Arias by Bellini, Boito, Gounod, Puccini, Verdi, and Wagner
G. Vishnevskaya, B. Khaikin and A. Melik-Pashayev (conds.). Bolshoi Theater Orchestra.
Selections: Bellini’s Norma, Boito’s Mefistophele, Gounod’s Faust, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut,
Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, and Wagner’s Nannhäuser.
USSR: Melodiya D 014019/20

BEETHOVEN: Fidelio
G. Vishnevskaya, G. Nelepp, N. Shchegolkov, A. Ivanov, A. Melik-Pashayev (cond.). Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
USSR: Melodia D 04518-23

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, “Choral”, Op. 125.
G. Vishnevskaya, N. Postanicheva, V. Ivanovsky, I. Petrov, A. Gauk (cond.). USSR State Chorus and Radio Symphony.
USSR: Melodiya D 0391 D 03652-4

BRITTEN: War Requiem
G. Vishnevskaya, P. Pears, D. Fischer- Dieskau, B. Britten (cond.). London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra.
U.S.: 2-London 1255
France: Decca SET 252/3

DARGOMYZHSKY: The Stone Guest
G. Vishnevskaya, I. Arkhipova, A. Maslennikov, G. Pankov, B. Khaikin (cond.).
USSR Radio Chorus and Symphony.
USSR: Melodiya D 08975-8, S 0299-302

GLINKA: Songs
TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs
RACHMANINOV: Songs
PROKOFIEV: The Ugly Duckling
SHOSTAKOVICH: Act I Aria from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
G. Vishnevskaya, A. Dedyukhin (piano).
Selections: Glinka: “Barcarolle”, “To her”, “Do not excite me without cause”; Rachmaninov: “Oh, cease thy singing, maiden fair,” “I wait for thee”; Tchaikovsky: “Complaint of the bride”, “Lullaby,” “Why?”
U.S.: RCA Victor LSC 2497
France: RCA 640.738 (Rachmaninov and Shostakovich not included)

MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
G. Vishnevskaya, D. Oistrakh (cond.).
Moscow Philharmonic. U.S.: Melodiya/Angel S-4006
USSR: Melodiya D 021039/40, S 02583/4

MASSENET: Werther (selections)
VERDI: La Traviata (selections)
G. Vishnevskaya, S. Lemeshev, G. Khaikin (cond.).
USSR Radio Orchestra.
France: Le Chant du Monde
USSR: Melodiya D 012155/6, S 0613/4

MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov
G. Vishnevskaya, N. Ghiaurov, L. Speiss, M. Talvela, H. von Karajan (cond.).
Vienna Opera Chorus and Vienna Philharmonic.
U.S.: 4-London OSA 1439, OS 26300 (highlights)
France: Decca SET 514/7

MUSSORGSKY: Songs and Dances of Death and Six Songs
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (piano), I. Markevitch (cond.).
Russian State Symphony.
Six songs (orchestrated by I. Markevitch): “Cradle song,” “The Magpie,” “Night,” “Where art thou, little star?” “The Ragamuffin,” “On the Dnieper.”
U.S.: Philips 500082 (Mono), 900082 (Stereo)
France: Philips 6511029
USR: Melodiya D 011031/2 (Six songs only), S 0425/6 (Six songs only)

MUSSORGSKY: Songs and Dances of Death
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Arias
TCHAIKOVSKY: Arias
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (cond.). London Philharmonic. Selections: Songs and Dances of Death (orchestrated by D. Shostakovich), Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko and The Tsar’s Bride, and Tchaikovsky’s “Lel’s Song” from incidental music to Ostrovsky’s Snow Maiden.
U.S.: Angel S-37403
France: La Voix de son Maître C 069-02942

MUSSORGSKY: Songs and Dances of Death
TCHAIKOVSKY: Three Songs, Op. 6, Nos. 1, 2, 6
PROKOFIEV: Five Poems by Anna Akhmatova
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (piano).
U.S.: Philips World Series 9138
Philips 500021 (Mono), 9000212 (Stereo)
France: Philips A 02250 L
USSR: Melodiya D 013739/40 D 9895/6 (Mussorgsky only)

PROKOFIEV: Russian Folk Songs, Op. 104
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Songs
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (piano).
La Voix de son Maître C 069-03504

