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ID: AQVR177-2
CDs: 3
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Musical Drama in 4 acts and prologue
Libretto by M.Mussorgsky after drama of Alexander Pushkin and the chronicle of Nikolai Karamzin
Version revised by N.Rimsky-Korsakov
Boris Godounoff . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark REIZEN, bass
Ksenia, his daughter. . . . . . . . . . . Elizaveta SHUMSKAYA, soprano
Tsarievitch Fiodor Borissovich . . . . . . Bronislava ZLATOGOROVA, contralto
Ksenia's nurse . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yevgenia VERBITZKAYA, contralto
Boyar Vassily Shuisky . . . . . . . . . Nikandr KHANAEV, tenor
Tschelkalov, clerk of Duma . . . . . . . Ilya BOGDANOV, baryton
Pimen, chronicler, hermit . . . . . . . . Maxim MIKHAILOV, bass
Gregory Otrepiev, false-Dimitri. . . . . . . . Georgy NELEPP, tenor
Marina Mniszek, daugter of Sandomir's Voievode . . Maria MAKSAKOVA, mezzo-soprano
Varlaam, pilgrim . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily LOUBENTZOV, bass
Missail, pilgrim . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily YAKOUSHENKO, tenor
Hostess of a tavern . . . . . . . . . Alexandra TOURTCHINA, mezzo-soprano
Yurodivy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan KOZLOVSKY, tenor
Police-officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei KRASSOVSKY, bass
Khroustschov, boyar of Duma. . . . . . . Alexander PEREGOUDOV, tenor
Mitioukha, peasant . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan SYPAEV, baryton-bass
Chorus & orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Conductor: Nikolai GOLOVANOV
Recorded in Moscow, March 1948.
BONUS TRACKS:
Mark REIZEN in scenes of Pimen and Varlaam
Varlaam- M. REIZEN, bass / Hostess -Y. VERBITZKAYA, contralto / Missail- V. SHEVTZOV, tenor / Gregory -G. NELEPP, tenor / Police Officer- S. KRASSOVSKY, bass / Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra - Vasily NEBOLSIN (1951)
ACT 1 Scene 1. The Monastery cell of Pimen near Moscow
Pimen: M.REIZEN, bass /Gregory - G. NELEPP, tenor /Choir & orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre - Vasily NEBOLSIN (1953)
Pavel JOURAVLENKO, Varlaam
ACT 1 Scene 2. Scene at the Inn, at Lithuanian frontier
Varlaam - Pavel JOURAVLENKO, bass / Hostess - Ksenia KOMISSAROVA, mezzo-soprano / Missail - Alexander GONTAREV, tenor / Gregory - Mikhail KROUTYAKOV, tenor / Police Officer - Andrew ATLANTOV, bass / Theatre S.Kirov’s Orchestra - Edouard GRYGOROV (1947) |
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ID: AQVR179-2
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Complete version
Opera in four acts. Libretto by I. Shpazhinsky after his tragic story of the same name.
Prince Nikita Danilitch Kourlatieff - Mikhaïl KISSELIOFF, baryton
Grand-duc du Gouvernement de Novgorad
Princesse Yevpraksia Romanovna, son épouse - Vieronika BORISSENKO, mezzo-soprano
Prince Youri Nikititch, leur fils - Georgy NELEPP, ténor dramatique
Nastassya, surnommée Kouma, aubergiste - Natalya SOKOLOVA, soprano lyrique
Mamyroff, un vieux diacre - Aleksei KOROLEV, baryton-basse
Niénila, sa soeur. Femme de chambre de la Princesse -Anna MATIOUCHINA, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Jouran, Valet du Prince Nikita - Mikhaïl SKAZIN, baryton-basse
Foka, Oncle de Nastassya - Anatoly TIKHONOFF, baryton
Polya, une amie de Nastassya - Varvara GRADOVA, soprano
Balakin, un habitué venant de Novgorad - Sergueï SLADKOPEVTZEFF, ténor comprimario
Potap, un jeune gars - Levon KHATCHATOUROFF, baryton-basse
Loukach, autre jeune gars - Alexei Usmanov, ténor
Kitchiga, un pugiliste de foire - Guennadi TROITSKY, basse
Païssi, moine vagabond à peau noire - Pavel PONTRYAGUIN, ténor comprimario
Koudma, un sorcier - Pavel KOROBKOV, baryton
Choeurs de la Radio d'URSS
Philharmonie d'Etat de Moscou dirigés par Samouïl SAMOSSOUD
Moscou, Janvier 1954
BONUS:
Vladimir SLIVINSKIY - baritone
Eleonora ANDREYEVA - soprano
Aleksey IVANOV - baritone
Evgenia SMOLENSKAYA, soprano
Natalia SHPILLER, soprano |
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ID: GFO00709
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
Recorded live at Glyndebourne August 2009.
