-149; Westminster Gold WGSO 8317-2 {2LPS}; ABC Melodiya WGSO 8317-2 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Chandos CHAN 10002 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Story of a Real Man by Sergei Prokofieff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.581; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2003 p.76, p.78 [DF2]
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Opera News - February 2003 pp.82-83 [DS]
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.5 May/June 2003 pp.136-137 [PJR]; Vol.26 No.6 July/August 2003 pp.186-188 [CW]
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Opéra International - No.274 décembre 2002 pp.73-74 [VH]
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Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 pp.99-100 [PEB]
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2003 p.65 [DN]
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International Record Review - March 2003 pp.53-54 [GS]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.168 [DRV]
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Répertoire - No.164 janvier 2003 pp.77-78 [GB]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.272 janvier 2003 p.88 [PG]
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Comments:- Recording of the revised (1960) version by Mira Mendelson
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española