Kovalyov, Akulov - Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel (2017)

Tracklist:

CD 1

Prologue
1. I’m a wizard. I’m endowed by occult knowledge with rare gifts / Astrologer
Act 1
2. I called you to make sure everyone in the kingdom knows / Dodon
3. I thought all night till dawn / Gvidon, Dodon, boyars, Polkan
4. My parent, it’s a pity that the much-praised mother wit was so out of place / Afron, Dodon
5. Our valiant troops are full of heroic ardour / Afron, boyars, Dodon, Polkan, Gvidon
6. What a pity, one fortune-teller has died / Boyars, Gvidon
7. Glory to the great king! / Astrologer, Dodon, Cockerel’s voice, boyars
8. You can’t flatter wise men with gifts / Astrologer, Dodon
9. Ki-ri-ki! Ki-ri-ku-ku! Reign abed, your guard is true! / Cockerel’s voice, Dodon, Amelfa, guardsmen
10. Ki-ri-ki! Ki-ri-ku-ku! Careful, be on the alert! / Cockerel’s voice, people, Polkan, Dodon
11. This is a war, lads! And we are in need for help / Dodon, Afron, Gvidon
12. Ki-ri-ki! Ki-ri-ku-ku! Reign abed, your guard is true! / Cockerel’s voice, Dodon, Amelfa
13. The sad tsar is sitting in the bathhouse / Dodon, Amelfa, guardsmen
14. Ki-ri-ki! Ki-ri-ku-ku! Careful, be on the alert! / Cockerel’s voice, people, Polkan, Dodon, Amelfa

CD 2

Act 2
1. The silent night whispers fears / Warriors
2. What a frightful picture! / Dodon, Polkan, warriors
3. Good gracious, a marquee! / Dodon, Polkan, warriors
4. Answer me, you vigilant star of day / Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
5. Notice, what a song it is / Dodon, Polkan
6. I’m Queen of Shemakha, a damsel living on my own / Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
7. How did you sleep, may I ask you? / Polkan, Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
8. I have a business to you / Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
9. I’ll throw off these prim cloths / Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
10. Ah youth fades away so soon / Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
11. There’s an isle hanging between the sea and the sky / Queen of Shemakha
12. That will do, what’s wrong with you? Don’t cry! There’s a healer for you sadness / Dodon, Queen of Shemakha
13. I emerge first with my shawl pulled down / Queen of Shemakha
14. Wait! I’m exhausted! / Dodon, Queen of Shemakha
15. Hey, the horse! Gold chariot! / Dodon, Queen of Shemakha
16. Sisters, who’s limping next to the radiant beauty? / Queen’s slaves, Dodon, warriors
Act 3
17. It’s scaring, brothers / People, Amelfa
18. They’re coming. Jump like goats and spin like wheels / Amelfa, people
19. Who’s that in a white hat? / Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
20. It’s me, my great tsar / Astrologer, Queen of Shemakha, Dodon
21. What the hell! / Dodon, Astrologer, Queen of Shemakha, Cockerel’s voice, people
22. Where’s the queen? She’s disappeared / People
Epilogue
23. This is how the story ended / Astrologer Total time: 69.06