Includes 3 discs in a 76 page hard-bound book.
Lyric fairy tale in three acts: Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil after Friedrich Heinrich Carl de la Motte Fouque's tale Undine. Dvorak's opera Rusalka reaches extraordinary heights of melodic eloquence. Rusalka is also the most consciously 'through-composed' of Dvorak's operas but this does not prevent Czech opera's most famous aria the ineffably beautiful 'Song to the Moon', being frequently extracted from the score and sung as a stand alone aria. Sometimes
thought of as a 'one aria opera', this is just one of many glorious arias for Rusalka, among them the moving first act plea, 'Your ancient wisdom everyone knows' ('Staleta moudrost tva vsechno vi'), made to the witch Jezibaba asking her to make her human, and her desolate lament 'Robbed of my youth' ('Mladosti sve pozbavena') at the start of Act 3. Rusalka is by no means a mainstay in the operatic oeuvre but this new 2009 production and recording from Glyndebourne is destined to put this much overlooked masterpiece to the forefront of romantic repertory.
The recording is aided by a stellar cast. Ana María Martínez's astonishing humanity shines through in her heart rending portrayal of Rusalka, burly tenor Brandon Jovanovich is
a handsome Prince, with real Slavic flavour added with Mischa Schelomianski as Rusalka's wise old father Vodnik, and Larissa Diadkova as the evil witch Jezíbaba, both
giving exemplary performances, with Czech conductor Jirí Belohlávek and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, giving the music a wonderful emotional intensity at all the right moments.
Ana María Martínez (Rusalka), Brandon Jovanovich (Prince), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (Foreign Princess), Mischa Schelomianski (Vodnik), Larissa Diadkova (Ježibaba), Natasha Jouhl (1st Nymph), Barbara Senator (2nd Nymph), Élodie Méchain (3rd Nymph), Diana Axentii (Kitchen Boy), Alasdair Elliott (Gamekeeper)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Jirí Belohlávek
Track list:
CD: 1
Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114)
1. Prelude
2. Act 1. Hou, hou, hou
3. Act 1. I pekne vitám
4. Act 1. Hastrmánku, taticku
5. Act 1. Sem casto prichází a v objeti mé stoupé
6. Act 1. Mesícku na nebi hlubokém
7. Act 1. Ta voda studi! Jezibabo, Jezibabo
8. Act 1. Staletá moudrost tvá vsechno ví
9. Act 1. Tvoje moudrost vsechno tusí
10. Act 1. Cury mury fuk
11. Act 1. Jel mladý lovec
12. Act 1. Vidino divná, presladká
CD: 2
1. Act 2. Járku, jáku, kluce milé
2. Act 2. U nás v lese strasi
3. Act 2. Jiz týden dlís mi po boku
4. Act 2. Zda na chvili princ vzpomene si prec
5. Act 2. Festive music - Ballet
6. Act 2. Celý svet nedá ti, nedá
7. Act 2. Kvetiny bilé po ceste
8. Act 2. Rusalko, znás mne, znás?
9. Act 2. Vidís je vidís? Jsou tu zas
CD: 3
1. Act 3. Necitelná vodni moci
2. Act 3. Aj, aj? Uz jsi se navrátila?
3. Act 3. Vyrvána zivotu v hlubokou samotu
4. Act 3. Ze se bojis? Tresky, plesky
5. Act 3. Mám, zlaté vlásky mám
6. Act 3. Bilá moje lani!
7. Act 3. Milácku, znás mne, znás?
8. Act 3. Líbej mne, líbej, mir mi prej |
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ID: PTC5186034
CDs: 3
Type: SACD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Multichannel Hybrid SACD - DSD
Taras Shtonda - bass-baritone
Ekaterina Morozova - soprano
Vadim Lynkovsky - bass
Aleksandra Durseneva - contralto
Vitaly Paniflov - tenor
Maria Gavrilova - soprano
Valery Gilmanov - bass
Maksim Paster - tenor
Irina Dolzhenko - mezzo-soprano
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow • Alexander Vedernikov - conductor |
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ID: GFO00363
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Opera
Michel Roux (Golaud), Denise Duval (Mélisande), Anna Reynolds (Geneviève), Guus Hoekman (Arkel), Hans Wilbrink (Pelléas), Rosine Brédy (Yniold) & John Shirley-Quirk (A Doctor)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vittorio Gui
3 discs in 200-page hard-bound book.
Pelléas et Mélisande was Claude Debussy’s only completed opera and the fantastical, imaginary world in which it is set, shimmers with Impressionist colour brought alive by his orchestral sound-world. The opera was first produced at Glyndebourne in 1962 as a tribute to Debussy’s centenary.
The highly acclaimed cast is led by Denise Duval, the pre-eminent French soprano of the day and artistic muse of Poulenc. The renowned conductor, Vittorio Gui, had known Debussy well - indeed Debussy’s stepdaughter attended the first night - and his performances attracted glowing reviews.
This recording is taken from the 1963 revival of the production and was to be the last time Artistic Director, Carl Ebert directed at Glyndebourne. Ebert worked at Glyndebourne for 30 years and of the vast body of his work, this production of Pelléas et Mélisande was considered, by many, to be his best ever.
Previously unreleased recording of Pelléas et Mélisande from the 1963 Glyndebourne Festival conducted by Vittorio Gui with Denise Duval.
This production was the last that Carl Ebert directed at Glyndebourne.
Recorded live at Glyndebourne in the summer of 1963.
Reviews and publicity expected in national newspapers, radio and specialist music magazines.
The first two Glyndebourne releases, Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery and Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, were greeted with critical acclaim.
The 3 CDs are packaged as a hard bound book containing a full libretto translated from the original language in English, Italian and German along with a commissioned article about the opera, and a synopsis in English, French and German.
Track list:
Pelléas et Mélisande, Opera in 5 acts, L. 88
1. Act 1. Scene 3. Il fait sombre dans les jardins
2. Act 1. Scene 3. Hoé! Hisse Hoé! Hoé! Hoé!
3. Act 2. Scene 1. Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée?
4. Act 2. Scene 1. C'est au bord d'une fontaine |
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ID: AQVR268-2
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
A Spring fairy-tale
Libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov after the piece of Alexander Ostrovsky
Tsar Berendei - Sergey Lemeshev
Bermyata - Sergey Krassovsky
Beautiful Spring - Nadezhda Obukhova
Father Christmas - Maxim Mikhailov
Snow-Maiden - Irina Maslennikova
Lel', shepherd - Maria Maksakova
Kupava - Sofia Panova
Mizgir - Alexey Ivanov
Choir & orchestra of Bolshoi theatre, USSR. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
Recorded in 1946 |
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ID: AQVR370-2
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
GPT - Gramplasttrest
Ivan Khovansky - Vassily Lubentsov (4, 11), Marfa - Maria Maksakova (5, 6, 15), Shaklovity - Alexei Ivanov (7, 8), Scribe - Dmitriy Marchenkov (10),
Kuzka - Sergei Koltypin (10), Andrei Khovansky, Dosifei - artists unknown (15)
Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre. Conductor - Lev Steinberg. Chorus Master - Max Cooper
Recorded in 1939 (4, 9-11, 13, 14), 1940 (5-8, 12, 15)
National historic music drama in five acts (six scenes)
Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, edition by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Prince Ivan Khovansky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXEI KRIVCHENYA
Prince Andrei Khovansky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRIGORI BOLSHAKOV
Prince Vassily Golitsyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIKANDR KHANAEV
Dosifei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK REIZEN
Marfa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARIA MAKSAKOVA
Boyar Shaklovity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXEI IVANOV
Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SERGEI KRASSOVSKY
Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIKHON TCHERNYAKOV
Emma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NADEZHDA KOSITSYNA
Varsonofiev, Golitsyn's confidant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VSEVOLOD TYUTYUNNIK
Kuzka, strelyets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKHAIL SKAZIN
1st Strelyets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SERGEI KOLTYPIN
2nd Strelyets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEONID KTITOROV
Streshnev, a young herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXEI BOLSHAKOV
Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi theatre - Conductor - Vassily Nebolsin
Choirmaster - Alexander Rybnov. Stage Orchestra - Conductor - Sergei Gosatchinsky. Recorded 1953
Bonus: “Khovanshchina” at the Bolshoi theatre in 1939. The complete collection
of the surviving fragments of this recording. Conductor - Lev Steinberg.
Artists - V. Lubentsov M. Maksakova, Al. Ivanov, D. Marchenkov, S. Koltypin |
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ID: MNRCD201
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Six Celan Songs, The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi
Acts of Beauty, Exit no Exit
8 Lust Songs, I Sonetti Lussuriosi
MNRCD108 - Six Celan Songs, The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi
MNRCD109 - Acts of Beauty, Exit no Exit
MNRCD114 - 8 Lust Songs, I Sonetti Lussuriosi
Six Celan Songs/The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi and Acts of Beauty/Exit no Exit are new recordings that present compelling examples of Michael Nyman's vibrant approach to word-setting, song structure and subject matter.
Six Celan Songs is Michael Nyman's most profound song cycle, composed in 1990 for Ute Lemper and, together with The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi couples two of Michael Nyman's major vocal pieces and two favoured singers of the composer, Hilary Summers and Sarah Leonard.
8 Lust Songs is a song cycle in which Nyman’s music is set to the erotic poems of the 16th century poet Pietro Aretino.
The poems were inspired by Marcantonio Raimondi’s engravings of couples in various positions of sexual intercourse. The poems and engravings have been called a Renaissance equivalent of the Kama Sutra. They caused huge outrage at the time of publication, banned by the Papal authorities and nearly all copies destroyed. They are the most important erotic texts of the period and have gone on to inspire writers and artists alike for centuries. |
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ID: NMCD150
CDs: 4
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
‘This extraordinary project confirms the robust health and endlessly varied landscape of Britain’s new music. There is no other document anywhere that has given such a snapshot of an artistic community that, while comprised of a hundred different ways of expressing itself, is of one voice when it comes to creative energy.’ JOHN ADAMS
To mark its 20th Anniversary in 2009 NMC Recordings has commissioned the NMC Songbook. Nearly 100 composers, ranging from the country’s most highly regarded figures to the younger generation of emerging talents, have each written a song, loosely themed on ‘Britain’ and scored for single voice or duet and a range of accompanying instruments. Songs are interspersed with instrumental interludes from an arrangement of a Galliard by Thomas Morley, specially made for the Songbook by NMC’s Executive Producer, composer Colin Matthews. The songs have been set to text chosen by the composers and cover a vast array of subjects, from traditional poems by Blake and Byron through to a list of the Kings and Queens of England, extracts from a National Trust brochure, chants from the Leyton Orient terraces, a whisky recipe, and a colourful rant about our consumerist society. · The first recording to be made at the new state-of-the-art concert hall at Kings Place, London.
