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In This Moonlit Night - Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Taneyev / Hvorostovsky, Ilja

Tchaikovsky / Hvorostovsky / Ilja
Release Date: 01/29/2013 
Label:  Ondine   Catalog #: 1216   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyModest MussorgskySergei Taneyev
Performer:  Dmitri HvorostovskyIvari Ilja
Number of Discs: 1 
Length: 0 Hours 58 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

This second release of star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky for Ondine features Russian Lieder by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Taneyev. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is recognized as one of the leading and most charismatic baritones of our time, performing internationally at such opera houses as the New York Met, and partnering regularly with singers Renée Fleming and Jonas Kaufmann. Together with his longstanding duo partner, Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja, they have frequently performed to great critical acclaim. This second release of star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky for Ondine features Russian Lieder by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Taneyev. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is recognized as one of the leading and most charismatic baritones of our time, performing internationally at such opera houses as the New York Met, and partnering regularly with singers Renée Fleming and Jonas Kaufmann. Together with his longstanding duo partner, Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja, they have frequently performed to great critical acclaim. Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Songs (6), Op. 73 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Russia 
2. Songs and dances of death by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875-1877; Russia 
3. Songs (4), Op. 32: no 4, The winter road by Sergei Taneyev
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; Russia 
4. Romances (10), Op. 17: no 9, The restless heart is beating by Sergei Taneyev
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883/1905; Russia 
5. Romances (10), Op. 17: no 10, The world is asleep by Sergei Taneyev
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; Russia 
6. Romances (10) from Ellis's Immortelles, Op. 26: no 6, Stalactites by Sergei Taneyev
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
7. Romances (10), Op. 17: no 5, Not the wind from on high by Sergei Taneyev
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883/1905; Russia 
8. Romances (10) from Ellis's Immortelles, Op. 26: no 9, Menuet by Sergei Taneyev
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Ivari Ilja (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 

Sound Samples

6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 1. Mi sideli s toboy (We Sat Together)
6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 2. Noch' (Night)
6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 3. V etu lunnuyu noch' (On this Moonlit Night)
6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 4. Zakatilos solntse (The Sun has Set)
6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 5. Sred' mrachnikh dney (Amid Sombre Days)
6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 6. Snova, kak prezhde, odin (Again, as Before, Alone)
Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death): No. 1. Lullaby (Kolybel'naja)
Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death): No. 2. Serenade (Serenada)
Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death): No. 3. Trepak
Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death): No. 4. The Field-Marshal (Polkovodec)
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 10. Ljudi spjat (All are Asleep)
10 Romances from Ellis's Immortelles, Op. 26: No. 9. Menu'et (Menuet)
10 Romances, Op. 17 (text by A. Tolstoy): 10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 5. Ne veter veja s vysoty (Not the wind from on high)
4 Songs, Op. 32: No. 4. Zimniy put' (The Winter Road)
10 Romances from Ellis's Immortelles, Op. 26: No. 6. Stalaktity (Stalactites)
10 Romances, Op. 17 (text by N. Nekrasov): 10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 9. B'jotsja serdce bespokojnoje (Anxiously beats the heart)

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