Reizen about Mussorgsky

Mark Reizen speaking about the music of Modest Mussorgsky. From the documentary "Modest Mussorgsky" (1989). Mark Reizen is 94 here.

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Music

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• Mark Reizen
• Mussorgsky
• Mussorgski
• Марк Рейзен
• Мусоргский

[1sumiresan2]

Wirklich ein unglaublicher Künstler und Mensch!

[SuperLuckydream]

Спасибо большое!

[vstasov]

Heart-stopping footage. Thank you so much.

[gnativerson]

absolutely electrifying footage to watch and to ponder what emotions and memories ran though the great Reizen's heart and mind as those clips were played - thank you very much for this priceless document and PticaLetit for some translation. Freddy

[PticaLetit]

@dalecampbl5

To be read from down to up 0_o

[PticaLetit]

@dalecampbl5

Dosiphey for me is a person with a huge moral power. He kept his beliefs till the death, and thousands of people, trusted and followed him.

In 1924 I debuted in the former Mariinsky Theater, and in 1928 I was offered the role of Boris.

[PticaLetit]

@dalecampbl5

When I was 13, I visited my sister at the village. I remember the old believers, I saw there. Their solid gait, big beards, their dialect... The role of Dosiphey was something I felt very close... The scene begins with a majestic instrumental music, just like Bach.

[PticaLetit]

@dalecampbl5

For the first time in my life I heard not just a sound, but a musical speach with phrases, intonations... with living words... Just the same intonation, as if you speak the lyrics. What a genial truth trere is in it!

Since then, Moussorgsky has always been with me.

Later, I sang Khovanschina and finally, the part of Boris.

[PticaLetit]

@dalecampbl5

I first appeared on opera stage in Boris Godunov by Moussorgsky. It was in Kharkov. In autumn 1921 Alexender Yakovlevich Altshuller called me and asked, if I would sing Pimen in their production. They had all the rest troup complete already. I thought a bit and agreed.

[fgene71]

Mark Reizen is by far my favourite artist, and yet this is the first time I hear him speaking with his own words, not singing or reciting someone else's. A formidable personality he was, it seems -- sharp-minded, eloquent, incredibly dedicated to the work of his life (not to mention singularly talented). To me, this video is an incredible find, thanks A LOT for posting!