Khovanshchina

The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the Vienna State Opera conducted by Claudio Abbado A moody opera that is thematically broad at times and intimately personal in others Khovanshchina tells the story of the 17thcentury clash between Russian conservatives and Peter the Greats reformists Among the singers is renowned basso Nicolai Ghiaurov and Paata Burchuladze as well as Anatoly Kocherga Ludmila Semtchuk and Heinz Zednik