Anton Rubinstein: Der Dämon

1. The Demon (Der Dämon), opera
   Composed by Anton Rubinstein
   Performed by Vienna Symphony Orchestra
   with Zrinko Soco, Egils Silins, Pavel Daniluk, Marina Meshcheriakova, Ilya Levinsky
   Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev
   
   

Anton Rubinstein: Der Dämon,Anton Rubinstein,Vladimir Fedoseyev,Wiener Symphoniker,Egils Silins,Ilya Levinsky,Marina Meshcheriakova,Olga Aleksandrova,Pavel Daniluk,Zrinko Soco,Koch Schwann (Germ.),Classical,Classical Music,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio,Russian Romantic Opera

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Average customer rating: ravishing ! Russia's Best! The best russian performer Dmitri at his darkest and most compelling Breathtaking!

Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Songs and Dances of Death / Gergiev Sergei Rachmaninov , Alexander Borodin , Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , Sergey Rachmaninov , Anton Rubinstein , Valery Gergiev , and Dmitri Hvorostovsky Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hvorostovsky, Dmitri | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Hvorostovsky, Dmitri | ( H ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Moscow Nights Kalinka: Russian Folk Songs I Met You, My Love Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione di Napoli Songs of Love and Desire ASIN: B00000418A Release Date: 1994-03-15

Tracks:

1. Sadko: 'Gorat kamennyj'; 'Gorat prekrasnyj'
2. Kashei The Immortal: 'Gluhaja noch'
3. Snow Maiden: 'Na t'oplam sinem more'
4. The Tsar's Bride: 'S uma nejdot krasvitsa!'
5. Prince Igor: 'Ni sna, ni otdyha izmuchennaj dushe'
6. The Demon: 'Ne plach dit'a'
7. The Demon: 'Na vazdushnam akeane'
8. The Demon: 'Ja tot, katoramu vnimala'
9. The Demon - Nero: ''Paju tebe, Boh Gimenej!'
10. Aleko: 'Ves' tabar spit'
11. Songs And Dances Of Death: Lulluaby
12. Songs And Dances Of Death: Serenade
13. Songs And Dances Of Death: 'Trepak'
14. Songs And Dances Of Death: The Field Marshal

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Mussorgsky's four songs known collectively as Songs and Dances of Death make up 20 minutes of the most intense storytelling in 19th-century song. At first, Hvorostovsky's voice seems almost too beautiful, his sound almost too youthful to fill out these narratives, but his concentration and breath control are so sensational that we realize what he's up to. He's spinning us seductively into the spooky world of these songs, where Death converses in turn with the mother of a dying child, a young girl, an old peasant, and dying soldiers; Hvorostovsky nicely changes his tone for each song. The rest of the CD is equally fine, with two arias from Anton Rubinstein's The Demon particularly compelling. Quite an adventure! --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

ravishing !.......2003-04-27

Out of my ever growing (15 recordings so far) Dmitri collection, this is one of the best, a cream of the crop CD, with a terrific selection of music, and the fabulous Siberian at his most intense and dramatic.
Recorded 9 years ago when he was 31, it is one of his earliest CDs, but from the start (listen to his amazing "Russian Romances" !), he sang with incredible maturity and vocal richness.

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra provide perfect backing, with a good balance between orchestra and singer, lovely and lyrical for the melodious Tsar's Bride aria (my current favorite track), and with plenty of dazzle and muscle for the Moussorgsky pieces.
This is one of those CDs (and both Dmitri and Gergiev have a few of them), that captures the heart and soul of Russian music.

Russia's Best!.......2002-10-29

This is by far the most breathtaking interpretation of the Songs and Dances of Death by Mussorgsky you will ever hear! I have seen Hvorostovsky in concert twice and always yearn for more. His voice is just as incredible live. Every single aria on this disc is a jewell. You can feel the pathos and the agony of the Demon, the heartwrenching jelousy of Aleko, and the joyous abandonment of the singer in Nero. Hvorostovsky's voice is just as outstanding as Ghiurov's in his prime.
The choice of repertoire and Dmitri's interpretation makes this CD a must for those wishing to explore Russian opera. His impressive range allows him to sing at ease in both the baritone and bass tessitura. He will no doubt make an exciting Scarpia and an unforgettable Mephistophele (both Gounod's and Boito's)someday. I hope he considers these roles in the future!

The best russian performer.......2002-05-10

I want to say this: Dmitri is the best baritone in our days, but he is the best russian performer ever lived. You can hear all the fellings the song expresses, a beatiful, coloured voice with a magnificent sound. He is simply superb. The orchestra and the conductor are correct. Again, Dmitri is the most important presence in this Cd.

Dmitri at his darkest and most compelling.......2001-10-12

I couldn't agree more with Robert Levine and Stephen Ettinger's most informative reviews. Prior to purchasing this CD, I had read elsewhere that Hvorostovsky's upper register was in trouble on this album. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Having now heard the album I can happily report that Dmitri's upper, middle AND lower registers are perfectly equalized, and I strongly urge any doubting critics to retire gracefully. For this is a magnificent album from one of the most exciting baritones of the last 25 years. It ranks alongside Hvorostovsky's CD of the Sviridov song cycle, Russia Cast Adrift, as a celebration of sheer individualism in singing. Both albums display the hallmarks of this wonderful singer - the dark and intensely concentrated sound, the extraordinary breath control and superb attention to the phrasing. Just 31 when he recorded the present CD, Hvorostovsky brings such insight to his singing that he puts most of his contemporaries to shame. This album demonstrates everything that great singing should be: dazzling vocalism combined with innate feeling for the words.

Always at his best in the Russian repertoire, Hvorostovsky has chosen this programme wisely. He covers a wide range of moods, starting out with the joyous Venetian's Song from Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko, and moving through some highly melodic works from Borodin and Rubinstein before arriving at Rachmaninov's darkly compelling Ves' Tabar Spit from the opera Aleko. For the latter he employs a more sombre style than the lustier approach favoured by, say, Ghiaurov, but this sets the scene well for the Songs and Dances of Death that follow.

These are the showpieces of the album, and I have never heard them more memorably performed. The variety of colours in Hvorostovsky's voice are a revelation, but what makes these songs stand out is the way he manages to convey so many different characters and moods. I loved the humour of his drunken peasant in the Trepak, and at the same time was thrilled by the terrifying power of his Field Marshall in the final song. These are truly astonishing performances.

As always, Hvorostovsky is provided with great support from conductor Valery Gergiev, and the sound quality is remarkably warm and vibrant. An unforgettable release and a must-have for anyone who loves great singing.

Breathtaking!.......1999-11-24

This is my favorite Dmitri Hvorostovsky CD. Not only he included the famous Russian opera arias for baritone, but he also added the magnificent "Songs and Dances of Death" by Modeste Mussorgsky brilliantly arranged for orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich. Originally, Mussorgsky composed this terrifying masterpiece for different voices singing each piece, i.e. one for bass, one for tenor, one for contralto. Shostakovich decided to arrange it for orchestra for the Prima Donna of Bolshoi and his good friend Galina Vishnevskaya. He also made the pieces grimmer, so to speak, with his booming rhythmic percussion and "ticking clock" strings. In her book, Galina Vishnevskaya contrasts Shostakovich's terror of death to Mussorgsky's faithful acceptance of it.

Hearing Dmitri sing "Songs and Dances" in his baritone key is somewhat of a revelation. Not having the benefit of soprano's flying vocal pyrotechnics, Dmitri chose to put all the terror he could muster in his singing. On "Trepak" he resorts to folk song's vivacity and in "Field Marchall" he sings the voice of Death with suffocating anger towards the living. The "Serenade" sparkles with warm seductive sound and "Lullaby" sounds as it is sang by two different voices. It is indeed spine-chilling.

