Tchaikovsky: Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6 (Whether day dawns)

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Transfigured Tchaikovsky

Transfigured Tchaikovsky

The complete lieder transcriptions by Isaac Mikhnovsky and Samuil Feinberg


Tchaikovsky:

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

Nochy bezumnïye, Op. 60 No. 6

In this moonlight, Op.73, No.3

None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

Wait, Op. 16 No. 2

O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6

Both painfully and sweetly, Op. 6 No. 3

Kak nad goratcheïou zoloï, Op. 25 No. 2

We sat with you, Op. 73 No. 1

Qu'importe op.16 No.5

Primiren'ye (Reconciliation), Op. 25 No. 1

Rastvoril ya okno (I opened the window), Op. 63 No. 2

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6


Petronel Malan (piano)

This is the fourth CD in the “Transfigured” series featuring South African pianist Petronel Malan. She received a Grammy nomination for the first in the series, “Transfigured Bach” (HAEN98424). Here she takes us on a fascinating excursion through the songs of Tchaikovsky, transfigured by several of his distinguished compatriots.

“The Feinberg transcriptions of three songs from Op. 54 show Malan at her best, played with the greater fluency and innate poetic refinement familiar from her earlier discs. This one is fine but it misses the range of the others” Gramophone Magazine, July 2012

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Elisabeth Söderström: The Russian Songbook

Elisabeth Söderström: The Russian Songbook


Grechaninov:

The Lane – Five Children’s Songs, Op. 89

Mussorgsky:

The Nursery

Prokofiev:

The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18

Tchaikovsky:

The Cuckoo, Op. 54 No. 8

Evening, Op. 27, No. 4

The Nightingale Op. 60 No. 4

Last Night Op. 60 No. 1

None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5

Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment), Op. 28 No. 6

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6

Spring, Op 54 No. 9

Simple Words, Op. 60, No. 5

Mezza notte

Sérénade, Op. 65 No. 1

Déception, Op. 65 No. 2

Qu'importe que l'hiver, Op. 65 No. 4

Les Larmes, Op. 65 No. 5

Zakatilos solntse (The sun has set), Op. 73 No. 4

Kak nad goratcheïou zoloï, Op. 25 No. 2

Moy geni, moy angel, moy drug (My genius, my angel, my friend)

Pesn' Zemfiri (Zemfira's song)

Do not believe, my friend Op. 6 No. 1

Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)

Oh! Chante Encore!, Op.16 No.4

Spirit my heart away

Why did I dream of you?, Op. 28 No. 3

To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

If only I had known, Op.47, No.1

Was I not a blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7

My little garden, Op. 54 No. 4

Do not ask, Op. 57 No. 3

This, our first reunion, Op. 63 No. 4

O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6

Rondel, Op. 65 No. 6

We sat with you, Op. 73 No. 1

Behind the window, Op 60 No. 10


Elisabeth Söderström was a born storyteller. She told stories not just in music, but also peppered her recitals on stage with tales and anecdotes. It made her a perfect interpreter for the collection of children’s songs by Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Gretchaninov she recorded with Vladimir Ashkenazy in 1977–78 which appear on CD2 of this set, the first (LP) issue greeted with enthusiasm by Gramophone reviewer W.S.M. with the words ‘the best record of song to appear in 1979’. It later went on to win the 1979 Gramophone’s Solo Vocal Award. But there was more: a selection of Tchaikovsky songs over two LPs; a substantial survey of the Rachmaninov songs (‘one of the gramophone’s crown jewels’ wrote John Steane in Gramophone) as well as the complete Sibelius songs.

Born in Stockholm on 7 May 1927 to a Russian mother and Swedish father, Söderström she was a talented recitalist, as much in demand in the concert hall as she was in the opera theatre. From 1991–96 she also directed the Drottingholm Festival Opera with much success. The two LPs of Tchaikovsky songs were issued in part by Decca on CD and this is their first complete release in this format. Overshadowed by his orchestral works, they are nonetheless absolute gems, with their piano parts of almost orchestral scope. Ashkenazy’s is, too, the disembodied voice that speaks a few of Pushkin’s lines in the early setting of Zemfira's song.

‘Söderström came to be known internationally in the late 1950s,’ wrote John Steane, ‘and over the next three decades, on until her retirement from singing in the early 1990s she never “blotted her copybook”. She neither sought nor won cheap success.’ Söderström passed away in Stockholm on 20 November 2009, aged 82, from complications from a stroke.

