2 Lev Klement'yev (1868-1910) NERO, Rubinstein, Oh grief and care 3.10 Rec: 1909 Matrix: 6807r Gramophone Cat: 4-22001 (with piano)
3 Nikolay Figner (1857-1918) THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Tchaikovsky, Forgive me, heavenly being 2.03 Rec: 1901 Matrix: 1589B Berliner Cat: 22618 (with piano)
5 Boris Slovtsov (1886-1934) THE SNOW MAIDEN, Rimsky Korsakov, Full of wonders 3.05 Rec: 24 Oct 1913 Matrix: 2874c Gramophone Cat: 0222012
6 Boris Slovtsov MAY NIGHT, Rimsky Korsakov, How quiet here... Sleep, my beauty 4.11 Rec: 24 Oct 1913 Matrix:28711/2c Gramophone Cat: 0222011
7 Vladimir Kastorsky (1871-1948) RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA, Glinka, Farlaf's Rondo 3.47 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 401M Gramophone Cat: 022125
8 Vladimir Kastorsky A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, They guess the truth 3.21 Rec: 1906 Matrix: 4959L Gramophone Cat: 3-22565
9 Yevgenya Zbruyeva (1867-1936) A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, My poor horse has fallen (Vanya's aria) 8.44 Rec: 18 & 14 Nov 1913Matrix: 2921c/2911c Gramophone Cat: 023142/141
10 Vasily Damayev (1878-1932) SADKO, Rimsky Korsakov, Ho! my faithful company 3.23 Rec: 1 Feb 1911 Matrix: 2178c Gramophone Cat: 022194
11 Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) BORIS GODUNOV, Mussorgsky, Once at eve (Pimen's narration) 4.20 Rec: 26 Nov 1911 Matrix: 2548c HMV Cat: 022252
12 Natalia Yermolenko-Yuzhina (1881-1937) THE OPRICHNIK, Tchaikovsky, The nightingale in the grove 3.41 Rec: 31 Oct 1911 Matrix: 2520c Gramophone Cat: 023090
13 Natalia Yermolenko-Yuzhina, David Yuzhin (1874-1923) A?DA, Verdi, Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti 3.57 Rec: July 1908 Matrix: 339m Gramophone Cat: 024029
14 Vera Petrova-Zvantseva (1876-1944) IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Stride la vampa 2.44 Rec: 25 Jan 1910 Matrix: 14155b Gramophone Cat: 2-23480
15 Alexandr Alexandrovich (1881- after 1955) DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Wagner, Mit Gewitter und Sturm 3.34 Rec: 2 April 1913 Matrix: 17392b Gramophone Cat: 4-22647
16 Antonina Nezhdanova (1873-1950) EIN WINTERMÄRCHEN, Goldmark, Schmücket euch mit Rosen 4.30 Rec: 28 Jan 1910 Matrix: 1931c Gramophone Cat: 023052
17 Leonid Sobinov (1868-1934) MANON, Massenet, Instant charmant ... En fermant les yeux (Dream) 3.22 Rec: 5 Feb 1910 Matrix: 1981c Gramophone Cat: 022139
18 Yevgeniya Bronskaya (1882-1953) ROMEO ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Je veux vivre dans ce r?ve 4.02 Rec: 28 Oct. 1913 Matrix: 2883c Gramophone Cat: 023127
19 Dmitri Smirnov (1881-1944) LES P?CHEURS DE PERLES, Bizet, Je crois entendre encore 4.16 Rec: Nov. 1909 Matrix: 4341/2s Gramophone Cat: 022143X
20 Antonina Nezhdanova, Leonid Sobinov LES P?CHEURS DE PERLES, Bizet, Ton c?ur n'a pas compris 3.30 Rec: 6 Feb 1910 Matrix: 1984c Gramophone Cat: 024037
Norman Linnell, Classical Express
The Bolshoi has always been the most glamorous of the Moscow theatres presenting opera, but almost equally prestigious during the period under discussion were the various independent or 'private' operas, ie those not under the control of the Directorate of the Imperial Theatres. The first such compnay, the Moscow Private Russian IOepar, was founded in 1885 by Savva Mamontov. Other operatic venues in Moscow at which leading singers appeared included the city's conservatoire, the Hermitage and more than one Narodny Dom or 'People's Palace'.