Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich: Eugene Onegin

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Eugene Onegin by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cast:Valentina Petrova, Galina Vishnevskaya, Larisa Avdeyeva, Eugenia Verbitskaya, Eugene Belov, Sergei Lemeshev, Ivan Petrov, Georgy Pankov, Igor Mikhailov, ASndrei Sokolov, Nikolai Timchenko; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, conducted by Boris Khaikin
Label: Parlophone-Odeon
Catalogue number PPB 104 (PMA 1050-52)
Country of Issue: UK
Date: 1958
Recording made in the USSR
Mono
Format: LP Boxed Set (3 discs ))
Label design: early P-OD,  brown with gold print
Discs: Near Mint, unmarked
Outer box: VG+.  sound, good for its age, small scuffs and tiny breaks in surface on edges,  marks on the back
Inner sleeves: original, polylined, excellent but sunfaded
Booklet: none - only a leaflet listing the cast and recording data

Importantly,  the discs look perfect and while naturally will have some crackle,  they look almost unplayed. Acquired by us in 2007 as part of a large collection but never played since.

 Most Russian recordings were issued in England on HMV,  it is very unusual to see one on the very attractive Parlophone-Odeon label, which normally specialised in recordings  from Odeon and EMI Germany.