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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses
The Moscow Academy of Choral Singing, Victor Popov In the field of choral music Tchaikovsky is known as the first Russian composer to have composed cycles of the Liturgy and the Vespers, but his considerable output of secular choral music is less well-known, and a delightful surprise. These secular choruses are little jewels, written for various types of choir, with all the familiar qualities of melody and rich harmony that we associate with Tchaikovsky. Some, including Autumn, Child’s Song and A Legend (from 16 Children’s Songs Op.54), and the pastoral Dawn were written for solo voice or duet, and Night, a vocal quartet with piano, but Tchaikovsky soon realised that they sounded better as choruses. Autumn and Child’s Song both have a tenor solo, and contrast well with each other: a misty autumnal poem of lethargic melancholy and a comical, playful little ditty. Another highlight is the melancholy Old French Air, with its timeless charm, which also appears as a minstrel’s song in Tchaikovsky’s opera The Maid of Orleans. Other works of note include the radiant Nature and Love, a sentimental trio for soprano, mezzo and contralto, three-part female chorus and piano, and the meditative nocturne Before Sleep, composed in his student years. Greeting to Anton Rubinstein is an extraordinary seven part piece written for the 50th anniversary of Rubinstein’s career. The Nightingale is without a doubt Tchaikovsky’s finest achievement in choral music, a magnificent reconstruction of a folk song. The vocal quartet Night is a tribute to Mozart, who Tchaikovsky idolised, and is an arrangement of the middle section of Mozart’s Fantasy in C minor for piano. The finale, Neapolitan Air, is a little choral divertissement whose tune was derived from Swan Lake. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky: Romances
Tchaikovsky: | None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 Noch' (Night), Op. 60 No. 9 Moy geni, moy angel, moy drug (My genius, my angel, my friend) Ni slova, o drug moy (Not a word, O my friend), Op. 6 No. 2 Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5 Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten) Rastvoril ya okno (I opened the window), Op. 63 No. 2 Na son gryadushchiy (Before sleep), Op. 27 No. 1 Podvig (The Heroic Deed), Op. 60 No. 11 Smert' (Death), Op. 57 No. 5 Khotel bi v edinoye slovo (I should like in a single word) O, yesli b ty mogla (O, if only you could), Op. 38 No. 4 Lyubov' mertvetsa (The love of a dead man), Op. 38 No. 5 Na nivi zhyoltiye (On the golden cornfields), Op. 57 No.2 Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey (Tell me, what in the shade of the branches), Op. 57 No. 1 Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment), Op. 28 No. 6 Primiren'ye (Reconciliation), Op. 25 No. 1 Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6 Nochy bezumnïye, Op. 60 No. 6 O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6 To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2 Na zemlyu sumrak upal (Dusk fell on the earth), Op. 47 No. 3 Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa (I Bless you, Forests), Op. 47 No. 5 Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade), Op. 38 No. 1 |
Operatic superstar Dmitri Hvorostovsky has become the supreme interpreter of the Russian Romance, with its rich resource of music and poetry. In this generous program the great baritone soars vocally and plumbs emotional depths as he delivers definitive performances of a wide range of Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces. “Nearly 20 years have passed since Hvorostovsky first recorded Tchaikovsky songs...Alongside the same ineffable legato, there's still more pointing of the words and more inwardness in softer dynamics...Inevitably there's a preponderance of dark numbers; so all the more credit to this now truly great baritone for pushing the emotion with apparent sincerity and no self pity; 'To Forget so Soon' reaches remarkable dramatic heights.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 “...in terms of vocal quality there are some marvels to behold…” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky - Complete Songs Volume 5
Tchaikovsky: | I will never name her, Op. 28, No. 1 French lieder (6) to Désirée Artôt de Padilla, Op. 65 O, yesli b ty mogla (O, if only you could), Op. 38 No. 4 No reply, no word, no greeting, Op. 28, No. 5 New Greek Song, Op. 16, No. 6 My mischief, Op. 27, No. 6 Lyubov' mertvetsa (The love of a dead man), Op. 38 No. 5 You were in my dream Oh no, do not love me for my beauty Hamlet, Op. 67a (excerpts) Ophelia’s First Scene; Ophelia’s Second Scene & Grave-digger’s Song Hear at least once, Op. 16, No. 3 I never spoke to her, Op. 25, No. 5 Na son gryadushchiy (Before sleep), Op. 27 No. 1 Look: there is a silver cloud, Op. 27, No. 2 Had my mother borne me, Op. 27, No. 5 A String of Corals, Op. 28, No. 2 Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade), Op. 38 No. 1 |
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) & Ljuba Orfenova (piano) This is the final disc in the Naxos edition of the complete Tchaikovsky songs, which represent a little-known but highly characteristic facet of his musical personality | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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