This release marks the launch of an Eloquence series of notable recitals of songs and opera arias by some of the great voices of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon.

“The Maikov Lullaby is enchantingly done, especially with the gentle wash of piano tone in the background from Ashkenazy … a delightful, excellently recorded recital of some songs which we know too little … Tchaikovsky wrote some exquisite songs; and it is splendid to have them being explored so skilfully, intelligently and sensitively” Gramophone Magazine (Tchaikovsky Songs)

“brilliant … endearing … musicianly” Gramophone Magazine (Songs for Children)

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In the Still of Night

In the Still of Night

Songs by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky


Dvorak:

Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4

Encore

Rimsky Korsakov:

In the silence of the night, Op.40, No.3

Prosti! Ne pomni dney naden'ya, Op. 27, No. 4

Not the wind blowing from the heights, Op.43, No.2

Plus sonore que le chant de l’alouette, Op.43, No.1

On the hills of Georgia, Op. 3 No. 4

V tsarstvo rozï vina, Op. 8, No. 5

Zuleika's Song (Pesnya Zyuleyki) Op. 26 No. 4, 1882 (Kozlov/Byron)

Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Op. 2 No. 2

The clouds begin to scatter (Elegy), Op. 42 No. 3

The Nymph Op. 56 No. 1

Son v letnyuyu noch', Op. 56, No. 2

Strauss, R:

Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2

Encore

Tchaikovsky:

Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey (Tell me, what in the shade of the branches), Op. 57 No. 1

Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)

Nochy bezumnïye, Op. 60 No. 6

Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5

O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Was I not a blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7

Sred mrachnïkh dnei, Op. 73, No. 5

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6


Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Anna Netrebko’s first live solo album and first Lieder album is accompanied by star conductor/pianist Daniel Barenboim. This was the concert event of the Salzburg Festival 2009 and your first Deutsche Grammophon priority of the year.

For her Salzburg recital, Anna Netrebko programmed an all Russian evening. Companioned by Barenboim’s masterful, idiomatic playing, Anna’s voluptuous voice surrenders completely to the haunting, soulful melodies of songs by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, and others.

On the heels of her successful Russian Album – more than 270,000 copies sold and still selling strong – In the Still of Night is certain to soar.

“Russian songs and romances may not be Barenboim’s usual repertoire, but he presents the accompaniments subtly, and with selfless generosity. More surprisingly, these superstars work very well as a team...Netrebko’s voice, fuller in tone than it has been before, dapples these miseries of love with nicely varied colours and intoxicating shots of high drama” The Times, 2nd April 2010 ****

“Barenboim’s playing is exquisitely sensitive and imaginative throughout” The Telegraph, 7th April 2010

“it's a pleasure to find that [Netrebko] hasn't - unlike some other Russian singers - lost touch with her native repertoire; and not just the well-known bits...she has this music in her bones, making it a delightful recital, with agreeable Dvorak and Strauss encores.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 *****

“Netrebko’s supremacy in her native song repertoire can’t be challenged today...She seems to have enriched and enlarged her palette of tone colours since the birth of her son. I guess she is at her absolute peak, vocally...[Barenboim's] playing is a luxury beyond price.” Sunday Times, 2nd May 2010 *****

“[Netrebko has] a wonderfully full, firm and creamy voice, and she effectively varies the emotional pressure from one song to the next, encompassing humour and ecstasy as well as warmth and sympathy.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010

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Russian Songs & Romances

Russian Songs & Romances


Borodin:

Chto ti rano, zoren'ka (Why Art Thou So Early, Dawn?)

Spyashchaya knyazhna (The Sleeping Princess)

Pesnya tyomnogo lesa (Song of the Dark Forest)

Morskaya tsaryevna (The Princess Of the Sea)

Dlya beregov otchizni dal'noy (For the Shores of thy Far Native Land)

Dargomïzhsky:

The Sierra Nevada was Swathed in Mists

The Night Zephyr

Prayer

What is My Name to You?

Heavenly Clouds

Yunosha I deva (A girl and a boy)

You did not come true!

In the Expanse of the Heavens

I am sad ...

Glinka:

Adel’

Cradle Song

Finskiy zaliv (The Gulf of Finland)

Tyashka pechal'i grusten svet (Meine Ruh' ist hin; Marguerite's song from Faust)

Barcarolle

Tell me Why

Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do not sing to me, fair maiden)

I am here, Inezilla

Mussorgsky:

Kalistratushka

Videniye (The Vision)

Forgotten

Softly the spirit flew up to heaven

Chto vam slova lyubvi?