The rest of the album is just as impressive. The Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin selections are a part of Russian traditional baritone repertoire; Hvoristovsky approaches them with utmost seriousness and dedication. The Rubinstein and Rachmaninov arias are rare, the ones from "Demon" and "Aleko" used to be sang by basses or bass/baritones, for example Nicolai Ghiaurov and George London. But Dmitri is able to hit the low notes just fine, thereby fending off some critic's preposterous remarks about his lower range. Actually he manages to sound like a lyric basso, which is quite an accomplishment. And the breath control on "Na Vozdushnom Okeane" is nothing short of remarkable. Valery Gergiev brings his trademark intensity and imaginative reading to the music and the Kirov Orchestra is in top shape. Somehow I think that transposing the Mussorgsky selections for the baritone was his idea. Btw, Dmitri's singing idol, the great Fyodor Chaliapin recorded only "Trepak" out of the whole song cycle. Thus Dmitri's is, in a sense, finishing what Chaliapin had started. As always, the Philips sound is wonderful and spacious. The booklet is informative, but a serious listener may want to do some more research. Personally I longed for Cyrillic texts, but the translations are pretty accurate, so that those unfamiliar with Russian could get an overall understanding, which is absolutely essential for this fascinating material.

Average customer rating: Upbeat and Sparkling Exquisite and marvelous

Exotic Dances from the Opera Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Minnesota Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bolero: Orchestral Fireworks Reveries Mephisto & Co. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/ Vocalise/ Etudes-tableaux Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba ASIN: B0000015A7 Release Date: 1996-04-30

Tracks:

1. The Snow Maiden: Dance Of The Tumblers
2. Salome: Dance of the Seven
3. Mazeppa: Hopak
4. Khovanshcina: Dance Of The Persian Slaves
5. Dances From Marouf, Cobbler Of Cairo
6. The Demon: Ballet Music
7. Rusalka: Polonaise
8. Samson And Delilah: Bacchanale

Customer Reviews:

Upbeat and Sparkling.......2003-06-12

Sometimes you need something upbeat and sparkling. A beer? Champagne? Okay. But, these Exotic Dances are refreshing as well. Oue performs a collection of primarily Classical Period excerpts that bubble and lift your spirits. There is good continuity here. Unlike some samplers, this CD contains works that are nicely mated and seem to belong with each other. They are mated so well in fact that I do not feel cheated by not hearing the entire opera from which each piece was extracted. It certainly helps that they are all performed by the same orchestra and conductor, and performed exquisitely.

This is another supurb digital recording from Reference. Truly dynamic, crystal clear, and well balanced. As another reviewer noted, recordings of this caliber are often used to audition high-end audio equipment. Fortunately, the quality of engineering goes hand-in-hand with the musicality of this collection. Five sparkling stars.

Exquisite and marvelous.......2000-08-04

In 1997, during the initial stages of buying new Hi-fi-equipment, I listened to music I knew best from CD's I possessed. As a service to the buyer better Hi-fi-shops play CD's of excellent sound quality as to promote their equipment. One of those was Exotic Dances performed by the Minnesota Orchestra under Eije Oue. I was amazed. Better sound quality I had never experienced and maybe that was due to the better equipment on which it was played but also that the musical quality of this orchestra recorded by Reference Recordings was a revelation. Most pieces on this CD are very wellknown, but Mr. Oue possesses the power to unveil hidden treasures within the music. Listen to the astounding power in Richard Strauss' Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome, the explosions of beats on the bassdrum are breathtakingly realistic. The influence of oriental music on the composers of the first decades of the last century is evident. Stravinsky and Ravel, each in their own way, picked up the scent of mystic enchantment that surrounded the artforms of that area. In jazz-circles this influence was earlier apparent and many so-called classical composers gave that influence a place in their work. Rimsky-Korsakov, being Stravinsky's teacher, greatly contributed to this phenomenon.

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The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 3: 1911-14, La Scala Recordings Manufacturer: Arbiter ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chaliapin, Feodor | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 5: 1921-1923, American & British Recordings Edition 4 1913-1921 Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 2 1908-1911 The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 1, 1902 - 1908 ASIN: B00005KAVS Release Date: 2001-05-22

Average customer rating: Well sung and varied repertoire from a legend. Terrifying, Thrilling, Gorgeous! Satanic!

