MM WT 1CD 0014, Standard Wallet, (C) Mediamotion 02-2007
CD1 SYMPHONY NO.1 IN G MINOR OP.13 ‘WINTER DREAMS’ 1 I. Daydreams of a winter journey: Allegro tranquillo 12’59 2 II. Land of gloom, land of mist: Adagio cantabile, ma non tanto 11’07 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro scherzando giocoso 7’52 4 IV. Finale: Andante lugubre - Allegro moderato 11’32 5 1812 OUVERTURE 14’56 Festival Overture in E flat Op.49
Total time: 58’36
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio Vladimir Fedoseyev (1–4) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Gibson (5)
CD2 SYMPHONY NO.2 IN C MINOR OP.17 ‘LITTLE RUSSIAN’ 1 I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro vivo 12’26 2 II. Andantino marziale – quasi moderato 7’54 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace 5’55 4 IV. Finale: Moderato assai 11’19 5 FRANCESCA DA RIMINI 26’16 Symphonic Fantasia in E minor after Dante TCHAIKOVSKY
Total time: 64’13
Philharmonia Orchestra / Yuri Simonov
CD3 SYMPHONY NO.3 IN D OP.29 ‘POLISH’ 1 I. Introduzione e allegro – Moderato assai (Tempo di 13’35 marcia funebre) – Allegro brillante 2 II. Alla tedesca – Allegro moderato e semplice 6’51 3 III. Andante elegiaco 9’51 4 IV. Scherzo: Allegro vivo 6’29 5 V. Finale: Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di pollaca) 10’53 6 HAMLET 19’02 Fantasy Overture for orchestra in F minor Op.67a
Total time: 66’45
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio Vladimir Fedoseyev
CD4 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN F MINOR OP.36 1 I. Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima 19’07 2 II. Andantino in modo di canzona 9’42 3 III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato 5’32 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 9’13 5 MARCH SLAVE OP.31 9’43
Total time: 53’19
London Symphony Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD5 SYMPHONY NO.5 IN E MINOR OP.64 1 I. Andante – Allegro con anima 15’23 2 II. Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza – 13’25 Moderato con anima 3 III. Valse: Allegro moderato 5’50 4 IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace 12’22 5 CAPRICCIO ITALIEN OP.45 16’40
Total time: 63’46
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD6 SYMPHONY NO.6 IN B MINOR OP.74 ‘PATHÉTIQUE’ 1 I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo 18’22 2 II. Allegro con grazia 7’24 3 III. Allegro molto vivace 9’23 4 IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso – Andante 10’31 5 OVERTURE – THE STORM 14’16
Total time: 59’58
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD7 MANFRED SYMPHONY IN B MINOR OP.58 1 I. Lento lugubre 18’32 2 II. Vivace con spirito 9’56 3 III. Andante con moto 11’51 4 IV. Allegro con fuoco 19’20 5 ROMEO AND JULIET 20’28 Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare
Total time: 80’20
Rod Elms organ (1–4) London Symphony Orchestra / Yuri Simonov (1–4) Kirov Theatre Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (5)