Po gribï

Tchaikovsky:

Noch' (Night), Op. 60 No. 9

Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey (Tell me, what in the shade of the branches), Op. 57 No. 1

Lullaby in a storm, Op. 54 No. 10

None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)

He loved me so, Op. 28, No. 4

Ni slova, o drug moy (Not a word, O my friend), Op. 6 No. 2

Nochy bezumnïye, Op. 60 No. 6

Zakatilos solntse (The sun has set), Op. 73 No. 4

Primiren'ye (Reconciliation), Op. 25 No. 1

Sérénade, Op. 65 No. 1

Do not ask, Op. 57 No. 3

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6


“A marvellously rich programme recorded by Russian music's exiled royal couple. Vishnevskaya's voice is still forceful but often squally in this 1991 recording; but their intense feeling for these classic 19th-century songs is unique and moving.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009

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Tchaikovsky - Songs

Tchaikovsky - Songs


Tchaikovsky:

Last Night Op. 60 No. 1

Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)

The Nightingale Op. 60 No. 4

To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment), Op. 28 No. 6

Do not believe, my friend Op. 6 No. 1

The Cuckoo, Op. 54 No. 8

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Behind the window, Op 60 No. 10

O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6

The Canary, Op. 25 No. 4

Ni slova, o drug moy (Not a word, O my friend), Op. 6 No. 2

Lullaby in a storm, Op. 54 No. 10

Spring, Op 54 No. 9

Why did I dream of you?, Op. 28 No. 3

None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6

If only I had known, Op.47, No.1

Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5


Joan Rodgers (soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

‘I find this British singer’s identification with Tchaikovsky almost uncanny. Having heard countless performances … in my native Russia, I was totally overcome by Rodgers’ unaffectedness and sincerity … her intonation is faultless, her Russian excellent. A rare treat indeed’ (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

“A lovely record” Sunday Times

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Tchaikovsky - Romances

Tchaikovsky - Romances


Tchaikovsky:

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

I never spoke to her, Op. 25, No. 5

Moy geni, moy angel, moy drug (My genius, my angel, my friend)

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Primiren'ye (Reconciliation), Op. 25 No. 1

Zakatilos solntse (The sun has set), Op. 73 No. 4

Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment), Op. 28 No. 6

The mild stars shone for us, Op. 60 No. 12

If only I had known, Op.47, No.1

The lights were being dimmed, Op. 63, No. 5

Ni slova, o drug moy (Not a word, O my friend), Op. 6 No. 2

Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5

Was I not a blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7

The gypsy song, Op. 60, No. 7

Do not believe, my friend Op. 6 No. 1

To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2

The Cuckoo, Op. 54 No. 8

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6

Solitude ('Again, as before, alone'), Op. 73 No. 6


Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano)

Third release on ONYX from young Dutch mezzo and rising star Christianne Stotijn

Beautiful collection of 20 Tchaikovsky songs representing the whole range of his creative life from his first performed composition “My Genius, My angel, my friend,” written when we was 16, through to the last published song from the year of his death “Again, as before, alone”. Includes favourites such as “None but the Lonely Heart” and “Why?” but also rarely heard songs such as “Mild Stars Looked down”, “The Cuckoo” and “The Gypsy Song”

Christianne learnt Russian especially for this recording and toured it widely before recording it with her superb pianist Julius Drake. This recording should do much to re-evaluate Tchaikovsky as one of the greatest composers of song and not just a writer of pretty tunes.

“The two best-known songs open proceedings: "At the Ball", with its reminiscence of unrequited passion to the lilt of a sad waltz, and then "None but the lonely heart". Everyone conceivable from Rosa Ponselle to Frank Sinatra has recorded this, but Stotijn loses nothing in comparison with ghosts from the past. Her voice is a full-blooded mezzo but steady and true, without a hint of that vibrato that can often disturb the line in Slavonic singers... The piano parts are superbly done: in every sense these songs are duets. Tchaikovsky's songs are not nearly well enough known and this superb recital should encourage more interest in them.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2009

“…Christianne Stotijn is that artist in a thousand whose personality shines through everything she does. Her Russian characterisations and folk inflections seem spot-on in the vivid narratives of 'Had I known', 'The Bride's Lament' and 'The Cuckoo'. Here, too, as in their often wonderful Mahler recital together, Julius Drake's focused narratives make us want to hear even more from him... But Stotijn's charisma and her beautifully recorded altoish depth of tone is enough to hold me spellbound.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 *****