Of Gods and Demons Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London, George | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Berlioz, Hector | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Boito, Arrigo | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Borodin, Alexander | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Gounod, Charles | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Massenet, Jules | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Wagner, Richard | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Famous Voices of the Past Eileen Farrell Sings Verdi Russian Album ASIN: B0000029U5 Release Date: 1997-01-14

Tracks:

1. Faust: 'Le veau d'or'
2. La Damnation de Faust: 'Mephistopheles' Serenade'
3. Mefistofele: 'Ecco il mondo'
4. The Demon: 'Ne plach', ditya'
5. Patrie: 'Pauvre martyr obscur'
6. Thais: 'Voila donc la terrible cite'
7. Don Quichotte: Act V (Complete) - Massenet
8. Prince Igor: 'Ni sna, ni otdykha'
9. Boris Godunov: 'Dostig ya vysshei Vlasti'
10. Boris Godunov: 'Uf, tyazhelo! Dai dukh perevadu'
11. Das Rheingold: 'Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge'
12. Die Walkure: Wotans Scheidegruss und Feuerzauber
13. The Emperor Jones, Op. 36: 'Standin' In The Need Of Prayer'
14. Goethe: 'Pesnya Mefistofely o blokhe' - Mussorgsky

Customer Reviews:

Well sung and varied repertoire from a legend........2005-09-21

I first heard London as Wotan in a recording of das Rheindgold under Solti. I remember the voice as if resembling molten lava containing vast amounts of energy yet never too quick to release it. The voice was magnificent! When I read that its owner was passed his prime at the time of recording the role, I got quite excited and looked forward to getting to know this voice at the highpoint of its years portraying ( as is it is nicely put) gods and demons.

I value this CD mostly as a historic document of an artist not too well known, because I am missing the emotional build up and thus my own emotional engagement in the music. This is ofcourse often the case with anthologies such as this.

This being said, as I tread my way through more and more complete productions of operas I can see myself coming back to this recording comparing styles, textual insights and ofcourse the vocal techniques used by the different singers in the arias.

It does not sound as if George Londong did anything half heartedly and I believe his renditions are most definately to be reckoned with.

Terrifying, Thrilling, Gorgeous!.......2003-08-29

George London is my idol as far as singing goes. I'm a bass-baritone, myself and I've always admired him. I particulary love the Mussorgsky and Wagner selections. The 'Clock Scene' was absolutely terrifying and the two Wagner songs were majestic and powerful.
London could take any song and do amazing things simply because of the sheer vocal quality of his voice. Not to mention his great acting ability.

Satanic!.......2003-07-14

This is an excellent collection of a some of London's best roles, plus the recordings are clear and lively. His voice is very focused and totally overwhelming. While his "Le veau d'or" can't compare to that of Christoff, London still makes for a great devil.. and his acting is superb. It's unfortunate that they didn't include London's Scarpia (see the 1960 recording of Tosca with Tebaldi and del Monaco) or one of his villains from the Tales of Hoffmann. This CD is a necessity for all fans of one of the century's finest bass-baritones and actors!

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Ivan Kozlovsky, the Great Russian Tenor Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lebendige Vergangenheit: Sergei Lemeshev ASIN: B00070DKS2 Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

1. Recitative And Aria Of Prince Sinodal (The Demon Rubinstein)
2. Recitative And Aria Of Prince Vladimir
3. Recitative And Aria Of Levko
4. Bayan's Second Song
5. Berendei's Cavatina
6. Song Of The Indian Guest
7. I Love You Olga
8. Whither, Whither, Lenski's Aria
9. The Prince's Cavatina
10. Scene By St. Basil Blazhenny Temple
11. Pimen's Monologue
12. Recitative And Romance Of Vladimir
13. Oh, Cease Thy Singing Maiden Fair

Average customer rating: A great introduction to Russian vocal music

The Glory of Russian Opera Manufacturer: Russian Season ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000HXHQ Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