CD8 HAMLET OP.67A Incidental Music for soprano, baritone & orchestra 1 Overture 9’38 2 Moderato assai 1’24 3 Allegro vivo 0’22 4 Moderato assai 0’31 5 Allegro giusto ed agitato 3’19 6 Allegro semplice 3’21 7 Fanfare 0’24 8 Andante quasi allegretto 4’27 9 Andante non troppo 6’36 10 Andantino ‘Elsinore’, Mad Scene 2’48 11 Andantino 0’55 12 Marcia: Moderato assai 4’48 13 Allegro giusto 0’22 14 Allegro risoluto ma non troppo 0’50 15 FATUM OP. POSTH. 77 Tonepoem for orchestra 18’56
Total time: 58’51
USSR State Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra (1–14) Grand Symphony Orchestra (15) Alexander Gauk
CD9 THE SNOW MAIDEN (SNEGUROCHKA) Incidental Music to the play by Ostrovsky 1 Introduction 4’48 2 Dance and choruses of 5’40 the birds 3 Winter’s monologue 3’21 4 Carnival procession 7’05 5 Melodrama 2’00 6 Interlude 1’22 7 Lehl’s first song 3’56 8 Lehl’s second song 1’32 9 Interlude 3’11 10 Chant of the blind bards 4’00 11 Melodrama 4’09 12 Chorus of the people and 2’10 the courtiers 13 Round of the young maidens 2’25 14 Dance of the tumblers 4’40 15 Lehl’s third song 6’40 16 Brussila’s song 1’31 17 Apparition of the Spirit 0’50 of the Wood 18 Interlude – The Spring Fairy 4’30 19 Tsar Berendey’s march 6’40 and chorus 20 Final Chorus 1’50
Total time: 72’34
Natalia Erassova mezzo-soprano (7, 8, 15, 20) Alexander Archipov tenor (3) · Nikolai Vassiliev baritone (4, 10, 16) Russian State Chorus & Orchestra / Andrei Chistiakov
CD10 ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO.1 IN D MINOR OP.43 1 I. Introduzione e Fuga 9’22 2 II. Divertimento 5’32 3 III. Intermezzo 7’44 4 IV. Marche miniature 1’58 5 V. Scherzo 6’48 6 VI. Gavotte 4’43 ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO.2 IN C OP.53 ‘SUITE CARACTÉRISTIQUE’ 7 I. Jeu de sons 9’51 8 II. Valse 5’40 9 III. Scherzo burlesque 5’00 10 IV. Rêves d’enfant 9’17 11 V. Danse baroque 4’03
Total time: 70’41
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Sir Neville Marriner
CD11 ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO.3 IN G OP.55 1 I. Élégie: Andante molto cantabile 10’07 2 II. Valse mélancolique: Allegro moderato 5’33 3 III. Scherzo: Molto vivace 4’37 4 IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto 18’55 ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO.4 IN G ‘MOZARTIANA’ 5 I. Gigue: Allegro (Gigue K574) 1’36 6 II. Menuet: Moderato (Minuet K355) 3’47 7 III. Preghiera: Andante non tanto (Ave verum corpus K618) 3’47 8 IV. Thème et Variations: Allegro giusto 15’06 (Unser dummer Pöbel meint K455)
Total time: 63’34
Hans Kalafusz violin Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Sir Neville Marriner
CD12 SWAN LAKE OP.20 Abridged version by Riccardo Drigo 1 Introduction (Moderato assai) – No.1 Scène (Allegro giusto) – 5’45 2 No.2 Waltz (Tempo di valse) 6’45 3 No.4 Pas de trois 7’00 I Intrada (Allegro) – Andante sostenuto – Allegro semplice – Presto – Moderato – Allegro – Coda (Allegro vivace) 4 No.7 Subject 4’43 No.8 Dance with Goblets (Tempo di polacca) 5 No.10 Scene (Moderato) 2’36 6 No.11 Scene (Allegro moderato – 7’57 Allegro vivo) No.12 Scene (Allegro) 7’57 No.13 Dances of the Swans 7 I. Tempo di valse 2’16 8 V. Pas d'action: Odette et le 5’43 prince (Andante) 5’43 9 IV. Danse des petits cygnes 1’16 (Allegro moderato) 10 VI. Danse générale (Valse) 1’32 11 II. Odette solo (Moderato assai) 1’44 12 VII. Coda (Allegro vivace) 2’08 13 No.15 Scene (Allegro giusto) 2’54 14 No.17 Scene: Entrance and Waltz 3’34 of the Special Guests (Allegro – Tempo di valse) 15 No.18 Scene (Allegro – Allegro giusto) 1’53 16 No.21 Spanish Dance (Allegro non 2’17 troppo: tempo di Bolero) 17 No.22 Neapolitan Dance 2’22 (Allegro moderato – Andantino quasi moderato) 18 No.23 Mazurka 2’55 19 No.20 Danse hongroise (Czárdás) 2’28 20 No.5 Pas de deux 7’33 Intrada – Valse – Andante – Valse – Coda (Allegro molto vivace)
Total time: 75’21
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet
CD13 SWAN LAKE OP.20 Abridged version by Riccardo Drigo 1 No.28 Scene (Allegro agitato – Allegro vivace) 2’01 2 No.29 Finale (Andante – Allegro agitato – Alla breve – 6’13 Moderato e maestoso) 3 VARIATIONS ON A ROCOCO THEME OP.33 16’17 Abridged edition by Wilhelm Fitzenhagen SYMPHONY NO.6 IN B MINOR OP.74 ‘PATHÉTIQUE’ 4 I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo 18’11 5 II. Allegro con grazia 7’05 6 III. Allegro molto vivace 8’47 7 IV. Finale (Adagio lamentoso – Andante) 9’44
Total time: 68’10
Maurice Gendron cello (3) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet
CD14 SLEEPING BEAUTY OP.66 1 Introduction (Allegro vivo – Andantino) 7’52 PROLOGUE: THE CHRISTENING No.1 March (Moderato) 2 No.2 Dance Scene 4’14 (Moderato con moto) No.3 Pas de six 3 Introduction – Adagio 4’14 4 Variation I: The Fairy of the 0’45 Crystal Fountain (Allegro moderato) 5 Variation II: The Fairy of the 0’35 Enchanted Garden (Allegro) 6 Variation III: The Fairy of the 0’56 Woodland Glades (Allegro moderato) 7 Variation IV: The Fairy of the 0’31 Songbirds (Moderato) 8 Variation V: The Fairy of the 0’57 Golden Vine (Allegro molto vivace) 9 Variation VI: The Lilac Fairy 0’57 (Tempo di valse) 10 Coda (Allegro giusto) 1’29 11 No.4 Finale 8’11 ACT 1: THE SPELL 12 No.5 Scene 6’36 (Allegro vivo – Moderato) 13 No.6 Waltz (Allegro: Tempo di valse) 4’20 14 No.7 Scene (Andante) 1’50 No.8 Pas d’action 15 Rose Adagio 6’06 (Andante – Adagio maestoso) 16 Dance of the Maids of Honour 1’58 and the Pages 17 Aurora’s Variation 2’38 (Ruggiero Ricci violin) 18 Coda (Allegro giusto) 3’38 19 No.9 Finale 5’39
Total time: 63’28
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet
CD15 SLEEPING BEAUTY OP.66 ACT 2: THE VISION 1 No.10 Entr’acte and Scene 2’46 (Allegro con spirito – Un poco più tranquillo) 2 No.11 Blind Man’s Buff (Allegro vivo) 1’40 No.12 Scene: Dances of the Courtiers 3 Scene 0’40 4 Dance of the Duchesses 0’50 (Minuet: Moderato con moto) 5 Dance of the Baronesses (Gavotte) 0’45 6 Dance of the Countesses 0’30 (Allegro non troppo) 7 Dance of the Marchionesses 0’40 (Allegro non troppo) 8 No.13 Farandole: Scene (Poco più vivo) – 1’35 Dance (Allegro non troppo) 9 No.14 Scene: Prince Florimund and the 4’40 Lilac Fairy No.15 Pas d’action 10 Pas d’action: Aurora and Florimund 5’00 (Andante cantabile) 11 Aurora’s Variation (Allegro con moto) 1’25 12 Coda (Presto) 1’20 13 No.16 Scene (Allegro agitato) 0’45 14 No.17 Panorama (Andantino) 2’50 15 No.19 Symphonic Entr’acte (The Sleep) and 4’15 Scene (Andante misterioso) No.20 Finale: The Awakening (Allegro agitato) ACT 3: THE WEDDING 16 No.21 March (Allegro non