PROKOFIEV: War and Peace
G. Vishnevskaya, V. Klepatskaya, I. Arkhipova, E. Kibkalo, P. Lisitsian, A. Melik-Pashaev (cond.). Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra.
U.S.: 4-Columbia/Melodiya M4-33111
Melodiya/Angel S-40053 (highlights)
France: Le Chant du Monde LDX-A-8306/9
USSR: Melodiya D 0893-400, S 0259-66, SM 0259-66, D 9109/10 (selections), D 08759/60 (selections, plus final scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and two arias from Verdi’s Aïda), S 0177/8 (selections, plus final scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin), SM 02961/2 (selections), D 030751/2 (selections)

PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (Butterfly’s death scene)
G. Vishnevskaya, A. Melik-Pashaev (cond.).
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Stars of the Bolshoi Theater).
U.S.: Angel/ Melodiya SR 40050

PUCCINI: Tosca
G. Vishnevskaya, F. Bonisolli, M. Manuguerra, M. Rostropovich (cond.).
National Chorus and Orchestra of Radio-France.
U.S.: 2-Deutsche Grammophon 2707087
France: DGG 2740-161

RACHMANINOV: Songs
GLINKA: Songs
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (piano)/
Selections: Rachmaninov: “Night is mournful,” “Oh, never sing to me again,” “Music,” “Spring waters,” “Vocalise”; Glinka: “Doubt,” “I remember the wonderful moment,” “How sweet it is to be with you,” “To her,” “No sooner did I know you,” “Night in Venice,” “The lark,” “Barcarolle.”
U.S.: Deutsche Grammophon 2530725
France: DGG 2530725

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden
G. Vishnevskaya, V. Firsova, V. Borisenko, L. Avdeeva, E. Svetlanov (cond.).
Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
USSR: Melodiya D 03774-83, D 015091-8, D 7249/50 (selections), D 0007867/8 (selections)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tsar’s Bride
G. Vishnevskaya, I. Arkhipova, E. Nesterenko, V. Atlantov, F. Mansurov (cond.).
Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
U.S.: 3-Melodiya/Angel S-4122
France: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78641/3
USSR: Melodiya SM 03899-904

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tsar’s Bride (Marfa’s Act II aria)
G. Vishnevskaya. Bolshoi Theater Orchestra (Rimsky-Korsakov: Operatic Excerpts).
U.S.: Melodiya/Angel S-40052

Russian Opera Arias
G. Vishnevskaya, B. Khaikin and A. Melik-Pashayev (conds.).
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra.
Selections: Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride and Tchaikovsky’s The Oprichnik, The Maid of Orleans, Mazeppa, The Enchantress, Pique Dame, and Iolanta.
U.S.: Melodiya/Angel S-40220
USSR: Melodiya D 012493/4, S 0685/6, D 00011363/4 (Rimsky-Korsakov only), D 027345/6 (Mazeppa only), SM 02537/8 (The Enchantress only), D 00015409/10 (Pique Dame only)

SCOTT (Cyril Meir): Song
DEBUSSY: Song
G. Vishnevskaya.
Selections: Scott’s “Lullaby” and Debussy’s “Beau soir”
USSR: Melodiya D 00010447/8

SHEBALIN: Taming of the Shrew
G. Vishnevskaya, G. Deomidova, A. Eisen, N. Timchenko, G. Pankov, E. Kibkalo, Chalabala (cond.). Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
USSR: Melodiya D 04510-5 D 7605/6 (selections)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
G. Vishnevskaya, B. Finnilä, N. Gedda, D. Petkov, A. Haugland, M. Rostropovich (cond.).
Ambrosian Opera Chorus and London Philharmonic.
U.S.: 3-Angel SX-3866
UK: EMI SLS 5157
France: La Voix de son Maître 2C 167-03374/6

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 14, Op. 135, for Soprano, Bass, and Chamber Orchestra
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Reshetin, M. Rostropovich (cond.).
Moscow Philharmonic.
U.S.: Columbia/Melodiya M-34507
France: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78554
USSR: Melodiya SM 04009/10

TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin
G. Vishnevskaya, L. Avdeeva, E. Belov, S. Lemeshev, I. Petrov, B. Khaikin (cond.).
Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
U.S.: 3-Westminster WAL 1303, Monitor S-2072 (highlights), S-4072 (highlights)
USSR: Melodiya D 02920-7 D 011287-92 D 06463/4 (selections)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin
G. Vishnevskaya, T. Sinyavskaya, V. Atlantov, Y. Mazurok, M. Rostropovich (cond.).
Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
U.S.: Melodiya/Angel S-4115
France: Le Chant du Monde 78485/7
USSR: Melodiya SM 02039-44 SM 02963/4 (selections)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pique dame (The Queen of Spades)
G. Vishnevskaya, R. Resnik, P. Gougalof, B. Weikl, M. Rostropovich (cond.).
Tchaikovsky Chorus and National Orchestra of Radio-France.
U.S.: 4-Deutsche Grammophon 711019
France: DGG 2740-176

