Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1908) In the spring of 1906, Rimsky-Korsakov revised and orchestrated several passages omitted in the 1896 revision:Rimsky-Korsakov (1923: p. 421) "Pimen's story of Tsars Ivan and Fyodor" (Cell Scene) "Over the map of the Muscovite land" (Terem Scene) "The story of the parrot" (Terem Scene) "The chiming clock" (Terem Scene) "The scene of the False Dmitriy with Rangoni at the fountain" (Fountain Scene) "The False Dmitriy's soliloquy after the Polonaise" (Fountain Scene) thumb|175px|Fyodor Shalyapin was a powerful exponent of the Rimsky-Korsakov version, which launched Boris Godunov abroad. Portrait by Aleksandr Golovin (1912). Rimsky-Korsakov compiled a new edition in 1908, this time restoring the cuts, and making some significant changes: He omitted the end of the Novodievichy Scene, so that it ends with the Pilgrims' Chorus. (As does the 1874 vocal score.) He added some music to the Coronation Scene, because producer Sergey Dyagilev wanted more stage spectacle for the Paris premiere. The additions are a 40 bar insert placed before Boris's monologue, and a 16 bar insert following it, both of which are based on the bell motifs that open the scene and on the "Slava" theme. He altered the dynamics of the end of the Inn Scene, making the conclusion loud and bombastic, perhaps because he was dissatisfied that all of Mussorgsky's scenes with the exception of the Coronation Scene end quietly. He similarly altered the conclusion of the Fountain Scene, replacing Mussorgsky's quiet moonlit trio with a grand peroration combining the 6 note descending theme that opens the scene, the 5 note rhythmic figure that opens the Polonaise, and the lusty cries of "Vivat!" that close the Polonaise.
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1908) In the spring of 1906, Rimsky-Korsakov revised and orchestrated several passages omitted in the 1896 revision:Rimsky-Korsakov (1923 p. 421) "Pimen's story of Tsars Ivan and Fyodor" (Cell :Scene) "Over the map of the Muscovite land" (Terem Scene) "The story of the parrot" (Terem Scene) "The chiming clock" (Terem Scene) "The scene of the False Dmitriy with Rangoni at the fountain" (Fountain Scene) "The False Dmitriy's soliloquy after the Polonaise" (Fountain Scene) thumb|175px|Fyodor Shalyapin was a powerful exponent of the Rimsky-Korsakov version, which launched Boris Godunov abroad. Portrait by Aleksandr Golovin (1912). Rimsky-Korsakov compiled a new edition in 1908, this time restoring the cuts, and making some significant changes: He omitted the end of the Novodievichy Scene, so that it ends with the Pilgrims' Chorus. (As does the 1874 vocal score.) He added some music to the Coronation Scene, because producer Sergey Dyagilev wanted more stage spectacle for the Paris premiere. The additions are a 40 bar insert placed before Boris's monologue, and a 16 bar insert following it, both of which are based on the bell motifs that open the scene and on the "Slava" theme. He altered the dynamics of the end of the Inn Scene, making the conclusion loud and bombastic, perhaps because he was dissatisfied that all of Mussorgsky's scenes with the exception of the Coronation Scene end quietly. He similarly altered the conclusion of the Fountain Scene, replacing Mussorgsky's quiet moonlit trio with a grand peroration combining the 6 note descending theme that opens the scene, the 5 note rhythmic figure that opens the Polonaise, and the lusty cries of "Vivat!" that close the Polonaise.