“For the most part these are angst-ridden stories of death and lost love. The two best-known songs open proceedings: 'At the Ball', with its reminiscence of unrequited passion to the lilt of a sad waltz, and then 'None but the lonely heart'. Everyone conceivable from Rosa Ponselle to Frank Sinatra has recorded this, but Stotijn loses nothing in comparison with ghosts from the past. Her voice is a full-blooded mezzo but steady and true, without a hint of that vibrato that can often disturb the line in Slavonic singers (Stotijn is from The Netherlands).
The emotional climax of the selection comes with 'The Bride's Lament'. This outpouring of grief can seem over melodramatic but Stotijn and Drake find exactly the right mood. The piano parts are superbly done: in every sense these songs are duets. There are a couple of other light moments – 'Cuckoo', one of 16 children's songs composed in the 1880s, and a 'Gypsy Song' from around the same time.
Tchaikovsky's songs are not nearly well enough known and this superb recital should encourage more interest in them. Highly recommended.”
Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - March 2009

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010

Vocal Award Winner

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Gerald Finley & Julius Drake

Gerald Finley & Julius Drake


Charles, W:

Green Eyed Dragon

Encore

Ives, C:

Memories: (A) Very Pleasant; (B) Rather Sad

Encore

Mussorgsky:

Songs and Dances of Death

Rautavaara:

Shall I compare thee

Encore

Rorem:

War Scenes

Tchaikovsky:

Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade), Op. 38 No. 1

To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6

The mild stars shone for us, Op. 60 No. 12

Only one who knows longing

As over burning Embers


Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) & Julius Drake (piano)

Gerald Finley writes: “It is with great sense of pride that this disc becomes the 25th release of the Wigmore Live series, in a musical partnership I have enjoyed for many years with Julius Drake. Performing at the Wigmore is always a highlight of any career. The others in the series are distinguished performers I have admired for years and the performances are wonderful. The audiences at the Wigmore are always welcoming and knowledgeable, and this atmosphere is captured perfectly. Already a fine catalogue, I hope the Wigmore Live series continues its honour roll”

Critically praised for his performances both on stage and in concert, this recital of American and Russian song by Gerald Finley offers listeners the rare opportunity to hear one of today’s most in-demand baritones within the beautiful, intimate setting of the Wigmore Hall.

After a recital at Carnegie Hall in March, 2007, Finley was praised by New York Times critic Bernard Holland as having a "bass-baritone of easy luxury" and that his "sensibilities begin with the pre-eminence of words."

His recording of Stanford's Songs of the Sea and Songs of the Fleet with Richard Hickox and the BBC NOW for Chandos received the Editor's Choice Award at the 2006 Classic FM Gramophone Awards.

Press acclaim for Gerald Finley & Julius Drake at Wigmore Hall

“Gerald Finley is one of the few baritones before the public today with whom it's virtually impossible to find fault” Music OMH

“No other baritone can touch him for declamatory expressiveness” The Independent

“Finley and Drake paced them all tactfully, precisely mediating between relaxed storytelling and rapt introspection. Here was very fine singing of truly great songs” The Guardian

“For my money this inspired pianist is now the best in the business” New York Magazine

“…a really superb recital by this accomplished Canadian bass-baritone and his celebrated accompanist, Julius Drake. In recent years Gerald Finley's voice has developed more character and cutting power, and a fine dramatic edge which suits this emphatic, sometimes shocking programme very well indeed.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 *****

“Gerald Finley can do no wrong at present, and this Wigmore Hall Live offering makes a cherishable keepsake of what was evidently a memorable event. …Finley lavishes wonderfully rounded treatment upon the sequence of seven Tchaikovsky songs… Not only do his top notes ring out with thrilling projection... he exhibits grace, sensitivity and intelligence that ensure that the music never topples into rampant self-pity.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2009

“Aided by scrupulous support from Julius Drake, Gerald Finley lavishes wonderfully rounded treatment upon the sequence of seven Tchaikovsky songs that open proceedings. Be it in the ardent swagger of 'Don Juan's Serenade', wistful glow of 'At the ball' or meltingly lovely 'The mild stars shone for us', Finley is not found wanting. Not only do his top notes ring out with thrilling projection (yet without a hint of hardness), he exhibits a grace, sensitivity and intelligence that ensure that the music never topples into rampant self-pity.
There's a comparable authority and integrity about these artists' interpretation of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death. Finley is in complete command of his very considerable resources, distilling every ounce of pathos from the mother's desperate pleadings in the opening 'Lullaby' and conveying in full the grim implacability of 'The Field-Marshal' . Ned Rorem's similarly declamatory War Scenes is also performed with total understanding, while the last of the three encores, Wolseley Charles's wickedly amusing TheGreen-Eyed Dragon (written in 1926 for Stanley Holloway), predictably brings the house down.
A genuine treat, this, and not to be missed.”
Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009

