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ID: MELCD1002212
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal and Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
A strong voice, a bright dramatic gift, a passionate temperament, creative courage and a precise sense of a role - all these virtues are combined by the name of the unique opera singer Hibla Gerzmava, a People’s Artist of Russia and People’s Artist of the Republic of Abkhazia.
Hibla Gerzmava is an opera singer of a world scale, a remarkable actress and versatile musician. In 1994, she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory where she majored in solo singing under professors Irina Maslennikova and Evgenia Arefieva, and completed her post-graduate course under Maslennikova in 1996. Since 1995 Hibla has been a soloist of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre in Moscow, debuting as Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème.
Today, the Russian prima donna is a guest star of the state opera houses of Vienna, Paris, Rome and Bavaria, and of the Metropolitan Opera and Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
In 2001, Hibla Gerzmava was awarded the national theatre prize The Golden Mask and Casta Diva as the Best Singer for her Lucia in Donizetti’s 'Lucia di Lammermoor'. She is also an owner of the Moscow Prize in the field of literature and arts (2010) and Triumph Award (2011).
The distinguished violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov’s versatile talent has been vividly realized in many spheres of social life. In 1979, he co-founded the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra with a group of musicians who shared his views and became its unchallenged artistic director, conductor and soloist. In 2003, Vladimir Spivakov became artistic director and principal conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia he created, and the president of the Moscow International House of Music.
On the initiative of Vladimir Spivakov, Hibla Gerzmava performed in Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music on 14 October 2013, accompanied by the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia. 'Firma Melodiya' presents the program of the concert on this CD, which included both classic and less known Russian overtures, arias and scenes from operas by Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi.
Arsen Sogomonian, a soloist of the of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre, and prize laureate of the Moscow International Competition 'Romansiada', also took part at the concert.
Bellini:
Ah! bello a me ritorna (from Norma)
Norma Overture
Donizetti:
Quanto amore (from L'elisir d'amore)
Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
Mozart:
La clemenza di Tito, K621: Overture
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum
Rossini:
Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture
Strauss, R:
Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4
Verdi:
Non so le tetre immagini (from Il Corsaro)
Desdemona rea (from Otello)
Mia madre aveva...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria (from Otello)
Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Arsen Sogomonian (baritone)
Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov |
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ID: MELCD1002301
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Baroque
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
For the anniversary of maestro Vladimir Spivakov, Firma Melodiya presents a unique, previously unreleased recording of the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra made on 28 December 1988 in the Big Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
From the first years of their existence, the Moscow Virtuosi, founded by Vladimir Spivakov, lived up to the highest standards of mastery on both domestic and global scales. It was a genuine 'orchestra of soloists' comprising prize-winners of domestic and international competitions, concertmasters of the best orchestras of Moscow many of whom could count on a brilliant solo career.
Although the Virtuosi spent a lot of time in the studio, it is the orchestra’s concert recordings that convey the atmosphere of a living, inspired contact with the audience.
The charitable activities Vladimir Spivakov has been involved in for many years now are evidence of his great human responsiveness, his desire to support talented children and his empathy for people’s suffering. The pre-New Year concert of 1988 was a fundraising event to benefit the Armenian children who suffered in the earthquake.
The concert, comprising music of Johann Sebastian Bach, featured other prominent musicians as well - Mikhail Pletnev, Araxia Davtian, an Honoured Artist of the Armenian SSR, and Bernard Soustrot, a world renowned French trumpeter. However, Adagio from the Easter Oratorio for oboe and orchestra performed instead of an encore by Alexei Utkin, an oboist and future founder of the Hermitage Ensemble, was a genuine climax of the event. The music reflecting upon passions of Christ’s earthly life sounded like a requiem for the tens of thousands of people who were buried alive in Spitak and Leninakan.
J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048
Cantata BWV51 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen'
Araxia Davtian (soprano) & Bernard Soustrot (trumpet)
Easter Oratorio, BWV249: Adagio (sinfonia)encore (presented by V. Spivakov)
Alexei Utkin (oboe)
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068
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Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra - Vladimir Spivakov |
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ID: MKM109
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Chamber Ensemble
Recorded in 1982, 1980
Yuri Bashmet, viola (3, 4, 5)
Cadenzas by Spivakov |
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