Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский, tr. Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, IPA: [mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj] (listen); 21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1881) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music. Many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes. Such works include the opera Boris Godunov, the orchestral tone poem A Night on the Bare Mountain and the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition. For many years, Mussorgsky's works were mainly known in versions revised or completed by other composers. Many of his most important compositions have posthumously come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also available. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1839 (Q4214859), Died March 28, 1881 (Saint Petersburg)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings (Results 76-93 of 93 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | CR1797 | 12-in. | 4/30/1928 | Danses des persanes | Orchestre Royale des Guides Belges ; Arthur Prévost | Orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | Cc1890 | 12-in. | 9/25/1922 | Song of the viking guest | George W. Byng ; Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | Cc2015 | 12-in. | 10/23/1922 | Pimen's monologue | George W. Byng ; Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | BKR2702 | 10-in. | 1/9/1928 | Tee vzoidi, solntse krassnoye | Russian State Choir | Male vocal chorus, unaccompanied | composer | |
Gramophone | Cc3153 | 12-in. | 6/26/1923 | Monologue (I have attained the power) | Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin ; Eugene Goossens | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | Cc3197 | 12-in. | 7/2/1923 | Death of Boris | Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin ; Nellie Walker | Bass vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | Cc10938 | 10-in. | 6/13/1927 | Death of Boris | Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WBX324 | 12-in. | between September and December 1928 | Aria della pulce | Luigi Montesanto | Baritone vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WB1610 | 10-in. | between August and November 1927 | Canzone di Warlaan | Umberto Di Lelio | Bass vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX496 | 12-in. | 6/26/1928 | La Polonaise | Marisa Ferrer ; Opéra de Paris Chœur ; Opéra de Paris Orchestre ; J. E. Szyfer | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX497 | 12-in. | 6/27/1928 | Prologue | Charles Cambon ; Opéra de Paris Chœur ; Opéra de Paris Orchestre ; J. E. Szyfer | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX498 | 12-in. | 6/27/1928 | Prologue | H. Dalerant ; Opéra de Paris Chœur ; Opéra de Paris Orchestre ; J. E. Szyfer | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX505 | 12-in. | 6/27/1928 | Le couronnement | Opéra de Paris Chœur ; Opéra de Paris Orchestre ; J. E. Szyfer | Chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1990 | 10-in. | 1/9/1930 | Hopak | Élie Cohen ; Alexandre Koubitzky | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2156 | 10-in. | 4/5/1930 | Gopak | Maurice Faure ; Maurice Maréchal | Cello solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2294 | 10-in. | 5/15/1930 | Récitatif et air de Boris : J'ai te pouvoir suprême, 1re partie | Fred Bordon ; J. E. Szyfer | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2295 | 10-in. | 5/15/1930 | Récitatif et air de Boris : J'ai te pouvoir suprême, 2e partie | Fred Bordon ; J. E. Szyfer | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL3161 | 10-in. | 6/5/1931 | Aux champignons | Élie Cohen ; Alexandre Koubitzky | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102584.
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102584.
"Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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