Complete Songs

A major edition of 67 songs, all in the original keys, which covers a variety of voice types. Cyrillic and transliteration are included with each song, as are line by line English translations for study. Mussorgsky's rich imagination as a composer of song is not well-known. The style is unique, the music directly emotional. There are four complete song cycles in this edition. The first, Youthful Years, is an unconventional song grouping, not written for the same voice type, a song cycle that's more a convenience of collecting early work. It would better be viewed as 17 individual songs. The other three cycles are The Nursery (for mezzo-soprano), Sunless (for mezzo-soprano or baritone), and Songs and Dances of Death (mezzo-soprano or soprano). There are also 32 individual songs not in cycles. Mussorgsky wrote substantial revisions of 11 songs; both the original version and the second version are included for these.

Songs Include:
• ARROGANCE (A. TOLSTOY)
• AT THE COUNTRYHOUSE (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• BE BORED (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• BEETLE, THE (M MUSSORGSKY)
• BILLY-GOAT, THE (M MUSSORGSKY)
• CAPTAIN, THE (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• CAT SAILOR, THE (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• CHATTING WHITE-SIDED MAGPIE (A PUSHKIN)
• CLASSICIST, THE (M MUSSORGSKY)
• DESIRE (H HEINE)
• DOWN ALONG THE DON A GARDEN BLOOMS (A. KOL'TSOV)
• ELEGY (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• EVENING SONG (A. PLESHCHEYEV)
• FORGOTTEN ONE, THE (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• GATHERING MUSHROOMS (L MEY)
• GRAVESIDE LETTER, A (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• HOPAK (FIRST VERSION) (T SHEVCHENKO)
• HOPAK (SECOND VERSION) (T SHEVCHENKO)
• I HAVE MANY TOWERS AND GARDENS (A KOL'TSOV)
• IF ONLY I COULD MEET UP WITH YOU AGAIN (V KUROCHKIN)
• IN FOUR WALLS (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• IN THE CORNER (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• IT DIDN'T STRIKE LIKE A BOLT FROM HEAVEN ( A. TOLSTOY)
• IT GATHERS AND DISPERSES (A. TOLSTOY)
• JEWISH SONG (L MEY)
• KALISTRAT (SECOND VERSION) (N NEKRASOV)
• KALISTRATUSHKA (N NEKRASOV)
• KING SAUL (LORD BYRON)
• KING SAUL (SECOND VERSION) (LORD BYRON)
• LEAVES RUSTLED SADLY, THE (A PLESHCHEYEV)
• LET US BE MERRY (A KOL'TSOV)
• LIGHT OF MY LIFE, SAVISHNA (M MUSSORGSKY)
• LITTLE FEAST, A (A KOL'TSOV)
• LITTLE SONG FOR CHILDREN, A (FIRST VERSION) (L. MEY)
• LITTLE SONG FOR CHILDREN, A (SECOND VERSION) (L. MEY)
• LULLABY (SONGS AND DANCES OF DEATH) (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• LULLABY (FIRST VERSION) (N OSTROVSKY)
• LULLABY FOR ERYOMUSHKA (SECOND VERSION) (N. NEKRASOV)
• LULLABY FOR ERYOMUSHKA (FIRST VERSION) (N NEKRASOV)
• MANY HAVE GROWN FROM MY TEARS (H HEINE)
• MEPHISTOPHELES' SONG IN AUERBACH'S TAVERN
• MISCHIEF-MAKER, THE (M MUSSORGSKY)
• MISUNDERSTOOD GIRL, THE (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• MY HEART'S DESIRE (D. USOV)
• NIGHT (A PUSHKIN)
• NIGHT (SECOND VERSION) (A PUSHKIN)
• NOISY, BUSY DAY IS OVER, THE (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• OH, HOW YOUR EYES LOOK AT ME SOMETIMES (A PLESHCHEYEV)
• OH, YOU DRUNK GOOD-FOR-NOTHING! (M MUSSORGSKY)
• OLD MAN'S SONG, THE (J GOETHE)
• ON THE DNIEPER (T. SHEVCHENKO)
• ON THE RIVER (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• ORPHAN BOY, THE (FIRST VERSION) (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• ORPHAN BOY, THE (SECOND VERSION) (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• OUTCAST, THE (I. GOL'TS-MILLER)
• OY, IS IT RIGHT FOR A FELLOW TO SPIN FLAX? (A. TOLSTOY)
• PEANUT GALLERY, THE (SECOND VERSION) (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• PILGRIM, THE
• PLAYING WITH A DOLL (M MUSSORGSKY)
• PRAYER (M LERMONTOV)
• RIDE ON A HOBBYHORSE, A (SECOND VERSION) (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• SEMINARIAN (FIRST VERSION) (M MUSSORGSKY)
• SEMINARIAN, THE (SECOND VERSION) (M MUSSORGSKY)
• SERENADE (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• SLEEP, SLEEP DEEPLY, MY PEASANT SON (A OSTROVSKY)
• SONG OF BALEARETS, THE (M MUSSORGSKY)
• SOUL FLEW QUIETLY THROUGH THE CELESTIAL SKIES, THE(A. TOLSTOY)
• TELL ME WHY, O MAIDEN FAIR
• TREPAK (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• VISION, A (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)
• WHAT ARE WORDS OF LOVE TO YOU? (A AMMOSOV)
• WHERE ARE YOU, MY LITTLE STAR (MUSSORGSKY)
• WINDS BLOW, THE GUSTY WINDS, THE (A KOL'TSOV)
• WITH MY NANNY (M. MUSSORGSKY)
• YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME IN A CROWD (A. GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV)