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FEODOR CHALIAPIN (BORN FEBRUARY 1 [FEBRUARY 13, NEW STYLE], 1873, NEAR KAZAN, RUSSIA—DIED APRIL 12, 1938, PARIS, FRANCE)

 

 

 

 

Feodor Chaliapin was a Russian operatic basso profundo whose vivid declamation, great resonance, and dynamic acting made him the best-known singer-actor of his time.

Chaliapin was born to a poor family. He worked as an apprentice to a shoemaker, a sales clerk, a carpenter, and a lowly clerk in a district court before joining, at age 17, a local operetta company. Two years later he went to study in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia), and in 1896 he became a member of the private Mamontov opera company, where he mastered the Russian, French, and Italian roles that made him famous. In 1895 he debuted at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre as Mephistopheles in Charles Gounod’s Faust. In 1901 he sang at La Scala under Arturo Toscanini, alongside Enrico Caruso.

Chaliapin’s interpretation of the title role in Modest Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov was his most famous. His other major dramatic parts included Philip II in Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlos, Ivan the Terrible in Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Maid of Pskov, and the title (and, for him, the signature) role in Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele. His great comic characterizations were Don Basilio in Gioachino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Chaliapin appeared at the major opera houses in Milan (1901, 1904), New York City (1907), and London (1913). A man of lower-class origins, Chaliapin was not unsympathetic to the Bolshevik Revolution. He left Russia in 1922 as part of an extended tour of western Europe. Although he would never return, he remained a tax-paying citizen of Soviet Russia for several years. His first open break with the regime occurred in 1927 when the Soviet government, as part of its campaign to pressure him into returning to Russia, stripped him of his title of “The First People’s Artist of the Soviet Republic” and threatened to deprive him of Soviet citizenship. Prodded by Stalin, Maxim Gorky, Chaliapin’s longtime friend, tried to persuade him to return to Russia but broke with him after Chaliapin published his memoirs, Man and Mask: Forty Years in the Life of a Singer (trans. from French 1932, reissued 1973; originally published in Russian, Maska i dusha, 1932), in which he denounced the lack of freedom under the Bolsheviks. After leaving the Soviet Union, Chaliapin performed frequently with the Metropolitan and Chicago opera companies in the United States and with Covent Garden in London. He also toured every continent, frequently with his own opera company. Although occasionally considered unorthodox, he was admired as a versatile and expressive recitalist, remembered for his repertoire of Russian songs. He made some 200 recordings from 1898 to 1936, starred in the movie Don Quixote (1933), and published the autobiographical Pages from My Life (1926). In 1984 his remains were disinterred from Batignolles Cemetery in Paris and reburied in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, alongside Russia’s most revered cultural figures.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Faust (Gounod) Invocation (Il était temps) (Private Cylinder Recording)

I have worn my eyes out (Russian folk song) (Private Cylinder Recording)

Night (trad) (Private Cylinder Recording)

O thou sun, fair sun (Slonov) (Private Cylinder Recording)

Prince Igor (Borodin) Song of Galitsky, act 1 (Private Cylinder Recording)

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of the Viking Guest (Private Cylinder Recording)

White, fluffy snow  (Russian folk song) (Private Cylinder Recording)

When the King went forth to war (Koenemann) 22820 572x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

O thou red sun (Slonov) 22821 573x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

Elegy (Karganov) 22822 574x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

Faust (Gounod) Le veau d’or 22823 575x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

The nightingale (Tchaikovsky) 22825 577x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

Night (trad) 22891 621x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

Life for the Tsar (Glinka) My dawn will come (Air of Susanin) 22892 622x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

Disenchantement (Tchaikovsky) 22824 576x G&T, Moskva 1901-04

The song of the needy pilgrim (Manykin-Nevstruev) (w. chorus) 022092 281m G&T, 1907

When the King went forth to war (Koenemann) 022093 283m G&T, 1907

Mefistofele (Boito) Ave Signor (Prologo) 022094 288m G&T, 1907

Faust (Gounod) Vous qui faites l’endormie (Sérénade) 022095, 289m G&T, 1907

Song of the flea (Moussorgsky) 022096 290m G&T, 1907

Faust (Gounod) Le veau d’or 022097 291m G&T, 1907

Ekh ty, Van’ka (Crazy-Headed Ivan) (Russian folk song) (1290c) unissued Milan, October 1907

