Russian Romances
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Composer or Director: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 10/1991
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 52
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 432 119-2PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Again, as before, alone |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 4, The nightingale (wds. Pushkin after Stefanodzíc) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Exploit (wds. Khomyakov) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: I opened the window |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Don Juan's Serenade (wds. Tolstoy) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Reconciliation (wds. Shcherbina) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, A tear trembles (wds. Tolstoy) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, None but the lonely heart (wds. Mey, after Goethe) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, The fearful minute (wds. cpsr) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not (wds. Merezhovsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, In the silence of the secret night (wds. Fet) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (wds. Pushkin) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, The dream (wds. Heine) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 9, She is as lovely as the moon (wds. Minsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (15) Songs, Movement: No. 2, He took all from me (wds. Tyutchev) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (15) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Christ is risen (wds. Merezhkovsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (15) Songs, Movement: No. 13, When yesterday we met (wds. Polonsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Fragment from Musset (trans Apukhtin) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
Composer or Director: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 10/1991
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 432 119-4PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Again, as before, alone |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 4, The nightingale (wds. Pushkin after Stefanodzíc) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Exploit (wds. Khomyakov) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: I opened the window |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Don Juan's Serenade (wds. Tolstoy) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Reconciliation (wds. Shcherbina) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, A tear trembles (wds. Tolstoy) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, None but the lonely heart (wds. Mey, after Goethe) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, The fearful minute (wds. cpsr) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not (wds. Merezhovsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, In the silence of the secret night (wds. Fet) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (wds. Pushkin) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, The dream (wds. Heine) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 9, She is as lovely as the moon (wds. Minsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (15) Songs, Movement: No. 2, He took all from me (wds. Tyutchev) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (15) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Christ is risen (wds. Merezhkovsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (15) Songs, Movement: No. 13, When yesterday we met (wds. Polonsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Fragment from Musset (trans Apukhtin) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Oleg Boshniakovich, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
Author: John Warrack
Though Hvorostovsky's recital includes some of the most attractive songs that Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov wrote, not all of them very well known even to their admirers, the emotional range is somewhat confined. Neither composer was exactly free from melancholy, but each has a greater range than is suggested here. However, what seems to draw Hvorostovsky is the reflective, even sorrowful melodic line which rises to an impassioned climax before relapsing into despair; and there are plenty of songs by both composers that fall into this category, well represented here. Tchaikovsky's Khomyakov setting Exploit is an example, and typical of Hvorostovsky's manner. He can deploy a lyrical line with an elegant sense of phrasing and a pleasantly warm tone, especially in the middle register which is normally employed here; but when the song rises to its climax, taking him up around E and above, the incipient vibrato becomes stronger under pressure and he threatens to sing through his tone.
With the gentler songs, many of lost love, he is pleasantly sad: ''Net, tolko tot kto znal'', the famous None but the lonely heart, is finely sung, as is one of Rachmaninov's most deservedly popular songs, the Pushkin settingSing not to me, beautiful maiden, ''Ne poy, krasavitsa'', about Georgian melodies stirring thoughts of a now distant love.
Boshniakovich is a sensitive and supportive pianist, with a fine appreciation of the particular tradition of the Russian romance, and the recording is excellent.'
With the gentler songs, many of lost love, he is pleasantly sad: ''Net, tolko tot kto znal'', the famous None but the lonely heart, is finely sung, as is one of Rachmaninov's most deservedly popular songs, the Pushkin setting
Boshniakovich is a sensitive and supportive pianist, with a fine appreciation of the particular tradition of the Russian romance, and the recording is excellent.'
Russian Romances
Russian Romances
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