Est 1923

TCHAIKOVSKY Romances

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Genre:

Vocal

Label: Melodiya

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 60

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: MELCD100 2278

MELCD10 02278. TCHAIKOVSKY Romances

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 2, I'll tell you nothing (wds. Fet) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Wait (wds. Grekov) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Do not believe, my friend (wds. Tolstoy) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Cradle song (wds. Maykov) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
To forget so soon Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(7) Songs, Movement: No. 7, Was I not a little blade of grass? (wds. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(7) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Softly the spirit flew up to heaven (wds. T Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(7) Songs, Movement: No. 1, If only I had known (wds. Tolstoy) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Duets, Movement: Tears (wds. Tyutchev) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Natalia Petrozhitskaya, Soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
My genius, my angel, my friend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, Why? (wds. Mey, after Heine) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Don Juan's Serenade (wds. Tolstoy) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, At the ball (wds. Tolstoy) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Exploit (wds. Khomyakov) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, The love of a dead man (wds. Lermontov) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: Serenade: O child beneath thy window Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Again, as before, alone Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Antonina Kadobnova, Piano
Dmitry Zuev, Baritone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
‘Dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the Russian genius of music’, as the booklet proclaims, this disc showcases two talented young Russian singers in 17 of Tchaikovsky’s songs. The 175th anniversary of Tchaikovsky’s birth actually falls in 2015 but you should lose no time in listening to the soprano Natalia Petrozhitskaya and the baritone Dmitry Zuev. They both studied at the Moscow Conservatoire and both now feature among the leading soloists at the capital’s Stanislavsky-Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre. All 17 songs in their programme are among Tchaikovsky’s most familiar, which is just as well, since the booklet includes no texts. Track lists in Cyrillic and English together with a brief note on the artists and music have to suffice but the singing itself carries you with it.

Hearing Petrozhitskaya in ‘So soon forgotten’ highlights her operatic gifts and explains why she has been credited as such a poignant Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin: there is real passion here, together with a relish of Russian vowels and consonants, but there is also, as her other seven songs reveal, a capacity for subtle inflection and a softly floated line. The centrepiece of the recital is ‘Tears’, one of Tchaikovsky’s Six Duets, Op 46, in which Petrozhitskaya is partnered by Zuev. Zuev then embarks on his own eight songs, starting with Tchaikovsky’s earliest, ‘My genius, my angel, my friend’, and ending with one of his last, ‘Again, as before, alone’. Zuev’s timbre attractively blends freshness with maturity, unforced intensity and a compelling emotional resonance.

MELCD10 02278. TCHAIKOVSKY Romances

TCHAIKOVSKY Romances

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 2, I'll tell you nothing (wds. Fet)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Wait (wds. Grekov)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Do not believe, my friend (wds. Tolstoy)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Cradle song (wds. Maykov)

To forget so soon

(7) Songs, Movement: No. 7, Was I not a little blade of grass? (wds.

(7) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Softly the spirit flew up to heaven (wds. T

(7) Songs, Movement: No. 1, If only I had known (wds. Tolstoy)

(6) Duets, Movement: Tears (wds. Tyutchev)

My genius, my angel, my friend

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, Why? (wds. Mey, after Heine)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Don Juan's Serenade (wds. Tolstoy)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, At the ball (wds. Tolstoy)

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Exploit (wds. Khomyakov)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, The love of a dead man (wds. Lermontov)

(6) Songs, Movement: Serenade: O child beneath thy window

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 6, Again, as before, alone

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