State. acad. Russian choir of the USSR. Male chamber choir. Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. Dir. Andrey Chistyakov. Irina Udalova (Judith), Elena Zaremba (Avra, her slave), Mikh. Krutikov (Holofernes), Nikolai Vasiliev (Vagoa, the head of his harem), Anat. Babykin (Oziya, elder), Vl. Kudryashov (Achior, leader of the Ammonites), St. Suleymanov (Asphanes, close associate of Holofernes), Peter Gluboky (Eliakim, priest), Max. Mikhailov (Kharmiy, elder), Irina Zhurina, Marina Shutova (odalisques), Lev