Complete opera recordings only, excerpts not included. Sung in Russian unless otherwise stated. As there are many versions of this opera, I have tried to indicate which version of the separate recordings is.
Ralph Moore’s survey of the recordings of Boris Godunov can be found here.
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CD (singer for Boris, singer for Grigory, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor. Where an audio recording is live then the location is included.)
| (1874 plus one scene from 1869) Anatoly Kocherga, Sergei Larin, Berliner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado (1993) | Sony 19075811172 | review |
| (Rimsky-Korsakov) Miroslav Čangalović, Miroslav Brajnik, Belgrade National Opera Orchestra/Krešimir Baranović (1955) | Eloquence 4826883 | review |
| (Rimsky-Korsakov) Boris Christoff, Dimitr Ouzounov, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/André Cluytens (1962) | EMI CMS 5 67877 2 | review |
| (Rimsky-Korsakov|) Boris Christoff, Nicolai Gedda, French National Radio Orchestra/Issay Dobrowen (1952) | Naxos 8.110242-44 | review review |
| Brilliant Classics 93926 | review | |
| (Rimsky-Korsakov) Yevgeny Nesterenko, Vladimir Atlantov, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Mark Ermler (1992) | Alto ALC 2504 | review |
| (1869 and 1874) Boris Christoff, Edgar Evans, Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden/Sir Reginald Goodall (Covent Garden. 1961) | Pristine Audio PACO123 | review |
| (Rimsky-Korsakov) Nicolai Ghiaurov, Alexei Maslennikov, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan (Salzburg, 1966) | Opera d’Oro OPD7084 | review |
| (1869) Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Sergei Skorokhodov, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano (2017) | BIS BIS-2320 | review review |
| (1872) Martti Talvela, Nicolai Gedda, olish Radio National Symphony Orchestra/Jerzy Semkow (1976) | EMI Classics 7397042 | review |
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Video (stage director, singer for Boris, singer for Grigory, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor. all video reviews DVD unless otherwise stated)
| (Rimsky-Korsakov) Irina Morozova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Vladislav Piavko, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow/Alexander Lazarev (Bolshoi, 1987) | Warner Vision 51011-1851-2 | review |
| (1869) Willi Decker, Orlin Anastassov, Ian Storey, Orchestra of the Teatro Regio, Torino/Gianandrea Noseda (Turin, 2010) | Opus Arte OA1053D | review |
| (1869) Richard Jones, Bryn Terfel, David Butt Philip, Orchestra of Royal Opera Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano (Covent Garden, 2016) | Opus Arte OA1376D | review |
| (1869) Willy Decker, Matti Salminen, Pär Lindskog, Catalana Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona/Sebastien Weigle (Barcelona, 2004) | Arthaus Musik 107 237 | review |
| TDK DVWW-OPBORIS | review |
