TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Vocal Music (Tchaikovsky Romances) (Hvorostovsky, Ilja)

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6 Romances, Op. 6 (text by L.A. Mey) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Nathan Milstein, violin
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Gibner King, piano
Ezio Pinza, bass
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Igor Chichagov, piano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: 16 October 1954


1. 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart) - 00:03:15


12 Romances, Op. 60 (text by Y.P. Polonsky) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orefenova, piano
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


2. 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 9. Noch' (Night) - 00:04:37


6 Romances, Op. 27 (text by N.P. Ogaryov) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano


3. 6 Romances, Op. 27: No. 1. Na son gryadushchiy (At Bedtime) - 00:03:08


6 Romances, Op. 63 (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Olena Kushpler, piano
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Zoryana Kushpler, mezzo-soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Recording date: 1- 7 August 1999


4. 6 Romances, Op. 63: No. 2. Rastvoril ya okno (I opened the window) - 00:01:41


Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug (My Genius, my Angel, my Friend) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Olena Kushpler, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Zoryana Kushpler, mezzo-soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


5. Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug (My Genius, my Angel, my Friend) - 00:01:45


6 Romances, Op. 6 (text by A. N. Pleshcheyev and L.A. Mey) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


6. No. 2. Ni slova, o drug moy (Not a word, O my friend) - 00:02:58
7. No. 5. Otchevo? (Why?) - 00:03:08


Zabit' tak skoro (To Forget so Soon) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano


8. Zabit' tak skoro (To Forget so Soon) - 00:03:14


12 Romances, Op. 60 (text by A.S. Khomyakov) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


9. 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 11. Podvig (The Heroic Deed) - 00:04:14


6 Romances, Op. 57 (text by D. Merezhkovsky) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Recording date: 1- 7 August 1999


10. 6 Romances, Op. 57: No. 5. Smert' (Death) - 00:02:23


Khotel bi v edinoye slovo (For one simple word) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


11. Khotel bi v edinoye slovo (I should like in a single word) - 00:01:55


6 Romances, Op. 38 (text A.K. Tolstoy) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Olena Kushpler, piano
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Helmut Deutsch,
Stella Grigorian, mezzo-soprano
Zoryana Kushpler, mezzo-soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: 4-6 June 2006


12. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 4. O, esli b ti mogla (O, if only you could) - 00:01:34

6 Romances, Op. 38 (text by M. Lermontov) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Recording date: 4-6 June 2006


1. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 5. Lyubov' mertvetsa (The love of a dead man) - 00:04:53


6 Romances, Op. 57 (text by A. Tolstoy) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Recording date: 1- 7 August 1999


2. 6 Romances, Op. 57: No. 2. Na nivi zhyoltiye (On the golden cornfields) - 00:04:04


6 Romances, Op. 57 (text by V. Sollogub) (more info)
Performed by: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Constantine Orbelian
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


3. 6 Romances, Op. 57: No. 1. Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey (Tell me, what in the shade of the branches) - 00:03:52


6 Romances, Op. 63 (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Olena Kushpler, piano
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Zoryana Kushpler, mezzo-soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Recording date: 1- 7 August 1999


4. 6 Romances, Op. 63: No. 6. Serenada (O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim) - 00:03:10


6 Romances, Op. 28 (text by Tchaikovsky) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


5. 6 Romances, Op. 28: No. 6. Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment) - 00:03:43


6 Romances, Op. 25 (text by N.F. Shcherbina) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Recording date: 4, 9, 12 December 2005


6. 6 Romances, Op. 25: No. 1. Primiren'ye (Reconciliation) - 00:05:20


7 Romances, Op. 47 (text by A.N. Apukhtin) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orefenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


7. 7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 6. Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?) - 00:03:39


12 Romances, Op. 60 (text by A.N. Apukhtin) (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ljuba Orefenova, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano


8. 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 6. Frenzied Nights - 00:03:18


7 Romances, Op. 47 (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano


9. No. 3. Na zemlyu sumrak pal (Dusk fell on the earth) - 00:04:26
10. No. 5. Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa (I Bless you, Forests) - 00:04:59


6 Romances, Op. 38 (text A.K. Tolstoy) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Olena Kushpler, piano
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Helmut Deutsch,
Stella Grigorian, mezzo-soprano
Zoryana Kushpler, mezzo-soprano
Ivari Ilja, piano
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Recording date: 4-6 June 2006


11. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 2. To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It was in the early spring) - 00:02:44
12. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 1. Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade) - 00:02:54

Reviews

Great Russian romances (Oct 26, 2009)
Reviewer:musicbizkid
Almost 20 years on from his first recordings of Tchaikovsky romances, Dmitri Hvorostovsky's return to this seminal Russian repertoire is a triumphant one. Hvorostovsky now brings to this repertoire a voice and performance that is mature, rich and well-rounded, filling in the very few blanks that he left in his earlier attempts.

Hvorostovsky has always sounded at home in... Almost 20 years on from his first recordings of Tchaikovsky romances, Dmitri Hvorostovsky's return to this seminal Russian repertoire is a triumphant one. Hvorostovsky now brings to this repertoire a voice and performance that is mature, rich and well-rounded, filling in the very few blanks that he left in his earlier attempts.

Hvorostovsky has always sounded at home in Tchaikovsky's music, and the pairing again proves formidable. The recording itself is excellent, with great room sound and no lost sound across the entire dynamic range.

The Russian romances aren't oft-recorded or sung in the west, so this recording, featuring a world-class baritone singing expertly in his own language is a must-have if you're looking to familiarize yourself with this repertoire--the music is as beautiful as anything we exalt in the Italian, French, or German languages. Hvorostovsky is quite simply the best man for the job here. Excellent, excellent recording. (read more)