troppo) 2’20 17 No.22 Polonaise: Procession of Fairy-Tale 4’35 Characters (Allegro moderato e brillante) No.23 Pas de quatre 18 Introduction (Allegro non tanto) 1’31 19 Variation I: The Golden Fairy 1’00 (Allegro: Tempo di valse) 20 Variation II: The Silver Fairy 1’00 (Allegro giusto) 21 Variation IV: The Diamond Fairy 1’25 (Vivace) – Coda (L’istesso tempo) 22 No.24 Pas de caractère: Puss-in-Boots and 1’59 the White Cat (Allegro moderato) No.25 Pas de quatre 23 Introduction (Adagio) 2’15 24 Variation I: Cinderella and Prince 0’45 Charming (Allegro: Tempo di valse) 25 Variation II: The Bluebird and 0’45 Princess Florine (Andantino) 26 Coda (Presto) 1’30 27 No.26 Pas de caractère: Red Riding Hood 1’20 and the Wolf (Allegro moderato) 28 No.27 Tom Thumb (Allegro agitato – 1’15 Tempo di valse – Vivace assai) 29 Cinderella and Prince Fortune 2’35 No.28 Pas de deux (Aurora and Florimund) 30 Entrée (Allegretto – Allegro moderato) – 3’40 Adagio (Andante non troppo) 31 Variation I: Florimund 1’00 (Vivace – Prestissimo) 32 Variation II: Aurora (Andantino) 1’25 33 Coda (Allegro vivace) 1’20 34 No.29 Sarabande 2’10 No.30 Finale and Apotheosis 35 Finale – 4’00 (Allegro brillante: Tempo di mazurka) 36 Apotheosis (Andante molto maestoso) 1’50
Total time: 69’41
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet
CD16 THE NUTCRACKER OP.71 1 Miniature Overture 3’12 ACT 1 2 No.1 The Decoration of the 4’10 Christmas Tree 3 No.2 March 2’28 4 No.3 Children’s Galop and Entry of 2’14 the Parents 5 No.4 Arrival of Drosselmeyer 5’17 6 No.5 Grandfather’s Dance 5’35 7 No.6 Scene: Clara and the Nutcracker6’35 8 No.7 Scene: The Battle 3’30 9 No.8 Scene: In the Pine Forest 3’23 10 No.9 Waltz of the Snowflakes 6’10 ACT 2 11 No.10 Scene: The Kingdom of Sweets 4’03 12 No.11 Scene: Clara and the Prince 4’41 No.12 Divertissement 13 Chocolate: Spanish Dance 1’11 14 Coffee: Arabian Dance 3’10 15 Tea: Chinese Dance 1’03 16 Trepak: Russian Dance 1’07 17 Dance of the Reed Pipes 2’15 18 Mother Gigogne 2’40 19 No.13 Waltz of the Flowers 6’27
Total time: 69’09
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet
CD17 THE NUTCRACKER OP.71 1 No.14 Pas de deux 5’35 2 Variation I: Tarantella 0’41 3 Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 1’59 4 Coda 1’23 5 No.15 Final Waltz and Apotheosis 5’01 SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA NO.3 IN G OP.55* 6 I. Elégie 9’33 7 II. Valse mélancolique 5’42 8 III. Scherzo 4’39 9 IV. Thème et variations 17’35 SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA NO.4 IN G OP.61 ‘MOZARTIANA’* 10 I. Gigue 1’52 11 II. Menuet 5’00 12 III. Preghiera 5’05 13 IV. Thème et variations 14’13
Total time: 78’27
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet
CD18 PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR OP.23 1 I. Allegro non troppo e molto 18’53 maestoso – Allegro con spirito 2 II. Andante semplice 6’50 3 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’40
Byron Janis piano Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
PIANO CONCERTO NO.2 IN G OP.44 4 I. Allegro brilliante 20’43 5 II. Andante non troppo 8’01 6 III. Allegro con fuoco 8’04
Shura Cherkassky piano Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Walter Susskind
