Khovanshchina (The Khovansky Affair) - Modest Mussorgsky
Information about the opera Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Mussorgsky's unfinished masterpiece, later completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Igor Stravinsky.
Recommended recordings on CD
Abbado/Haugland/Atlantov (Deutsche Grammophon 429 758-2)
A powerful live recording of this dark and atmospheric opera.
Vienna Boys Choir, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado, 1989.
Cast: Aage Haugland (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Vladimir Popov (Golitsin), Anatolij Kotscherga (Shaklovity).
Deutsche Grammophon 429 758-2
Recommended recordings on DVD
Boder/Ognovenko/Galouzine (Opus Arte OA 0989 D)
Recorded live at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2007.
Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Theatre del Liceu, Chorus of the Gran Theatre del Liceu, conducted by Michael Boder, 2007.
Cast: Vladimir Ognovenko (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Galouzine (Andrey Khovansky), Robert Brubaker (Golitsin), Nikolai Putilin (Shaklovity).
Opus Arte OA 0989 D