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The "Western" and "Russian" schools of Russian music in the late 19th century are less clearly defined in the realm of art song, where composers of all stripes drew on the shapes and melodic hues of Russian folk song. An attraction of this release by Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is the inclusion of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death in a magnificent original version for voice and piano. Those songs, beginning with their grim lullaby of a death disguised as a babysitter, are indeed darker harmonically as well as thematically than the song sets by Tchaikovsky and Taneyev, the Western-oriented composers. But they still require a certain light touch and an ability to put across a pure tune, both of which Hvorostovsky has in abundance. Performances of these songs as scaled-down opera arias are fatal, but Hvorostovsky's voice, as he enters his sixth decade, has lost none of its liquid, delicate quality, and he performs these songs with sympathy and insight. Combine it all with the precise accompaniment work of Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja and with intimate but not overbearing acoustics from the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and you have an album worth considering for first-timers in Russian song as well as for Hvorostovsky fans and those simply attracted by his status as one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people in the world.
© TiVo
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6 Romances, Op. 73, TH 109 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Songs & Dances of Death (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
10 Romances, Op. 17 (Sergei Taneyev)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Sergei Taneyev, Composer - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
10 Romances from Ellis's Immortelles, Op. 26 (Sergei Taneyev)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Sergei Taneyev, Composer - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
10 Romances, Op. 17 (Sergei Taneyev)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Sergei Taneyev, Composer - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
4 Poems, Op. 32 (Sergei Taneyev)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Sergei Taneyev, Composer - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
10 Romances from Ellis's Immortelles, Op. 26 (Sergei Taneyev)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Sergei Taneyev, Composer - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
10 Romances, Op. 17 (text by N. Nekrasov) (Sergei Taneyev)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Sergei Taneyev, Composer - Ivari Ilja, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
Album review
The "Western" and "Russian" schools of Russian music in the late 19th century are less clearly defined in the realm of art song, where composers of all stripes drew on the shapes and melodic hues of Russian folk song. An attraction of this release by Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is the inclusion of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death in a magnificent original version for voice and piano. Those songs, beginning with their grim lullaby of a death disguised as a babysitter, are indeed darker harmonically as well as thematically than the song sets by Tchaikovsky and Taneyev, the Western-oriented composers. But they still require a certain light touch and an ability to put across a pure tune, both of which Hvorostovsky has in abundance. Performances of these songs as scaled-down opera arias are fatal, but Hvorostovsky's voice, as he enters his sixth decade, has lost none of its liquid, delicate quality, and he performs these songs with sympathy and insight. Combine it all with the precise accompaniment work of Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja and with intimate but not overbearing acoustics from the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and you have an album worth considering for first-timers in Russian song as well as for Hvorostovsky fans and those simply attracted by his status as one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people in the world.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:04
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Ivari Ilja
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ondine
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2013 Ondine (P) 2013 Ondine
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