Pavel Lisitsian, baritone

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

1 Duet of Aida and Amonsaro from the opera Aida 7.37

2 Renato’s Arioso from the opera Un ballo in maschera 2.37

3 Renato’s Scene and aria from the opera Un ballo in maschera 6.42

4 Germont’s aria from the opera La Traviata 4.41

5 Germont /Violetta’s scene and aria from the opera La Traviata18.12

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

6 Tercet from the opera Faust 3.39

7 Charles Gounod. Death of Valentinefrom the opera Faust 4.49

8 Charles Gounod. Valentine’s Cavatina from the opera Faust 4.15

Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)

9 Prologue from the opera Pagliacci 7.32

10 Duet of Silvio and Nedda from the opera Pagliacci 9.05

11 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Duet of Rudolph and Marcel

from the opera La Boheme4.43

Total: 74.25

Soloists: Natalia Sokolova (1, Aida’s part); Elisaveta Shumskaya (5, Violetta’s part);– Аlexei Pirogov (6, Mephistofel’s part); Ivan Koslovsky (6, Faust’s part ); Natalia Spiller (10, Nedda’s part); Sergei Lemeshev (11, Rudolph’s part)

Orchestras: Bolshoy Theatre Symphony Orchestra (1, 6-10); KRI Symphony Orchestra (2,3);USSR State Symphony Orchestra 4,5); All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (11)

Conductors: Alexander Melik-Pashayev (1,9,10); Alexander Orlov (4,5); Оnisim Bron (2,3); Vassili Nebolsin (6-8); Samuil Samosud (11)

Recorded:1947 (4,5);1948 (10); 1951(9); 1952(2,3); 1954(1,6-8,11)