1. Prince Igor: Ov - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
2. The Invisible City Of Kitezh: Intro: Hymn To Nature - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
3. Battle Of The Kerzhenets - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
4. The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: The Three Marvels - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
5. Mlada: March Of The Princes - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
6. A Life For The Tsar: Ov - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
7. Khovanchina: Prld: Daybreak Over The Moskva - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
8. Persian Dance - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
9. Mazeppa: Battle Of The Poltava - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov
10. The Oresteia: The Temple Of Apollo At Delphi - Orch Of The Bolshoy Theatre, Moscow/Andrey Chistiakov

Tracks:

1. Eugene Onegin: Scene With The Peasants - Ludmila Sergueienko/Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
2. Eugene Onegin: Scene With The Young Peasant Girls - Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
3. The Demon: The Chorus, 'The Night' - Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
4. Boris Godunov: Scene Of The Revolt In The Forest Of Kromy - Vladimir Matorine/Alexandre Arkhipov/Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
5. La Khovanshchina: Drinking-Scene Of The Streltsy And Scene With Ivan Khovan - Vladislav Verestnikov/Alexandre Timochine/Vladimir Boukine/Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stani
6. The Tsar's Bride: The Hop-Picker's Chorus - Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
7. Mlada: Sacrificial Chorus - Vladimir Boukine/Olga Teruchnova/Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
8. Prince Igor: The Polovstian Dances - Vladimir Matorine/Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
9. Prince Igor: The Villagers' Chorus - Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov
10. A Life For The Tsar: Final Chorus - Choeur Du Theatre Bolchoi De Moscou/Stanislav Lykov

Tracks:

1. Ivan Soussanine (La Vie Pour Le Tsar): Air De Soussanine - Piotr Glouboky
2. La Roussalka: Air Du Meunier - Piotr Glouboky
3. La Roussalka: Duo Du Meunier Et Du Prince - Piotr Glouboky/Alexei Martynov
4. Eugene Oneguine: Air Du Prince Gremine - Piotr Glouboky
5. Boris Godounov: Monologue De Pimene - Piotr Glouboky
6. Boris Godounov: Recit De Pimene - Piotr Glouboky
7. Boris Godounov: Chanson De Varlaam - Piotr Glouboky
8. Le Prince Igor: Air Du Prince Galitski - Piotr Glouboky
9. Le Prince Igor: Recitatif Et Air De Kontchak - Piotr Glouboky
10. Antchar, L'Arbre Du Poison (Air De Concert Op.49 No.1) - Piotr Glouboky

Customer Reviews:

A great introduction to Russian vocal music.......2000-02-21

Chistiakov proves that he is the best Russian operatic conductor since Marc Ermler(I do not even want to mention the heavy and dull Gergiev). He is the student of the excelent Ilya Musin, a conducting professor from the Leningrad conservatory, and he recieved good training as a conductor of the Sverdlovsk philharmony. In the first disc he sets a perfect tempo for each work. In my oppinion, the most memorable are the Dawn on the Moscow river from Khovanshchina in the brighter and more cassic Rimskiy-Korsakov version and the overture to Ivan Susanin (Life for the tsar), in which the Allegro passage is the best since Melik-Pashayev's. The Bolshoi orchestra is responding well to his leadership. The second disc is perhaps the best one in the whole set. The Kromy scene from Boris Godunov (once again in the version by Rimskiy-Korsakov) is led with such vigor, that it is hard to immagine that it is a studio recording. Bass Vladimir Matorin and tenor Alexandr Arkhipov as Varlaam and Missail and the Bolshoi chorus make this Kromy the most dramatic ever. When I saw Godunov in the Bolshoi, Matorin sang the role of Boris, and I must say that Varlaam suits his voice better. He is one of the singers who sang all three roles in Boris. In fact, his first ever recording was of Pimen, in the first recording of Boris in the original Mussorgskiy version. The "Drinking scene" from Khovanshchina is also remarkably well performed. (By the way, the Scribe is sung by Alexandr Arkhipov, but his name is not stated in the booklet) The choral prayer which ends the scene is hard to discribe with words. The Mlada fragment is also very well performed by Vladimir Bukin, Olga Teriushnova and the chorus. The Life for the Tsar epilogue and the all time american favorite Polovetsian dances from Prince Igor are also very fine. The last disc is conducted By Emin Khachaturian, the nefew of the composor Aram Khachaturian, and features bass Pyotr Glubokiy. He is noticable as Pimen and Susanin, but I would prefer to have some different voices sing those arias. Of course the chorusmaster Stanislav Lykov deserves credit for keeping up the chorus since the death of Alexandr Rybnov.

