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Tenor Piotr Beczala is better known for opera than for art song. He has recorded music from his native Poland, but Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky songs (or Romances, as they were known by the Russians) wouldn't necessarily come to mind for him. However, he is a versatile figure, and here, he succeeds and more. The album came together when Beczala and pianist Helmut Deutsch discovered a mutual enthusiasm for these works. Beczala scales his voice back beautifully to song dimensions, and the album is well recorded at the Markus-Sittiges Hall in Salzburg, but the biggest attraction here is the coordination between singer and accompanist, which is extraordinary. Not only Rachmaninov, who was writing for himself, but also Tchaikovsky puts a lot of the action into the piano and in the songs of the latter, which include the entire Op. 73 set (the last pieces he wrote before the final "Pathétique" symphony), the piano introduces a lot of psychological currents beneath the fairly straightforward texts. The pair's performances of these are haunting; sample the final Again, As Before, Alone, which here seems to speak volumes about Tchaikovsky's state of mind. They're equally good in the Rachmaninov songs, tuneful things mostly written during the composer's youth. A casual listen may find the balance tilted too far in the pianist's favor, but listen again; it is carefully controlled by the performers. A major new entry in the discography for these not-terribly-familiar (except for Tchaikovsky's None But the Lonely Heart) songs.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
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2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
6 Romances, Op. 73, TH 109 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
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2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
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2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
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2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Everett Porter, Producer - Piotr Beczala, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Helmut Deutsch, Piano, MainArtist - Jaap van Stenis, SoundEngineer
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Albumbeschreibung
Tenor Piotr Beczala is better known for opera than for art song. He has recorded music from his native Poland, but Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky songs (or Romances, as they were known by the Russians) wouldn't necessarily come to mind for him. However, he is a versatile figure, and here, he succeeds and more. The album came together when Beczala and pianist Helmut Deutsch discovered a mutual enthusiasm for these works. Beczala scales his voice back beautifully to song dimensions, and the album is well recorded at the Markus-Sittiges Hall in Salzburg, but the biggest attraction here is the coordination between singer and accompanist, which is extraordinary. Not only Rachmaninov, who was writing for himself, but also Tchaikovsky puts a lot of the action into the piano and in the songs of the latter, which include the entire Op. 73 set (the last pieces he wrote before the final "Pathétique" symphony), the piano introduces a lot of psychological currents beneath the fairly straightforward texts. The pair's performances of these are haunting; sample the final Again, As Before, Alone, which here seems to speak volumes about Tchaikovsky's state of mind. They're equally good in the Rachmaninov songs, tuneful things mostly written during the composer's youth. A casual listen may find the balance tilted too far in the pianist's favor, but listen again; it is carefully controlled by the performers. A major new entry in the discography for these not-terribly-familiar (except for Tchaikovsky's None But the Lonely Heart) songs.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:47
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Piotr Beczala Helmut Deutsch
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: PentaTone
- Genre: Klassiek Liederen Liederen
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
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