Nochen’ka (Night) (Russian folk song) (1291 ½c) unissued Milan, October 1907

Ekh ty, Van’ka (Crazy-Headed Ivan) (Russian folk song) (1297c) previously unissued Milan, October 1907

Luchinushka (The Little Birch Splinter) (Russian folk song) (1298c) unissued Milan, October 1907

Ruslan and Ludmilla (Glinka) Already the hour of my triumph is near 022109 607i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) La calunnia è un venticello 052222 614i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04-07

Life for the Tsar (Glinka) They guess the truth 022111 615i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04

Lakmé (Delibes) Lakmé, ton doux regard 022112 616i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04

Ruslan and Ludmilla (Glinka) Field, o field 022113 617i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04

Dubinushka (trad) (w. chorus) 022114 618i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04

Arise, red sun (trad) (w. chorus) 022115 619i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04

Luchinushka (trad) 022129 621i Gramophone, Paris 1908-04

The Birchies (Ukrainian folk song) (w. chorus) 022180 2003c Gramophone, 1910-08-13

Power of Evil (Serov) Merry Shrovetide (w. chorus) 022181 2004½c Gramophone, 1910-08-13

Down the Volga (trad) (w. chorus) 022182 2005c Gramophone, 1910-08-13

From under the oak (trad) (w. chorus) 022182 2005c Gramophone, 1910-08-13

Night (trad) 022159 2006½c Gramophone, 1910-08-13

Askold’s Tomb (Verstovsky) In olden days (w. chorus) 2007c issued only on HMB 95 Gramophone, 1910-08-13

Faust (Gounod) Church scene (w. Michailowa) 024039 2008½c Gramophone, 1910-08-16

Faust (Gounod) Il était temps (Invocation) 022183 2009c Gramophone, 1910-08-16

Eh! Vanka (Crazy-headed John) (trad) 022184, 2011c Gramophone, 1910-08-16

Don Carlos (Verdi) Dormirò sol 052292, 2012c Gramophone, 1910-08-16

The tempest rages (Sokolov) 022185 2014c Gramophone, 1910-08-16

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Yet one more tale (Monolog) 022157 2016½c Gramophone, 1910-08-18

Dubinushka (trad) (w. chorus) 022186, 2019c Gramophone, 1910-08-18

Arise red sun (Slonov) (w. chorus) 022187 2020c Gramophone, 1910-08-18

The sun rises and sets (trad) (w. chorus) 022188, 2021c Gramophone, 1910-08-18

Luchinushka (Little sunbeam) (trad) 022189, 2022c Gramophone, 1910-08-18

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) In the town of Kazan 022211 2453½c Gramophone, 1911-09-30

Mashenka (trad) 022213 2454½c Gramophone, 1911-09-30

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Farewell, my son 022222 2492½c Gramophone, 1911-10-15

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) The bell! The passing bell! (w. chorus) 022223, 2493c Gramophone, 1911-10-15

Prince Igor (Borodin) I hate a dreary life (w. chorus) 022224 2494c Gramophone, 1911-10-15

Demon (Rubinstein) Do not weep, child 022225 2495c Gramophone, 1911-10-15

Now let us depart in peace (Strokin) (w. chorus) 022226 2496c Gramophone, 1911-10-15

Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann) 022261 2535c Gramophone, 1911-11-13

Demon (Rubinstein) Through the ocean of the air (w. Kovalenko) 022262 2536c Gramophone, 1911-11-13

It is not autumn rain (trad) (w. chorus) 022263 2539c Gramophone, 1911-11-13

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Once at eve (Pimen’s Narration) 022252 2548c Gramophone, 1911-11-26

Norma (Bellini) Ite sul colle, o Druidi (w. chorus) 052353 613m Gramophone, Milano 1912-04-26

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) La calunnia 052354 614m Gramophone, Milano 1912-04-26

Mefistofele (Boito) Ave Signor (Prologo) 052355, 615m Gramophone, Milano 1912-04-26

Sonnambula (Bellini) Il mulino… Vi ravviso (w. chorus) 052356, 616m Gramophone, Milano 1912-04-26

14.Robert le diable (Meyerbeer) Le rovine son queste…Donne che riposate 052387 2692c Gramophone, St Petersburg 1912-10-26

Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Vieni la mia vendetta 052388 2693c Gramophone, St Petersburg 1912-10-26

Ernani (Verdi) Che mai vegg’io… Infelice 052389, 2694c Gramophone, St Petersburg 1912-10-26

Pourquoi donc se taisent les voix (Chanson bachique) (Glazunov) 032260 2695c Gramophone, St Petersburg 1912-10-26

La Marseillaise (de l’Isle) 032261 2696c Gramophone, St Petersburg 1912-10-26

The Tale of Ilya Murometz (trad) 4-22579 y16736e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

Sapphische Ode (Brahms) HMA46 y16738e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

She laughed (Lishin) 4-22581 y16739e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

The Nightingale (Tchaikovsky) 4-22583 y16741e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of the Viking Guest 4-22580 y16743e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

The Tale of Ivan the Terrible (Lyapunov) 4-22585 y16747e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

The mother-in-law had seven sons-in-law (trad) (w. chorus) 4-22586 y16748e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

The green oak has fallen (trad) 4-22587 y16750e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

The big gnat (trad) 4-22587 y16750e Gramophone, London 1913-07-05

The sun rises and sets (trad) unpubl 5300ae Gramophone, 1914-01-12

The prisoner (Rubinstein) unpubl 5301ae Gramophone, 1914-01-12

On the hills of Georgia (Rimsky-Korsakov) unpubl 5303ae Gramophone, 1914-01-1

En Svane (Grieg) unpubl 5302ae Gramophone, 1914-01-12

When yesterday we met (Rachmaninov) unpubl 5304ae Gramophone, 1914-01-12

Sapphische Ode (Brahms) 4-22669 5305ae Gramophone, 1914-01-12

The prisoner (Rubinstein) 4-22724 5928ae Gramophone, 1914-04-03

En svane (Grieg) 4-22723 5929½ae Gramophone, 1914-04-03

A word of farewell (Slonov) 4-22722 5931½ae Gramophone, 1914-04-03

Parting (Grieg) unpubl 5934½ae Gramophone, 1914-04-03

Verses in an album (Grieg) unpubl 5934½ae Gramophone, 1914-04-03

When the King went forth to war (Koenemann) HMB37 309af Gramophone, 1914

Aufenthalt (Priyut), No. 5 from Schwanengesang, D. 957 (Schubert) HMB 32 310af Gramophone, 1914

The tempest rages in the fields (Sokolov) unissued 311af Gramophone, 1914

A Life for the Tsar (Glinka) They guess the truth! … You will come, my dawn) (Glinka) HM 32 312af Gramophone, 1914

An old song (Grieg); Verses in an album (Grieg) unpubl Cc542-1 HMV, London 1921-10-09

Verses in an album (Grieg) unpubl Cc542-1 HMV, London 1921-10-09

Cc544-1 The nightingale (Tchaikovsky) 2-022015 HMV, London 1921-10-09

Cc549-1 The song of the flea (Moussorgsky) 2-022005 HMV, London 1921-10-10

Cc550-1 The Prophet (Rimsky-Korsakov) 2-022006 HMV, London 1921-10-10

The last voyage (Alnæs) 2-022013, Cc540-3 HMV, London 1921-10-11

O could I in song tell my sorrow (Malashkin) 2-022012, Cc541-2 HMV, London 1921-10-11

Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann) 2-022007, Cc556-1 HMV, London 1921-10-11

When the King went forth to war (Koenemann) 2-022008 Cc557-1 HMV, London 1921-10-11

The midnight review (Glinka) 2-022009, Cc558-1 HMV, London 1921-10-11

In questa tomba oscura (Beethoven) 2-052212 Cc551-4 HMV, London 1921-10-12

Trepak (Moussorgsky) 2-022010, Cc560-1 HMV, London 1921-10-12

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) In the town of Kazan 7-22009 B26100-2 HMV 1922-01-30

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Farewell, my son 2-022011 C26101-1 HMV 1922-01-30

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) La calunnia 2-052218 C26102-2 HMV 1922-01-30

A dream (Rêverie) (poem by Nadson) (un-accompanied recitation) unpubl (test exists) C26103-1 Victor, 1922-01-31

Don Carlo (Verdi) Dormirò sol 2-052220 C26104-2 HMV 1922-01-31

When the King went forth to war (Koenemann) 2-022008 Cc557-2 HMV, London 1922-09-25