Total time: 69’18
CD19 PIANO CONCERTO NO.3 IN E FLAT OP.75/79 1 I. Allegro brillante 14’23 2 II. Andante 9’33 3 III. Finale: Allegro maestoso 7’54 CONCERT FANTASY OP.56 4 I. Quasi rondo: Andante mosso 14’50 5 II. Contrastes: Andante cantabile 13’15 TCHAIKOVSKY
Total time: 59’57
Michael Ponti piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Louis de Froment (1–3) Prague Symphony Orchestra · Richard Kapp (4–5)
CD20 SHORTER VIOLIN WORKS 1 Méditation 10’42 2 Scherzo 3’24 3 Mélodie 4’00 4 Sérénade mélancolique 10’46 5 Valse-Scherzo 5’35 VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D OP.35 6 I. Allegro moderato 18’45 7 II. Andante 6’23 8 III. Allegro vivacissimo 10’05
Total time: 69’43
Viktor Tretiakov violin USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
CD21 CELLO WORKS 1 Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33 (Original version) 18’40 2 Nocturne (Adapted from 6 Piano Pieces Op.19) 4’01 3 Andante cantabile 5’48 (Adapted from String Quartet No.1 Op.11) 4 Pezzo capriccioso Op.62 6’57 5 Andante cantabile (Adapted from Sleeping Beauty Op.66) 4’34 SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN C OP.48 6 I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina; Andante non troppo – 7’51 Allegro moderato 7 II. Valse: Moderato (Tempo di valse) 3’42 8 III. Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco 8’32 9 IV. Finale (Tema russo): Andante – Allegro con spirito 7’02
Total time: 67’14
Alexander Rudin cello (1–5) Ensemble Instrumental Musica Viva Nicolai Alexeiev (1–5) · Alexander Rudin (6–9)
CD22 LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM OP.41 1 I. Lord, have mercy 3’12 2 II. Glory be to the Father 4’10 3 III. O come, let us worship 4’16 4 IV. Alleluia 1’10 5 V. Glory be to Thee 3’52 6 VI. Hymn of the Cherubim 7’51 7 VII. Lord, have mercy 2’04 8 VIII. The Creed 4’27 9 IX. The mercy of Peace 3’16 10 X. We sing Thee 3’18 11 XI. It is meet 4’07 12 XII. Amen, and with Thy Spirit 1’42 13 XIII. Our Father 3’53 14 XIV. Praise ye the Lord from the Heavens 3’14 15 XV. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord 4’58
Total time: 55’30
National Choir of the Ukraine ‘Dumka’ / Yevhen Savchuk
CD23 SECULAR CHORAL WORKS 1 Evening 2’37 2 Autumn 3’39 3 Child’s Song 1’53 4 Blessed is he who smiles 2’08 5 Why does the sound of the 2’07 revels grow silent? 6 Much too soon in the season 2’26 7 Old French Air 2’25 8 Dawn 3’42 9 Nature and Love 5’50 10 Before sleep 4’00 11 A golden cloud slumbered 2’13 12 A greeting to Anton Rubinstein 2’40 13 The Nightingale 3’40 14 It is not the cuckoo 2’30 15 Night 4’10 16 Hymn to Cyril and Methodius 2’27 17 A Legend 2’31 18 Neapolitan Air (adaptation 2’11 for chorus by Klimov)
Total time: 54’11
Andreï Azovski (2) · Dimitri Kortchak (3) Natalia Savelieva, Véra Trifonova soprano Anetta Michina mezzo-soprano (9) Tamara Kravtchenko piano (8, 9 & 15) The Moscow Academy of Choral Singing / Victor Popov