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Mattia Battistini Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1902-11) Manufacturer: Romophone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baritones | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001S42 Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. 'Finch'han Del Vino'
2. 'Forier Di Morte...O tu Bell'Astro (Wie Todes Ahnung)'
3. 'Se Dell'imen La Dolce Cura'
4. 'Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra'
5. La Mantilla
6. Occhi Di Fata
7. Ancora
8. 'Deh, Non Plorar'
9. 'Largo Al Factotum'
10. 'Dio Possente, Dio D'Amor (Avant De Quitter Ces Lieux)'
11. 'In Questo Suoio... Ah, L'Alto Ardor'
12. 'Or Limpida M'Appare'
13. 'Oh De'Verd'Anni Miei'
14. 'Da Qual Di Che T'ho Venduta'
15. 'Alla Vita Che T'Arride'
16. 'Lo Vedremo, O Veglio Audace'
17. 'Lo Vedremo, O Veglio Audace'
18. 'Vieni Meco, Sol Di Rose'
19. 'O Sommo Carlo'
20. Don Giovanni: Alfin Siam Liberati...La Ci Darem La Mano
21. 'Povero Lionello...Il Mio Lionel'
22. 'A Tanto Amor;

Tracks:

1. 'O Lisbona'
2. 'Eri Tu, Che Macchiavi'
3. 'Su Queste Rose'
4. 'Perche Tremar?'
5. 'Si Puo?... Un Nido Di Memorie'
6. 'Avrei Sul Mio Petto'
7. 'Ah! Tutto Il Cor E Qui!'
8. 'Come Il Romito Fior'
9. Le Soir
10. 'Amour, Amour'
11. 'Tre Sbirri, Una Carrozza...Te Deum'
12. 'O Vin, Discaccia La Tristezza [O Vin, Dissipe La Tristesse]'
13. 'D'Acqua Aspergimi'
14. 'Allor Che Tu Coll'estro'
15. 'O Santa Medaglia...Dio Possente, Dio D'amore'
16. 'Ah Per Sempre Io Ti Perdei'
17. 'D'Acqua Aspergimi'
18. 'D'Acqua Aspergimi'
19. 'Son Cifre...Bella E Di Sol Vestita'
20. 'Bel Sogno Beato'

Amazon.com

Operaphiles in search of the lost art of the bel canto baritone will find a virtual holy grail in the form of Mattia Battistini. Born in 1856, he is the oldest singer of his generation who recorded extensively in his prime. In contrast to the emphatic, overt emotionalism typical of verismo singers, Battistini spins out effortless, lavishly decorated lines, sustained by virtue of prodigious breath control. Introspective phrases are embellished by unexpected accents and flamboyant, dynamic surges, best exemplified in a 1906 group of Ernani excerpts. Highlighting the 1902 Warsaw recordings are a snappy yet restrained "Largo al factotum" and Wagner's song to the Evening Star from Tannhaüser, sung in mellifluous Italian. Romophone's transfers auger well for what promises to be the definitive Battistini edition. --Jed Distler

Average customer rating: One of the great singing basses of the century

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mark Reizen Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lebendige Vergangenheit: Mark Reizen II ASIN: B0000023N6 Release Date: 1995-02-07

Tracks:

1. A Life For The Tsar: They Guess The Truth
2. Ruslan And Ludmilla: Already The Hour Of My Triumph
3. Ruslan And Ludmilla: O Say, Ye Fields!
4. Rusalka: Ah You Young Girls
5. Boris Godounov: I Have Attained Power
6. Khovanshchina: Dositheu's Aria
7. The Demon: I Am He Whom You Called
8. Prince Igor: Are You Well, Prince? - Mark Reizen/Andrej Ivanov
9. Eugene Onegin: Everyone Knows Love On Earth
10. Sadko: Against The Cruel Rocks
11. Aleko: The Old Gypsy's Tale
12. Aleko: Aleko's Cavatina

Customer Reviews:

One of the great singing basses of the century.......1999-09-26

Mark Reizen (1895-1992) is one of the great singing basses of the century.