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of the Viking Guest 2-022017 Cc1890-2 HMV, London 1922-10-09

Song of the Volga Boatmen (Chaliapin-Koenemann) 2-022016 Cc1891-4 HMV, London 1922-10-09

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Yet one more tale 2-022018 Cc2015-3 HMV, London 1922-10-23

Don Carlos (Verdi) Dormirò sol unpubl C26104-4 Victor, 1922-11-22

Sonnambula (Bellini) Il mulino… Vi ravviso 981 B27088-2 Victor, 1922-11-22

Mefistofele (Boito) Ave Signor 87355, B27089-2 Victor, 1922-11-22

Eh! Vanka (Crazy-headed John) (trad) 2-022019 C27090-1 HMV, 1922-11-22

Prince Igor (Borodin) I hate a dreary life 7-22012 B27091-1 HMV, 1922-11-22

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) My power is absolute 2-022021 Cc3153-2 HMV, London 1923-06-26

Prince Igor (Borodin) I hate a dreary life 7-22011 Bb3154-1 HMV, London 1923-06-26

Aleko (Rachmaninov) The moon is high in the sky 2-022026 Cc3155-2 HMV, London 1923-06-26

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) The bell! The passing bell (w. chorus) 2-022020 Cc3197-1 HMV, London 1923-07-02

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) The bell! The passing bell (w. chorus) 6455 Cc3197-2 Victor, London 1923-07-02

Faust (Gounod) Le veau d’or (w. chorus) 7-32080 Bb3198-1 HMV, London 1923-07-02

Faust (Gounod) Vous qui faites l’endormie 7-32081 Bb3199-1 HMV, London 1923-07-02

Dubinushka (Laborer’s song) (trad) (w. chorus) 7-22013 Bb3229-2 HMV, London 1923-07-07

Don Giovanni (Mozart) Madamina 7-52246 Bb3200-3 HMV, London 1923-09-25

Life for the Tsar (Glinka) They guess the truth 2-022027 Cc3504-2 HMV, London 1923-09-25

Robert le diable (Meyerbeer) Le rovine… Suore che riposate 15-1045 C29246-1 Victor, 1924-01-03

Bohème (Puccini) Vecchia zimarra 7-52271 B29247-2 Victor, 1924-01-03

Pilgrim’s song (Tchaikovsky) 1004 B29248-1 Victor, 1924-01-03

Le cor (Flégier) 6512 C29249-1 Victor, 1924-01-03

The sun rises and sets (trad) 1004 B29244-1 Victor, 1924-01-04

Prince Igor (Borodin) How goes it, Prince 2-022028 Cc4883-4 HMV, London 1924-07-14

Down the Petersky (trad) 7-22021 Bb4884-3 HMV, London 1924-07-14

Life for the Tsar (Glinka) Now I am alone 2-022029 Cc4890-1 HMV, London 1924-07-14

Doubt (Glinka) 2-022030 Cc4891-2 HMV, London 1924-07-14

Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann) 2-022007, Cc556-1 HMV, London 1921-10-11

Prince Igor (Borodin) Bo sleep nor rest 2-022031 Cc5195-2 HMV, London 1924-10-08

Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky) Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich! … My heart is heavy) DB900 Cc7064-3 and Cc7066-1 HMV, London 1925-10-26

Faust (Gounod) Seigneur daignez permettre (w. Austral & chorus) 2-034039 Cc7067-2 HMV, London 1925-10-26

Faust (Gounod) Quand de Seigneur (w. Austral & chorus) 2-034040 Cc7075-1 HMV, London 1925-10-26

Demon (Rubinstein) Through the ocean of the air HMB53 Cc7193-1 HMV, London 1925-11-05

Demon (Rubinstein) I am he whom you called 2-022039 Cc7194-1 HMV, London 1925-11-05

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) La calunnia 2-052302 Cc8412-1A HMV, London 1926-05-20

Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann) 2-022036 Cc8413-2A HMV, London 1926-05-20

The song of the flea (Moussorgsky) 2-022034 Cc8414-2 HMV, London 1926-05-20

Song of the Volga boatmen (Chaliapin-Koenemann) unpubl Cc8415-2A HMV, London 1926-05-20

The midnight review (Glinka) 2-022035 Cc8416-1A HMV, London 1926-05-20

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Farewell my son 2-022037 CR375-1 HMV, London 1926-05-21

