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Nicolai Ghiaurov’s unmistakable timbre brought him the title “Re dei bassi” – “King of Basses”. In live recordings from two Sunday Concerts by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester he can be heard in key roles from the bass repertoire as well as rarely performed arias by Bizet, Glinka and Rimsky Korsakov.
The program also contains arias from two roles in which Ghiaurov became world-famous: the title role in Boris Godunov and Mephistophèlès in Gounod’s Faust.
- Previously unreleased recordings by Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Documents of the beloved Sunday concerts with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester from the 1960’s under the direction of Georges Prêtre and Alfredo Antonini.
- The program contains key roles of the bass repertoire as well as rarely heard arias.
Charles-Francois Gounod: Faust
Act I: Le veau d'or est toujours debout
Act III: Vous qui faites l'endormie
Georges Bizet: La jolie fille de Perth
La jolie fille de Perth, Act II: Air: Tra, La, La, Tra, La La,! - Quand la flamme d'amour
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
Sadko: Am Felsenufer toben ungestum die Wellen
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka: Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar), Op. 4 (Sung in German)
Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar), Op. 4, Act III: Recitative and Aria: Sie ahnen die Wahrheit - Brisch du an, o Morgenrot (Sung in German)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Aleko (Sung in German)
Aleko: Alles im Schlaf. Vom nach'tgen Himmel strahlt der Mond in kuhler Schonheit (Sung in German)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov (Sung in German)
Boris Godounov: Prologue: Lang lebe der Zar Boris Feodorowitsch (Sung in German)
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra: Prologue: A te l'estremo addio - Il lacerato spirito
Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Don Carlos, Act IV: Ella giammai m'amo
Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Aria: La calunnia e un venticello
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov: Mnogo shumu… iz-za serdets (Much Ado… because of Hearts)
Mnogo shumu… iz-za serdets (Much Ado… because of Hearts): Kanzone des Bretunkenen
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Act I: Le veau d'or est toujours debout