4-CD set with special packaging and a 60-page booklet. |
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ID: MELCD1001444
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera & Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
3 CD - Total time: 187.31
Yuri Masurok, Galiana Kalinina, Arthur Eizen & Tamara Sinjavskaia
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Mark Ermler
Tolstoy’s creative works were always the subject of excitement for Prokofiev. Having dismissed the idea of composing music on the subject of the novel “Resurrection” he became enthusiastic about “War and Peace”. Eleven of thirteen scenes were written within the year. Putting aside plenty (according to his opinion) of minor details the composer concentrated his attention on two main subject lines - lyrical and psychological connected with Natasha’s image and the patriotic one devoted to the ordeal of the Russian people in the Patriotic war of 1812. The conductor Samuel Samosud played rather important role in the destiny of the opera. He was a prominent person in the operatic art of the Soviet period. The opera survived re-birthing due to his support: first on the stage of the Bolshoi Hall of Moscow Conservatoire in 1945, then with Mali Opera Theatre Company in Leningrad. Being the last work of Prokofiev in the opera genre “War and Peace” combines the best features of the composer’s music talent. Characters and performers: Prince Andrei Bolkonsky - Yury Masurok, baritone Natasha Rostova - Galina Kalinina, soprano Sonia - Nina Terentyeva, mezzo-soprano The host at the ball - Andrei Sokolov, tenor Man-servant - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Master of ceremonies - Yury Korolev, bass Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova - Larisa Avdeeva, mezzo-soprano Peronskaja - Eleonora Andreeva, soprano Count Ilja Andreevich Rostov - Arthur Eizen, bass Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov - Eugene Raikov, tenor Ellen Besukhova - Tamara Sinyavskaya, soprano Antol' Kuragin - Eugene Shapin, tenor Dolokhov - Stanislav Suleimanov, bass Old man servant of the Bolkonskys - Vladislav Pashinsky, baritone The Bolkonskys’ maid - Glafira Koroleva, mezzo-soprano The Bolkonskys’ valet - Vladimir Filippov, bass Princess Maria - Nina Novoselova, mezzo-soprano Prince Nikolay Andreevich Bolkonsky - Alexander Ognivtsev, bass Coachman Balaga - Boris Morozov, bass Matriosha, gypsy woman - Nina Grigorieva, mezzo-soprano Dunjasha, the Rostovs’ young maid - Margarita Miglau, soprano Gavrila, Akhrosimova’s man-servant - Leonid Savitsky, bass Metivier, French doctor - Andrei Fedoseyev, baritone Abbot, Frenchman - Anatoly Mishutin, tenor Denisov - Yury Grigoriev, baritone Tikhon Scherbaty - Nikolai Nizienko, bass 1st Prussian General - Boris Kleiman 2nd Prussian General - Alexei Romanov Duke Andrei’s orderly - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Michael Illarionovich Kutuzov, Field Marshal - Alexander Vedernikov, bass Kutuzov’s orderly - Andrei Sokolov, tenor Napoleon Bonaparte - Alexander Voroshilo, baritone General Kopman’s orderly - Konstantin Pustovoy, tenor Murat’s orderly - Kolya Benyukov Marshal Berthier - Yury Korolev General Belliard - Anatoly Babykin, bass Prince Eugene’s orderly - Oleg Bektimirov, tenor Voice behind the curtain - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Orderly from Napoleon’s retinue - Vladislav Pashinsky, baritone Monsieur de Beausset - Alexander Arkhipov, tenor General Benigsen - Peter Gluboky, bass General Barclay de Tolly - Denis Korolev, tenor General Ermolov - Nicolai Nizienko, bass General Raevsky - Vladislav Romanovsky, baritone Captain Ramballe - Valery Jaroslavtsev, bass Lieutenant Bonnet - Konstantin Baskov, tenor Gerard - Vitaly Vlasov, tenor Marshal Davout - Leo Vernigora, bass French officer - Vladislav Pashinsky, tenor Platon Karataev - Konstantin Pustovoy, tenor 1st madman - Yury Korolev, bass 2nd madman - Anatoly Mishutin, tenor 1st French actress - Nina Glasyrina, mezzo-soprano 2nd French actress - Elena Kurovskaya, soprano |
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