Dmitri Hvorostovsky: 1994-2016

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It’s an interesting collection, The excerpts aren’t always the obvious ones…Some of the singing isn’t terrific…but Prince Yeletsky in the Queen of Spades (1999) was the perfect role for him:... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2018 More…

Release Date: 14th Sep 2018
Catalogue No: C966181B
Label: Orfeo
Series: Wiener Staatsoper Live
Length: 78 minutes

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Excerpt, Bellini: I Puritani

Work length6:57

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ruben Broitman (tenor)
Wiener Staatsoper
Plácido Domingo
Recorded: 2 May 1994
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

I puritani: Ah! per sempre io ti perdei - Bel sogno beato (Live)

Track length6:57

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Excerpt, Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Work length8:16

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Michael Schade (tenor)
Wiener Staatsoper
Simone Young
Recorded: 14 May 1999
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Il barbiere di Siviglia: All'idea di quel metallo (Live)

Track length8:16

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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

Work length5:20

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Wiener Staatsoper
Seiji Ozawa
Recorded: 1 June 1999
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, TH 10: Ya vas lyublyu (Live)

Track length5:20

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Excerpt, Verdi: Don Carlo

Work length6:03

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Violeta Urmana (soprano), Miriam Gauci (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Vjekoslav Šutej
Recorded: 25 May 1999
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Don Carlo: Signora! Per Vostra Maestà - Che mai si fa nel suol francese - Carlo, ch'è sol il nostro amore (Live)

Track length6:03

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Excerpt, Verdi: Rigoletto

Work length16:10

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Donna Ellen (soprano), Ramón Vargas (tenor)
Wiener Staatsoper
Michael Güttler
Recorded: 16 November 2010
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Rigoletto: Pari siamo! - Figlia! Mio padre! (Live)

Track length16:10

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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Work length5:34

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Olga Guryakova (soprano), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Wiener Staatsoper
Kirill Petrenko
Recorded: 5 June 2010
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: You Wrote to Me - If I Wished to Limit My Life (Live)

Track length5:34

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Excerpt, Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Work length10:36

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Barbara Frittoli (soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Sorin Coliban (bass-baritone), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper
Marco Armiliato
Recorded: 4 June 2016
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Simon Boccanegra: Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo! (Live)

Track length10:36

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Excerpt, Verdi: La Traviata

Work length12:26

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Marina Rebeka (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Speranza Scappucci
Recorded: 29 November 2016
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

La traviata: Pura siccome un angelo (Live)

Track length12:26

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Excerpt, Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Work length6:39

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Wiener Staatsoper
Jesús López Cobos
Recorded: 23 April 2016
Recording Venue: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Un ballo in maschera: Alzati! Là tuo figlio - Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima (Live)

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky stands out above all on this album as a true Verdi baritone: as Posa (Don Carlos), for example, or in Simon Boccanegra in the finale of Act I of Verdi’s eponymous and all too rarely performed opera. By then, Hvorostovsky’s cancer was far advanced, and yet, the depth of his characterisation remains as flawless as ever. The climax is his moving aria as Anckarström in the original Swedish version of Un ballo in maschera, in which he fears he has lost the love of his wife. It ends with the bitter-sweet resignation of 'O dolcezze perdute, o speranze d’amor'. Before that, Hvorostovsky is to be heard in the role of a father convinced of himself and of his own moral standards, Padre Germont (La Traviata), who persuades Violetta (Marina Rebeka) to renounce her beloved Alfredo. The performance is that of November 29, 2016; scarcely a year later, Hvorostovsky succumbed to the cancer with which he had wrestled for so long – aged just 55. Here we hear the pitiless rigour with which, despite feigned sympathy, he pronounces the fate of a dying woman and takes from her the best thing she had ever known – true love.

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November 2018

It’s an interesting collection, The excerpts aren’t always the obvious ones…Some of the singing isn’t terrific…but Prince Yeletsky in the Queen of Spades (1999) was the perfect role for him: aristocratic, luscious, long legato lines, beautifully poised and noble. Hvorostovsky at his finest.

January 2019

A valuable tribute to one of the greatest singers of his generation.

January 2019

He delivers with nuance and subtlety the scene at the end of Act 1 of Onegin…Unsurprisingly, there is some diminishment in the three items recorded in the year before his death – though not, in fact, a great deal. He hurls himself impressively at the ‘Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo!’ ensemble from Boccanegra…Observant of Germont’s stern character and equally notable for long-breathed lyricism as well as the odd variant in Germont’s line, [the Traviata duet], too, is a considerable achievement.

Opera Now October 2018

The late Dmitri Hvorostovsky is presented in a selection of scenes from the Staatsoper, ranging from a smooth Puritani for his debut performance in 1994 to a dignified Germont in Traviata, caught on the last evening he sang in the house in 2016. His mastery of rich-toned legato is wonderful to hear, and this is a moving tribute.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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