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) The bell! The passing bell (w. chorus) DB934 CR374-4 HMV, London 1926-05-27

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) The bell! The passing bell (w. chorus) unissued CR374-3A HMV, London 1926-05-27

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich! … My heart is heavy) [Coronation Scene] (Mussorgsky) unissued CR377-2A, CR378-2A HMV, London 1926-05-27

Mefistofele (Boito) Ave Signor DB940 CR383-1 Note Chaliapin does not sing on this side HMV, London 1926-05-31

Mefistofele (Boito) Ave Signor 2-052307 CR384-1 HMV, London 1926-05-31

Mefistofele (Boito) Prologo, pt 5 (chorus, Chaliapin whistles only) 4-0861 CR385-1A, CR386-1A HMV, London 1926-05-31

Mefistofele (Boito) Son lo spirito che nega DB942 CR388-1 HMV, London 1926-05-31

Mefistofele (Boito) Ridda e fuga (chorus & orch only) is labelled as by Chaliapin 2-052309 CR390-1A HMV, London 1926-05-31

Song of the flea (Moussorgsky) 2-022042 CVE37851-1 HMV, 1927-03-15

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) In the town of Kazan 7-22046 BVE26100-4 HMV, 1927-03-16

Mefistofele (Boito) Ave Signor (Kelly 1927-03-18) 7-52376 BVE27089-7 HMV, 1927-03-16

Prince Igor (Borodin) I hate a dreary life 7-22047 BVE27091-2 HMV, 1927-03-16

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) La calunnia 2-052340 CVE26102-6 HMV, 1927-03-18

Sonnambula (Bellini) Il mulino… Vi ravviso 7-52375 BVE27088-5 Victor, 1927-03-18

The blind ploughman (Clarke) 6-2800 BVE37854-1 HMV, 1927-03-18

Don Quichotte (Massenet) Oh mon maître 2-032114 CVE38334-1 HMV, 1927-04-07

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) The bell! The passing bell (w. chorus) 2-022038 Cc10938-3 HMV, London 1927-06-13

The Prophet (Rimsky-Korsakov) 7199 Cc10957-1 HMV, London 1927-06-15

When the King went forth to war (Koenemann) 2-022044 Cc10958-1 HMV, London 1927-06-15

When the King went forth to war (Koenemann) unissued Cc10958-2 HMV, London 1927-06-15

In questa tomba oscura (Beethoven) 2-052345 Cc10961-2 HMV, London 1927-06-17

O thou red sun (Slonov) (w. chorus) HM 185 2-022049 HMV, Paris 1927-09-27

From under the oak, from under the elm (Russian folk song) HM 185 CTR3079-2 HMV, Paris 1927-09-27

Black eyes (trad) (w. chorus) DB3463 CTR3080-1 HMV, Paris 1927-09-27

Open the Gates of Repentance (Wedel) 2-022048 CTR3106-2 HMV, Paris 1927-09

Mozart and Salieri (Rimsky-Korsakov) Everyone says there is no fairness on earth (w. Ritch) HM 173 CR1525-1, CR1526-1 Recorded during a concert performance HMV, London 1927-10-11

Mozart and Salieri (Rimsky-Korsakov) Like a certain cherub (w. Ritch) HM 174 CR1527-1 HMV, London 1927-10-11

Mozart and Salieri (Rimsky-Korsakov) You will sleep forever, Mozart! (w. Ritch) HM 174 CR1528-1 HMV, London 1927-10-11

The Prophet (Rimsky-Korsakov) 2-022043 Cc10957-2 HMV, London 1927-10-20

In questa tomba oscura (Beethoven) 2-052345 Cc10961-4 HMV, London 1927-10-20

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of the Viking Guest 2-022050 Cc11705-2 HMV, London 1927-10-20

Song of the Volga boatmen (Chaliapin-Koenemann) 2-022051 Cc11709-1 HMV, London 1927-10-20

Prince Igor (Borodin) How goes it, Prince 2-022052 Cc11710-2 HMV, London 1927-10-20

Don Giovanni (Mozart) Madamina DA994 7-52406 Bb13832-1A HMV, London 1928-06-19

Faust (Gounod) Rien! En vain j’interroge (w. Hislop) unissued CR2097-1, CR2098-1 Chaliapin does not sing on these sides HMV, London 1928-06-22

