Notes and Editorial Reviews
PUSHKIN ROMANCES
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky (bar); Ivari Ilja (pn)
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DELOS DE 3392 (47: 37
Text and Translation)
GLINKA
I Recall a Wonderful Moment. Declaration. The Fire of Longing Burns in My Heart. The Night Zephyr.
DARGOMYZHSKY
The Youth and the Maiden.
BORODIN
For the Shores of Thy Far Native Land.
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class="COMPOSER12">RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Clouds Begin to Scatter. On the Hills of Georgia.
CUI
The Statue at Tsarskoye Selo. I Loved You.
MEDTNER
Gone Are My Heart’s Desires. Winter Evening. To a Dreamer.
VLASOV
To the Fountain of Bakhchisarai Palace.
TCHAIKOVSKY
Nightingale.
RACHMANINOFF
Don’t Sing to Me, Fair Maiden.
SVIRIDOV
The Crimson Forest Sheds its Attire
The album title
Pushkin Romances
immediately conveys the concept of this CD—all of the songs are settings of texts by Russia’s greatest poet, by an array of composers both famous and obscure. This review does not need to be lengthy; quite simply, grab this splendid disc while you can. It offers one lovely song after another, superbly rendered by the greatest baritone—indeed, greatest male singer—produced since Pavel Lisitsian by the various states comprising the now defunct USSR. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is in glorious voice, ably supported by his accompanist, and well recorded (if rather closely miked). The only drawback is the rather short disc timing. Complete texts are provided in English and transliterated Russian. Enthusiastically recommended.
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Works on This Recording
1.
I Recall a Wonderful Moment by Mikhail Glinka
Performer:
Ivari Ilja (Piano),
Dmitri Hvorostovsky ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
2.
Declaration by Mikhail Glinka
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 0 Minutes 45 Secs.
3.
The fire of longing burns in my heart by Mikhail Glinka
Performer:
Ivari Ilja (Piano),
Dmitri Hvorostovsky ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 7 Secs.
4.
The Night Zephyr (Nochnoy zefir), song for voice & piano, G. x190 by Mikhail Glinka
Performer:
Ivari Ilja (Piano),
Dmitri Hvorostovsky ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs.
5.
The Youth and the Maiden, for voice & piano by Alexander Dargomizhsky
Performer:
Ivari Ilja (Piano),
Dmitri Hvorostovsky ()
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 12 Secs.
6.
For the shores of thy far native land by Alexander Borodin
Performer:
Ivari Ilja (Piano),
Dmitri Hvorostovsky ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
7.
Songs (4), Op. 42: no 3, The clouds begin to scatter by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Ivari Ilja (Piano),
Dmitri Hvorostovsky ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs.
8.
Songs (4), Op. 3: no 4, On the hills of Georgia by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Ivari Ilja (Piano),
Dmitri Hvorostovsky ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.
9.
The Statue of Czarskoye-Selo, for voice & piano, Op. 57/17 by César Cui
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 8 Secs.
10.
I loved you, for voice & piano, Op. 33/3 by César Cui
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 52 Secs.
11.
Poems (7), Op. 29: no 5, Gone are my heart's desires by Nikolai Medtner
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1913
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs.
12.
Poems (2), Op. 13: no 1, Winterabend by Nikolai Medtner
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903-1907; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs.
13.
Poems (6), Op. 32: no 6, To a dreamer by Nikolai Medtner
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
14.
Songs (12), Op. 60: no 4, The nightingale by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
15.
Songs (6), Op. 4: no 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
16.
The forest sheds its crimson dress by Gyorgy Sviridov
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
17.
To the Fountain of the Bakhchisarai, for voice & piano by Vladimir A. Vlasov
Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (),
Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Venue: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs.
Sound Samples
Ya pomnu chudnoye mgnovenye (I recall a wonderful moment)
V krovi gorit ogon zhelanya (The fire of longing burns in my heart)
Nochnoy zefir (The night zephyr)
Yunosha i deva (The Girl and the Youth): Yunosha i deva (The Youth and the Maiden)
Dlya beregov otchizni dal'noy (For the Shores of thy Far Native Land)
4 Songs, Op. 42: No. 3. Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada (The clouds begin to scatter)
4 Songs, Op. 3: No. 4. Na kholmakh Gruzii (On the hills of Georgia)
25 Poems, Op. 57: No. 17. Tsarsokel'skaja statuja (The Statue of Tsarskoye Selo)
7 Poems, Op. 33: No. 3. Ya vas ljubil (I Loved You)
3 Romansa, Op. 3: No. 2. Ya perezhil svoi zhelan'ya (Gone are my heart's desires)
Zimniy vecher (Winter Evening), Op. 13, no. 1
6 Stikhotvoreniy Pushkina (6 Pushkin's Poems), Op. 32: No. 6. Mechtatelyu (To a Dreamer)
Bakhchisaraysky fontan (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai)
12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 4. Solovey (Nightingale)
6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me, beautiful maiden)
6 Romances: No. 1. Ronyaet les bagyyanyi svoi ubor (The crimson forest sheds its attire)
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