(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1982(STU) - Kozhin Valentin - Leningrad Malyi Opera and Ballet Theatre*
2 2005(STU) - Sanderling Thomas - Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Valentin Kozhin - 1982(STU)
Orchestra - Leningrad Malyi Opera and Ballet Theatre
Chorus - Leningrad Malyi Opera and Ballet Theatre
Balda - Vladimir Pankratov
Priest - Sergei Safenin
Priest's daughter - Yelena Ustinova
Bellringer - Anatoli Manukhov
Old Devil - Mikhail Kalinovsky
Devil's wife - Nina Romanova
Little Devil - German Lyudko
Narrator - Vladimir Matusov
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Black Disc; - Melodiya C10 19323 008 {1LP} (1984)ª
Compact Disc - Music Boheme DDD CDBMR 012192 (The Story about a Silly Baby Mouse) {1CD}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.1 September/October 2003 pp.219-221 [BB]
Comments:- This work uses the music composed by Shostakovich for an uncompleted film (1933-1935). In 1980 Sofya Khentova was commissioned to write the libretto and restore the music for a two-act comic opera. More information can be found in «Dmitri Shostakovich - A Catalogue, Bibliography, and Discography» by Derek C. Hulme pp.96-99.
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Conductor Thomas Sanderling - 2005(STU)
Orchestra - Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Balda - Dmitri Beloselsky
Besyonok - Fyodor Bakanov
Priest 1 - Dmitri Stepanovich
Priest 2 - Sergei Balashov
Popovna - Evgeniya Sorokina
Priest's Wife - Herman Yukavsky
Devil 1 - Dmitri Ulyanov
Devil 2 - Irina Narskaya
Narrator - Andrei Suchkov
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Compact Disc; - DG 000650702 (+Suite for Orchestra - Lady Macbeth of Mtensk) {1CD} (2006)ª; DG 475 7441 (+Suite for Orchestra - Lady Macbeth of Mtensk) {1CD} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera News - February 2007 p.63 [DS]
Comments:- Recording of the version completed by Vadmin Bibergan.
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
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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