Faust (Gounod) Mais ce dieu, que peut-il pour moi (w. Hislop) unissued CR2099-1, CR2100-1, and CR2101-1 HMV, London 1928-06-22

Faust (Gounod) Le veau d’or (w. chorus) unpubl CR2103-1 HMV, London 1928-06-22

Faust (Gounod) Nous nous retrouverons (w. Hislop, Langier & chorus) 2-034047 CR2104-1A HMV, London 1928-06-22

Faust (Gounod) Faites-lui mes aveux (w. Laugier) unissued CR2105-1 Chaliapin does not sing on this side HMV, London 1928-06-22

Faust (Gounod) Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (w. Hislop) DB1189 CR2106-1 Chaliapin does not sing on this side HMV, London 1928-06-22

Faust (Gounod) il était temps (Invocation) unpubl BR2107-1 HMV, London 1928-06-22

Faust (Gounod) Vous qui faites l’endormie unpubl CR2109-1 HMV, London 1928-06-22

Der Doppelgänger (Schubert) 2-022057 Cc13897-1A HMV, London 1928-06-30

Der Tod und das Mädchen (Schubert) unpubl Cc13898-3 HMV, London 1928-06-30

O could I in song tell my sorrow (Malashkin) 7-2155 Bb13899-1 HMV, London 1928-06-30

Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky) (Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich!) unissued CR2127-1 Chaliapin does not sing on this side HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) And you my son… My power is absolute (w. Carosio) 2-022059 CR2130-1A HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Ah, I am suffocating 2-022054 CR2134-1A HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) (Do not speak to me of love and passion) (w. Minghini-Cattaneo & chorus) unissued CR2135-1 Chaliapin does not sing on this side HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) (Bring him here, put him on the tree trunk, brothers) unissued CR2136-1 Chaliapin does not sing on this side HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) (Come, boyars, let us begin! Who wants to speak) with chorus DB1182 CR2138-1 Chaliapin does not sing on this side HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) It is a pity Shuisky is absent (w. Bada) 2-022055 CR2139-1A HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) (I have called you, boyars) [Scene in the Duma, Side Three] (w. Bada) unissued CR2140-1A HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) (Leave us! Everyone go away! … Farewell my son, I am dying) with chorus DB3464 CR2141-1A DB 1183, CR2142-1A HMV, London 1928-07-04

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) (Weep, weep, people) [Death of Boris] (w. Carosio & chorus) DB3464 CR2143-1A HMV, London 1928-07-04

Down the Petersky (trad) 30-937 Bb16990-4 HMV, London 1929-06-13

Mashenka (trad) 30-938 Bb16991-2T1 HMV, London 1929-06-13

Farewell to thee (Karatygin) 32-650 Cc16992-2 HMV, London 1929-06-13

Le Cor (Flégier) 32-653 Cc17102-1AT1 HMV, London 1929-06-14

The old corporal (Dargomizhky) 32-652 Cc17103-2T1 HMV, London 1929-06-14

She laughed (Lishin) 32-651 Cc17115-2 HMV, London 1929-06-19

Meeting with Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps unpubl test HMV, London 1929-06-21

Night (trad) unpubl Cc18144-1A HMV, London 1929-11-07

Aleko (Rachmaninov) The moon is high in the sky 32-4299 Cc18156-1 HMV, London 1929-11-11

Trepak (Moussorgsky) 32-2096 Cc18157-1 HMV, London 1929-11-11

Faust (Gounod) Un rat… Le veau d’or (w. Cozette & chorus) 32-1462 CF3000-2 HMV, Paris 1930-02-27

Faust (Gounod) Vous qui faites l’endormie 32-1463 CF3001-2 HMV, Paris 1930-02-27

Faust (Gounod) Vous qui faites l’endormie DB1437 CF 3001-3 HMV, Paris 1930-02-27

Don Quichotte (Massenet) Ça vous commettez tous un crime 32-1484 CF3002-2 HMV, Paris 1930-02-27

Stenka Razin (trad) 32-1796 CF3357-3 HMV, Paris 1930-06-12

Doubt (Glinka) 32-1797 CF3358-2 HMV, Paris 1930-06-12

The prisoner (Rubinstein) DB3463 2EA5705-2 HMV, Paris 1930-06-12

Night (trad) 32-1798 CF3360-2 HMV, Paris 1930-06-12

Open the Gates of Repentance (Wedel) (w. chorus) unissued 2G111-1 HMV, Paris 1931-01-21

