Years ago I heard the duet (Lemeshev & Lavrova) on tape and liked it almost as much as the ouverture-fantaisie (if not for the text, which is wonderful in Shakespeare and awful in Tchaikovsky, although pretty much the same). More recently I heard a version with Мищевский as Romeo and, if I am not mistaken, Черных as Juliet, and I liked it a deal less.

Yes, Lavrova and Lemeshev is a great duo. It’s here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/126161880/L ... duets2.rar

I also was very much impressed by Nikolai Golovanov’s conducting from live recording with Maslennikova (1948):
http://rapidshare.com/files/126154147/L ... duets1.rar

Maslennikova sings fine, but I get tired very easily from her voice, I don’t know why.

Gracias por proporcionarme este gran placer al escuchar a Lemeshev, me da coraje el no haberlo conocido con antelación todo el arte que me he perdido

PD: Qué me dicen de Ivan Kozlavsky, yo poco lo he escuchado pero, qué registro tenía como para arrodillarse ante él.