Vocal Finalist

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Russian Melodies

Russian Melodies


Mussorgsky:

The Nursery

Songs and Dances of Death

Rachmaninov:

Morning, Op. 4 No. 2

Oh, do not grieve, Op.14 No. 8

I await you, Op.14 No. 1

In the silence of the secret night, Op. 4 No. 3

She is as beautiful as midday, Op.14 No. 9

Christ is risen, Op.26 No. 6

Spring torrents, Op. 14 No.11

Tchaikovsky:

Was I not a blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7

Pesn' Zemfiri (Zemfira's song)

If only I had known, Op.47, No.1

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6


Ewa Podles (contralto), Graham Johnson (piano)

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Tchaikovsky: Romances

Tchaikovsky: Romances


Tchaikovsky:

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

The mild stars shone for us, Op. 60 No. 12

Merknet slaby svet svechi, Op. 73 No. 2

My mischief, Op. 27, No. 6

Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment), Op. 28 No. 6

Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade), Op. 38 No. 1

Les Larmes, Op. 65 No. 5

Wait, Op. 16 No. 2

None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

Had my mother borne me, Op. 27, No. 5

Déception, Op. 65 No. 2

Podvig (The Heroic Deed), Op. 60 No. 11

Zakatilos solntse (The sun has set), Op. 73 No. 4

Lullaby in a storm, Op. 54 No. 10

Sérénade, Op. 65 No. 1

The Nightingale Op. 60 No. 4

The gypsy song, Op. 60, No. 7

Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey (Tell me, what in the shade of the branches), Op. 57 No. 1

We sat with you, Op. 73 No. 1

To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2

Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa (I Bless you, Forests), Op. 47 No. 5

Charmer, Op. 65 No. 6

Na nivi zhyoltiye (On the golden cornfields), Op. 57 No.2

So bald vergessen, Op. 28, No. 4

The lights were being dimmed, Op. 63, No. 5

Rastvoril ya okno (I opened the window), Op. 63 No. 2

Sred mrachnïkh dnei, Op. 73, No. 5

Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)

Sleep, my poor friend, Op.47, No. 4

Qu'importe que l'hiver, Op. 65 No. 4

Solitude ('Again, as before, alone'), Op. 73 No. 6

Was I not a blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7

A tear trembles, Op. 6 No. 4

Khotel bi v edinoye slovo (I should like in a single word)

Sérénade: J'aime dans le rayon de la limpide aurore, Op. 65 No. 3

Why did I dream of you?, Op. 28 No. 3

Primiren'ye (Reconciliation), Op. 25 No. 1

Hear at least once, Op. 16, No. 3

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6


Nina Fomina (soprano), Elena Obratsova & Irina Arkhipova (mezzos), Muslim Magomaev & Yuri Mazurok (baritone), Evgeny Nesterenko (bass)

Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 romances, settings of short poems, which are touching and sincere. The melodies are diverse and original and the accompaniment is rich and often very independent. These compositions are performed here by some outstanding Russian vocalists. As well as those listed above, the recording includes performances by the tenor Lemshev.

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The Cello’s Russian Voice

The Cello’s Russian Voice


Glinka:

Ja pomnu chudnoe mgnovenie (Oh, I recall that lovely moment)

The Lark

Within my blood burns a flame of desire

Do not Tempt me

Doubt (Somneniye)

Rachmaninov:

In the silence of the secret night, Op. 4 No. 3

Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4

How peaceful

Loneliness

Night is sorrowful, Op. 26 No.12

To my sorrow I have grown to love

Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5

Spring torrents, Op. 14 No.11

Tchaikovsky:

Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3

Only one who knows longing

O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6

Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment), Op. 28 No. 6

To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2

Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6

Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5

Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)

Solitude ('Again, as before, alone'), Op. 73 No. 6


Dmitri Ferschtman (cello) & Mila Baslawskaja (piano)

Beautifully packaged as a book with a CD, it features the music of Russian songs, arranged for cello and piano. The poems by Pushkin, Tiutchev, Tolstoy and others inspired the great 19th century composers to create the beautiful songs which are firmly embedded in the collective psyche of every Russian.

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