Open the Gates of Repentance (Wedel) (w. chorus) DB1510 2G111-2 HMV, Paris 1931-01-21

Now let us depart (Strokin) (w. chorus) unissued 2G112-1 HMV, Paris 1931-01-22

Now let us depart (Strokin) (w. chorus) 32-2094 2G112-2 HMV, Paris 1931-01-22

Power of Evil (Serov) Merry Shrovetide (w. chorus) 32-2095 2G113-2 HMV, Paris 1931-01-22

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) (Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich!)unissued 2G114-1 haliapin does not sing on this side HMV, Paris 1931-01-23

Doubt (Glinka) 32-1797 2B883-2 HMV, London 1931-05-13

Persian Songs (Rubinstein) The turbulent waters of Kur 32-2227 2B884-3 HMV, London 1931-05-13

Elégie (Massenet) 32-2226 2B885-1 HMV, London 1931-05-13

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) My power is absolute unissued 2B577-2A HMV, London 1931-06-06

Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) My power is absolute 32-2261 2B577-3 HMV, London 1931-06-06

Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) Ah, I am suffocating [Clock Scene] unissued 2B578-1A HMV, London 1931-06-06

Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) Ah, I am suffocating [Clock Scene] DB1532 2B578-2 HMV, London 1931-06-06

Rusalka (Dargomizhky) You young girls are all alike (Aria of the Miller) 32-2263 2B579-2A HMV, London 1931-06-08

Rusalka (Dargomizhky) Good-morrow, son in law… Yes, I am getting old (w. Pozemkovsky) 32-2265, 32-2266, 2B580-1, 2B581-1 HMV, London 1931-06-08

Ruslan and Ludmilla (Glinka) Already the hour of my triumph is near 32-2264 2B582-2(A) HMV, London 1931-06-08

Now let us depart in peace (Strokin) (w. chorus) 32-2838 2W1228-3 HMV, Paris 1932-02-26

Legend of the twelve brigands (trad) (w. chorus) 32-2839 2W1229-4 HMV, Paris 1932-02-26

Open the Gates of Repentance (Wedel) (w. chorus) 32-2840 2W1327-1 HMV, Paris 1932-02-26

Down the Volga (trad) (w. chorus) 32-2841 2W1328-2 HMV, Paris 1932-02-26

Liturgica Domestica (Gretchaninov) Twofold Litany – Glory to Thee (w. chorus) unissued 2W1337-1 HMV, Paris 1932-03-01

Liturgica Domestica (Gretchaninov) Twofold Litany – Glory to Thee (w. chorus) unissued 2W1337-2 HMV, Paris 1932-03-01

Liturgica Domestica (Gretchaninov) Twofold Litany – Glory to Thee (w. chorus) DB1701 2W1337-3 HMV, Paris 1932-03-01

The Creed (Archangelsky) (w. chorus) 32-2863 2W1338-2 HMV, Paris 1932-03-01

Bolero (Dargomyzhsky) HMA 46 0PG431-1 HMV, Paris 1933-01-09

Don Quichotte (Ibert) Ce château neuf [Chanson du départ de Don Quichotte] DA1310 0PG429-3 HMV, Paris 1933-01-09

Don Quichotte (Ibert) Je veux chanter ici [Chanson du Duc] DA1310 0PG428-4 HMV, Paris 1933-01-09

Don Quichotte (Ibert) Un an, me dure la journée [Chanson à Dulcinée] DA1311 2 0PG430-1 HMV, Paris 1933-01-09

Don Quichotte (Ibert) Chandon de la mort de Don Quichotte DA1310 0PG637-1 HMV, Paris 1933-03-13

Song of the needy pilgrim (Manykin-Nevstruev) 30-11887 0PG1422-1 HMV, Paris 1934-03-19

Arise, red sun (trad) (w. chorus) DA1371 0PG1423-3 HMV, Paris 1934-03-19

The song of the flea (Moussorgsky) 14901 8112-4 Victor, Tokyo 1936-02-06

Song of the Volga boatmen (Chaliapin-Koenemann) 14901 8113-4 Victor, Tokyo 1936-02-06