This page lists all recordings of Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea, by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-81) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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Arensky: | Autumn, Op. 27 No. 2 | Balakirev: | Embrace, kiss | Borodin: | For the shores of your far homeland | Cui: | The Fountain Statue at Tsarskoye Selo, Op. 57 No. 17 | Dargomïzhsky: | The Night Zephyr The Miller I remember | Glinka: | Ah, the sweetness of being beside you Bolero (No 3 of A Farewell to St Petersburg) | Grechaninov: | The Prisoner, Op. 20 No. 4 | Lyatoshinsky: | Dawn, Op. 37 No. 1 Supreme Happiness, Op. 37 No. 2 | Medtner: | I have outlived my aspirations, Op. 3 No. 2 Spring Solace, Op. 28 No. 5 | Mussorgsky: | Forgotten Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea | Rachmaninov: | She is as beautiful as midday, Op.14 No. 9 It is time, Op. 14 No. 12 | Rimsky Korsakov: | On the hills of Georgia, Op. 3 No. 4 | Tchaikovsky: | I bless you, forests, Op. 47 No. 5 In the midst of the ball, Op. 38 No. 3 Don Juan's Serenade, Op. 38 No. 1 |
Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone), Alexander Blok (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Alexander KipnisVictor Recordings 1945/6
In the search for suitable and evocative words to
describe a particular vocal quality, usually, for the bass
voice one would expect of course adjectives like deep,
black, sonorous, cavernous, thundering, impressive or
even noble. Rarely is the word beautiful used.
However, in the case of Alexander Kipnis, it most
certainly applies.
Alexander Kipnis was born into a very poor family
in Zhitomir, Ukraine on l February 1891. They were
very proud of the extraordinary quality of his singing
voice, which attracted the attention of a visiting cantor
from Bessarabia, who heard him as a soloist in the local
synagogue choir. So taken was he by the boy’s natural
talent, that, with a promise of some payment, the
cantor persuaded Alexander’s mother to let him leave
home and become a chorister at his synagogue.
Alexander was befriended by one of the older singers
with whom he lodged and who taught him the
rudiments of music and also some Lieder. Kipnis then
won a scholarship to enter the Warsaw Conservatoire,
initially to study conducting, but of course he
continued to sing, his voice having broken and become
a bass. He decided to move to Berlin, undertaking
further vocal studies with the well-known teacher
Ernst Grenzebach.
This compilation is a tribute to one of the greatest
bass voices ever to have recorded. | 
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Boris Christoff (bass), Alexandre Labinsky (piano) Orchetre National del la Radiodiffusion Française, Georges Tzipine (Mono recording) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Great Operatic Arias: Vol. 6John Tomlinson
Borodin: | Prince Igor's Aria from Prince Igor, Act II Galitsky's Aria from Prince Igor, Act I Khan Konchak's Aria from Prince Igor, Act II | Dargomïzhsky: | Miler's Song from Russalka, Act I | Handel: | Polyphemus' Recitative and Air from Acis and Galatea Harapha's Air from Samson, Act II | Lehmann: | Myself when young from In a Persian Garden | Mozart: | Osmin's Song from The Abduction from the Seraglio, Act 1 Osmin and Blonde's Duet from The Abduction from the Seraglio, Act II Pedrillo and Osmin's Duet from The Abduction from the Seraglio, Act II | Mussorgsky: | Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea Boris's Prayer from Boris Godunov, Prologue, Scene 2 (The Coronation Scene) | Offenbach: | Gendarmes' Duet from Geneviève de Brabant | Sullivan: | The Mikado's Song from The Mikado, Act II Policeman's Song from The Pirates of Penzance, Act II | Verdi: | Fiesco's Aria from Simon Boccanegra, Prologue Silva's Scena and Cavatina from Ernani, Act I |
John Tomlinson (bass) Philharmonia Orchestra,, David Parry '‘A strong voice, varied repertoire and vivid characterization make this an appealing disc’.'
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| |  | A Tribute to Martti Talvela
Martti Talvela (bass), Hertha Klaust (piano), Eero Heinonen (piano) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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