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Title: Best Ruslan today
Review: Simonov worked with the singers much better then Gergiev and the recording sounds like a real effort by a real company. Rudenko is not relaxed at first and the cavatina is tense, but the rest of the performance is very good. Nesterenko is the best bass of his generation and he is the first singer since Reizen to have powerfull F# ang G. He is the most dramaticly involved singer in the cast. Sinyavskaya is a powerfull dark mezzo and she is an expert in singing "boys" in such operas as Ruslan and Susanin. Boris Morozov sings a fine rondo and he is very good in the duet with galina Borisova. Arkhipov, Maslennikov and Yaroslavtsev also make good contributions. The Chorus is perfect (unlike the Gergiev version).
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