
Tchaikovsky : The Voyevoda, Overture and Act I of the destroyed opera in three acts Op. 3 (1867-68)
Reconstructed by Pavel Lamm, Vissarion Shebalin and Boris Asafyev in the 1940s.
Overture 00:00-09:30
Act I
I. Chorus of Maidens & Scene 09:30-15:55
II. Arioso, Marya Vlasyevna's Song with Chorus & Scene 15:55-24:15
III. Scene with Chorus 24:15-27:15
IV. Recitatives & Bastryukov's Aria 27:15-32:55
V. Scene, Duet for Marya Vlasyevna and Bastryukov & Scene 32:55-41:40
VI. Scene 41:40-47:00
VII. Quartet & Scene 47:00-56:55
VIII. Finale 56:55-1:01:45
Performed by Vladimir Matorin (bass), Leonid Zimnenko (bass), Aleksandra Fatkina (soprano) Galina Kuznetsova (soprano), Lyudmila Bondarenko (soprano), Anatoly Mishchevsky (tenor), Oleg Klenov (baritone), Yulina Abramovskaya (mezzo), Vladimir Svistov (bass), Vyacheslav Voynarovsky (tenor), Nina Isakova (mezzo) with the Moscow Radio Large Chorus and USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra conducted by Volodymyr Kozhukhar.
As noted by http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net:
I. The opening chorus includes the folk-tune 'A Little Duckling Swan on the Sea' , which Tchaikovsky later arranged as No. 23 of Fifty Russian Folksongs. This whole section was re-used in Act I (No. 2) of the opera The Oprichnik
II. The ending of the Duet (from bar 130) was re-used in Act I (No. 3) of The Oprichnik
III. Music for this Scena was re-used in Act I (No. 4) of The Oprichnik
IV. Part of Bastryukov's Aria (bars 13–33) is based on a short episode from the overture to The Storm
V. The Andante non troppo episode (from bar 47) is based on part of movt. III from the cantata Ode to Joy
VI. The opening Allegretto comodo section was reworked in the opening scena (Act I, No. 1) from The Oprichnik while bars 127–198 are based on part of the Overture in C minor
VII. Part of Bastryukov's Song (bars 89–105) was reworked in Act IV (No. 16) of The Oprichnik.
Act II can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96U80m6Pobo
