Katiusha Mikailovna - Magda Olivero; Prince Dimitri Nekludoff - Giuseppe Gismondo; Simonson - Antonio Boyer; Matrena Pavlovna - Anna Di Stasio; Sofia Ivanova - Fernanda Cadoni; An old servant - Maya Sunara; Anna – Nucci Condo; A muzhik - Vito Susca; First peasant - Egidio Casolari; Second peasant - Marco Stefanoni; Railway station employee - Andrea Petrassi; First prisoner - Maria Grazia Allegri; Second prisoner - Giuseppina Milardi; Third prisoner - Luciana Palombi; La Korableva - Vera Magrini;
Excerpts from `The Song of Songs` (without choir)/ Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Kim Begley (tenor), William Prideaux (baritone) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, con. Vernon Handley/ Recorded in Watford Colosseum, England, on 1,2 April 2003
Berliner Oktett: Christian Mencke (violin), Helmut Löchel (viola), Rolf Döhler (cello),Barbara Sanderling (double-bass), Michael Simm (clarinet), Fritz Finsch (bassoon), Christian Friedrich Dallman (horn)