Happy Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love, and today we want to share some music that will hopefully bring not only love, but even some “romance” to your holiday.
Arax Davtian, soprano
Vladimir Yurigin-Klevke, piano
DRD 2007 (DDD)
GLINKA: Alla Cetra (K Tsytre) • I Recall a Wonderful Moment (Ya Pomnyu Chudnaye Mgnavenye) • The Blue Waves Are Asleep (Usnuli Golubye) • How Sweet It Is To Be With You (Kak Slatko S Taboyu Mne Byt) • Tell Me Why (Skazhi, Zachem…) • The Fair Maiden Is Miserable (Gorko, Gorko Mnye, Krasnoi Devitse)
DARGOMYZHSKIY: The Sierra-Nevada Is Covered With Fog (Adelas Tumanami Sierra-Nevada) • The Garden (Vertograt) • Sixteen Years (Shesnatsat Lyet) • The Clouds In The Sky (Tuchki Nebesnye) • The Youth And The Maiden (Yunoshu, Gorko Rydaya)
TCHAIKOVSKY: That Was In Early Spring (To Bylo Ranneyu Vesnoi) Op. 38, No. 2 • Amidst the Bustling Party (Sred Shumnova Bala) Op. 38, No. 3 • Not A Word, Oh My Friend (Ni Slova, O Druk Moi) Op. 6, No 2 • In A Single Word (Khatel By V Yedinaye
Slovo) • Again Like Before (Snova, Kak Prezhde…)
RACHMANINOFF: Don’t Sing to Me, Fair Maiden (Ne Poi, Krasavitsa) Op. 4, No. 4 • The Lilac (Siren) Op. 21, No. 5 • An Excerpt From A. Musset (Atryvok Iz A. Musse) Op. 21, No. 6 • Rat-Catcher (Krysalof) Op. 38, No. 4 • Daisies (Margaritki) Op. 38, No. 3 • Spring Waters (Vesenniye Vody) Op. 14, No. 11
“one of the most beautiful, honest and touching recordings of these Russian musical gems” – Constantine Orbelian
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PUSHKIN ROMANCES
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano
DE 3392
Romances based on poems by Alexander Pushkin
Borodin, Cui, Glinka, Dargomyzhskiy, Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sviridov, Tchaikovsky, Vlasov
GLINKA: I Recall a Wonderful Moment Ja pomnu chudnoe mgnovenie… • Declaration Priznanie • The Fire of Longing Burns in My Heart V krovi gorit ogon zhelania • The Night Zephyr Nochnoi Zefir • DARGOMYZHSKIY: The Youth and the Maiden Yunosha i deva • BORODIN: For the Shores of Thy Far Native Land Dla beregov otchizny dalnei • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Clouds Begin to Scatter Redeet oblakov, Op. 42 No. 3 • On the Hills of Georgia Na kholmax Gruzii lezhit nochnaja mgla, Op. 3, No. 4 • CUI: The Statue at Tsarskoye Selo Carskosel’skaja statuja, Op. 57 No. 17 • I loved you Ya vas ljubil • MEDTNER: Gone Are my Heart’s Desires Ya perezhil svoi zhelania, Op. 3, No. 2 • Winter Evening (The Snowstorm Covers the Sky with Darkness) Zimnii vecher (Buria Mglou nebo kroet), Op. 13, No. 1 • To a Dreamer Mechtatelu • VLASOV: To the Fountain of Bakhchisarai Palace Fontanu Bakhchisarajsogo dvortsa • TCHAIKOVSKY: Nightingale Solovei, Op. 60, No. 4 • RACHMANINOV: Don’t Sing To Me, Fair Maiden Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4 • SVIRIDOV: The Crimson Forest Sheds its Attire Roniayet les bagrianiy svoi ubor
Operatic superstar Dmitri Hvorostovsky has become the supreme interpreter of the Russian Romance, with its rich resource of music and poetry.
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Tchaikovsky Romances
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano
DE 3393
None but the Lonely Heart / Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal • Night / Noch • At Bedtime / Na son Griadushchiyi • I Opened the Window / Rastvoril ya okno • My Genius, My Angel, My Friend / Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug • Not a Word, O My Friend / Ni slova, o drug moy • Why? / Otchevo
? • To Forget So Soon / Zabit’ tak skoro • The Heroic Deed / Podvig • Death / Smert • I Should like in a Single Word / Khotel bi v edinoye slovo • Oh, If Only You Could / O, esli b ti mogla • The Love of a Dead Man / Lyubov’ mertvetsa • On the Golden Cornfields / Na nivi zhyoltiye • Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches / Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey • The Fearful Moment / Strashnaya Minuta • Reconciliation / Primiren’ye • Does the Day Reign / Den’ li tsarit • Frenzied Nights / Nochi bezumniye • Serenade (O Child, beneath thy window) / Serenada “O, ditya” • It Was in The Early Spring / To bilo ranneyu vesnoy • Dusk Fell on the Earth / Na zemlyu sumrak pal • I Bless You, Forests / Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa • Don Juan’s Serenade / Serenada Don-Zhuana
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.
“The sheer beauty of Hvorostovsky’s voice approaches legendary status” San Francisco Examiner • “…some of the most beautiful and eloquent sounds that can currently be heard from any human throat… His voice is redolent of luxury: beautiful tone, pinpoint intonation, elegant, and impassioned delivery.” The New York Times
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