War, Peace, Love and Sorrow
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Composer or Director: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein
Genre:
Opera
Label: Delos
Magazine Review Date: 11/2016
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 54
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: DE3517
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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War and Peace, Movement: Scene 1: The radiance of the sky (Svetlaje vesenne |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Asmik Grigorian, Soprano Constantine Orbelian, Conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Helikon Opera Chorus Irina Shishkova, Mezzo soprano Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Mazeppa, Movement: O Maria, Maria |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Constantine Orbelian, Conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Helikon Opera Chorus Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra |
Iolanta, Movement: Who can compare with my Mathilde (Robert) |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Constantine Orbelian, Conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Helikon Opera Chorus Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra |
(The) Queen of Spades, 'Pique Dame', Movement: Tomsky's Ballad |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Constantine Orbelian, Conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Helikon Opera Chorus Igor Morozov, Tenor Mikhail Guzhov, Bass Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra |
(The) Queen of Spades, 'Pique Dame', Movement: Tomsky's Song |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Constantine Orbelian, Conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Helikon Opera Chorus Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra |
(The) Demon, Movement: Scene 6 |
Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Composer
Anton (Grigor'yevich) Rubinstein, Composer Asmik Grigorian, Soprano Constantine Orbelian, Conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone Helikon Opera Chorus Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra Vadim Volkov, Countertenor |
Author: Mark Pullinger
From The Queen of Spades, the Siberian baritone moves from the suave Prince Yeletsky (I still marvel at his outrageous breath control on that first album) to the cynical Count Tomsky. His Ballad of the Three Cards (‘tri karty’) is a bit low-voltage, lacking the vehement bite of, say, Sergei Leiferkus (who sang the role opposite Hvorostovsky’s Yeletsky for RCA). He’s more at home in the suggestive song likening girls to birds nestling on a branch.
Over the years, Hvorostovsky has done much to promote Anton Rubinstein’s opera The Demon. Arias have featured on two previous collections, and here half the (not-too-generous) disc is taken up with the final scene where, in a convent, the demon reveals his tortured soul to Tamara. When she finally succumbs, his kiss kills her. Partnered by Asmik Grigorian, daughter of the late Gegam Grigorian with whom Hvorostovsky performed many times, they make a great case for the opera. Grigorian’s warm, vibrant soprano is also heard in the opening scene to Prokofiev’s War and Peace, as Hvorostovsky’s noble Prince Andrei yearns for springtime happiness. Constanine Orbelian leads fairly routine playing, but full texts and translations are included.
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