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pique dame (The Queen of Spades) (Liza’s aria)
G. Vishnevskaya, A. melik-Pashayev (cond.).
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra (Great Voices of the Bolshoi).
France: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78467

TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (piano). Selections: “Was I not a little blade of grass,” “Believe me not, my friend,” “The fearful minute,” “Sleep, my wistful friend,” “ In this moonlit night,’ “Cradle song,” “Why?” (Op. 6, No. 5), “At the ball,’ “If I’d only known,” “It was in the early spring,” “Again, as before, alone.”
U.S.: Angel S-37166

TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs
BRITTEN: The Poet’s Echo
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (piano).
Selections: Tchaikovsky: “Why?” (Op. 6, No. 5), “Mid the noisy stir of the ball,” “Over the golden cornfields,” “O child, beneath thy window” (Serenade), “Night,” “Why?” (Op. 28, No. 3); Britten: “Echo,” “My heart,” “Angel,” “The nightingale and the rose,” “Epigram,” ‘Lines written during a sleepless night.”
U.S.: London 26141
USSR: Melodiya

TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs
GLINKA: Songs
G. Vishnevskaya.
Selections: Tchaikovsky: “Why?” (Op. 6, No. 5), “Cradle song,” “Reconciliation,” “It was in the early spring”; Glinka: “Do not tempt me,” “The pigeons have gone to rest,’ “ Song of Marguerite.”
USSR: Melodiya D 4498/9 D 0121115/6 (Glinka only), D 08555/9 (“Why?’ “It was in the early spring” only), D 0009681/2 (“Why?” “Cradle song,” “It was in the early spring” only)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs
MUSSORGSKY: Sunless and Other Songs
SHOSTAKOVICH: Seven Poems of Alexander Blok and Satires
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (piano and cello), U. Hoelscher (violin), Vasso Devetzi (piano). France: La Voix de son Maître 2C 167-02726/8

VERDI: Aïda (selections)
G. Vishnevskaya, I. Arkhipova, Z. Andzhaparidze, I. Petrov, Dmitriady (cond.). Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
USSR: Melodiya D 019247/8

VERDI: Falstaff
G. Vishnevskaya, I. Arkhipova, V. Levko, V. Nechipailo, A. Melik-Pashaev (cond.). Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra.
USSR: Melodiya D 014197-202, D 14393/4 (selections)

VERDI: Requiem
G. Vishnevskaya, N. Isakova, V. Ivanovsky, I. Petrov, I. Markevitch (cond.).
USSR State Chorus and Moscow Philharmonic.
U.S.: 2-Parliament S-154, 2-Turnabout 34210/1
France: Philips 6701/016
USSR: Melodiya D 07645-8

VERDI: Requiem
G. Vishnevskaya, I. Arkhipova, V, Ivanovsky, I. Petrov, A. Melik-Pashaev (cond.).
Leningrad Glinka Chorus and Leningrad Philharmonic.
USSR: Melodiya D 035389-92

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1 and 5
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (cello).
France: Le Chant du Monde LDX 78644

Vishnevskaya: Arias and Scenes from Prokofiev, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, and Verdi
G. Vishnevskaya, V. Klepatskaya, K. Leonova, G. Ots.
Selections: Prokofiev’s War and Peace, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Verdi’s Aïda, and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
U.S.: Westminster Gold/Melodiya 8267
USSR: Melodiya D 08759/60 (except Puccini), S 0177/8 (except Puccini and Verdi), D 0007377/8 (Verdi only), D 00015383/4 (Verdi only)

Galina Vishnevskaya Sings Arias and Songs of Beethoven, Bellini, Boito, Debussy, Fauré, Puccini, Verdi, and Villa-Lobos
G. Vishnevskaya, M. Rostropovich (cello), B. Khaikin and Melik-Pashayev (conds.).
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra.
Selections: Beethoven’s Fidelio, Bellini’s Norma, Boito’s Mefistofele, Debussy’s “Beau soir”, Fauré’s “Après un rêve”, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5.
U.S.: Artia 157
USSR: Melodiya D5382/3 (Bellini, Boito, Puccini, and Verdi only), D 0006047/8 (Bellini and Boito only), D 005418/9 (Villa-Lobos only), SM 04399/400 (Villa-Lobos only)