He was endowed with a voice of unique velvety timbre capable of the the softest pianissimos and the most powerful sounds, all seemingly effortlessly produced and supported by superior intelligence and musicality.

A giant of a man, he was almost 6ft 4in tall, and an impressive figure on stage. He was one of the best performers of the leading Musorgsky bass roles such as Boris Godunov and Dosifei from Khovanshchina.

On this CD Reizen displays his extraordinary vocal characterization qualities in major Russian roles. One of my favorites is the tremendous Song of the Viking Guest from Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko.

In the great aria of Khan Konchak from Prince Igor, the easy "stroll" of the voice to the low F in the central section is just miraculous.

The song of Prince Gremin from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin displays great sensitivity, simplicity of phrasing and total respect for the musical line.

Reizen enjoyed a uniquely long career, his live performance of Prince Gremin on the stage of the Moscow Bolshoi Opera to celebrate his 90th birthday, still in impressive voice and physical shape has made the "Guinness Book of Records".

Victor Han

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Sergei Lemeshev Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ivan Kozlovsky, the Great Russian Tenor ASIN: B00000C3QH Release Date: 1998-07-04

Tracks:

1. Fra Diavolo: J'ai Revu Nos Amis
2. Les Huguenots: Plus Blanche Que La Blanche Ermine
3. Martha: Ach, So Fromm, Ach, So Traut
4. Luisa Miller: Quando Le Sere Al Placido
5. Lohengrin: In Fernem Land, Unnahbar Euren Schritten
6. Faust: Salut! Demeure Chaste Et Pure
7. Mignon: Elle Ne Croyait Pas
8. Roussalka: Some Unknown Power
9. The Demon: On Desire's Soft, Fleeting Wing
10. Eugene Onegin: I Love You, Olga
11. A May Night: The Sun Descends
12. A May Night: Sleep, My Beauty
13. The Snow Maiden: Joyous Day Departs
14. Raphael: My Heart Trembles With Passion
15. Dubrovsky: Give Me Oblivion
16. Sadko: Song Of The Indian Guest

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Rubinstein: Concerto for Violoncello; Don Quixote; The Demon Manufacturer: MD&G Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Klengel: Cello Concertos Josef Rejcha: Cello Concertos Rubinstein: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Kurt Magnus Atterberg: Cellosonate, Op. 27/Cellokonzert, Op. 21 Bliss: Cello Concerto; Music for Strings ASIN: B000094YTC Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. First Dance: Allegro
2. Second Dance: Moderato
3. Moderato Con Moto
4. Adagio
5. Allegro Con Fuoco
6. Musical Picture

Meditation Music:

1. Arthur Sullivan: Haddon Hall
2. Auber: Le Domino Noir
3. Barber of Seville
4. Bellini: La Sonnambula
5. Bellini: Norma
6. Bizet: Carmen
7. Bohuslav Martinu: Greek Passion
8. Bottacchiari: L'Ombra
9. Cherubini: Medea
10. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste

Meditation Music

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Meditation Music

Wildflower [Import]

Ecos Fidelles: Flute Music by Jacques Martin Hotteterre

Debussy: Sonata for cello in Dm; Schumann: Stücke im Volkston Op102

Music: Move Your Mp3/An Apple a Day [Import]

El Trago (The Drink) [CD-single] [EP]

Grapes from the Estate

Choro Eletrico [Import]

Forbidden Love [EP]

Drinking from the Water Clock [Explicit Lyrics]

Chants Of India: Ravi Shankar; George Harrison

Dizzy Atmosphere [Import]

El Cielo Puede Esperar [Import]

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Move On Up

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