CD24 PIANO TRIO IN A MINOR OP.50 ‘IN MEMORY OF A GREAT ARTIST’ 1 I. Pezzo elegiaco. Moderato assai – Allegro giusto 18’04 II. Tema con variazioni 2 Andante con moto 1’04 3 Variation I: Cantabile 0’56 4 Variation II: Più mosso 0’33 5 Variation III: Allegro moderato 0’43 6 Variation IV: L’istesso tempo 1’12 7 Variation V: L’istesso tempo 0’39 8 Variation VI: Tempo di valse 2’15 9 Variation VII: Allegro moderato 1’14 10 Variation VIII: Fuga (Allegro moderato) 2’35 11 Variation IX: Andante flebile ma non tanto 3’36 12 Variation X: Tempo di mazurka 1’32 13 Variation XI: Moderato 2’40 14 III. Finale: Allegretto risoluto e con fuoco – 11’24 Coda: Andante con moto – Lugubre
Total time: 64’18
Oistrakh Trio: David Oistrakh violin · Sviatoslav Knushevitsky cello Lev Oborin piano
CD25 STRING QUARTET NO.1 IN D OP.11 1 I. Moderato e semplice 11’31 2 II. Andante cantabile 6’52 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro non tanto e con fuoco 4’12 4 IV. Finale: Allegro giusto – Allegro vivace 6’54 STRING QUARTET NO.2 IN F OP.22 5 I. Adagio – Moderato assai 11’47 6 II. Scherzo: Allegro giusto 5’10 7 III. Andante ma non tanto 11’56 8 IV. Finale: Allegro con moto 5’46 QUARTET MOVEMENT IN B FLAT 9 Adagio misterioso – Allegro con moto – Adagio misterioso 11’35
Total time: 75’44
Endellion String Quartet: Andrew Watkinson, Ralph de Souza violins Garfield Jackson viola · David Waterman cello
CD26 STRING SEXTET IN D MINOR OP.70 ‘SOUVENIR DE FLORENCE’* 1 I. Allegro con spirito 10’21 2 II. Adagio cantabile e con moto 10’05 3 III. Allegretto moderato 6’29 4 IV. Allegro con brio e vivace 7’12 STRING QUARTET NO.3 IN E MINOR OP.30 5 I. Andante sostenuto 15’45 6 II. Allegretto vivo e scherzando 4’07 7 III. Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto 10’20 8 IV. Finale: Allegro non troppo e risoluto 6’14 9 Allegretto moderato in D for string trio 1’06 10 Allegretto in E for string quartet 1’13 11 Allegro vivace in B flat for string quartet 1’31 12 Andante molto in G for string quartet 2’10
Total time: 76’34
Endellion String Quartet: Andrew Watkinson, Ralph de Souza violins Garfield Jackson viola · David Waterman cello *Tim Boulton viola · *Robert Cohen cello
CD27 THE SEASONS OP.37A 1 January 3’32 2 February 2’07 3 March 1’50 4 April 2’01 5 May 3’55 6 June 4’02 7 July 1’26 8 August 2’53 9 September 2’20 10 October 3’26 11 November 2’31 12 December 2’55 6 PIECES FOR PIANO OP.51 13 Valse de salon 4’00 14 Polka peu dansante 3’33 15 Menuetto scherzoso 2’55 16 Natha Valse 2’18 17 Romance 5’10 18 Valse sentimentale 2’43 ALBUM FOR THE YOUNG OP.39 19 Morning Prayer 0’53 20 Winter Morning 0’50 21 Little Horseman 0’29 22 Mama 1’01 23 March of the Wooden Soldiers 0’43 24 The Sick Doll 0’57 25 Dolly’s Funeral 1’04 26 Waltz 0’58 27 The New Doll 0’28 28 Mazurka 0’52 29 Russian Folksong 0’40 30 Peasant’s Song 0’56 31 Russian Dance 0’28 32 Polka 0’28 33 Italian Ditty 0’33 34 Old French Melody 0’55 35 German Song 0’30 36 Neapolitan Dance Tune 0’48 37 Old Nurse’s Song 0’36 38 Witch 0’35 39 Sweet Dreams 1’43 40 Song of the Lark 0’43 41 The Organ Grinder 0’27 42 In Church 1’45
Total time: 74’19
Michael Ponti piano
CD28 PIANO SONATA IN C SHARP MINOR OP.80 1 I. Allegro con fuoco 7’43 2 II. Andante 3’47 3 III. Allegro vivo 4’28 4 IV. Allegro vivo 5’13 18 PIANO PIECES OP.72 5 Impromptu 2’51 6 Berceuse 3’38 7 Tender Reproaches 2’00 8 Danse caractéristique 2’39 9 Méditation 3’53 10 Mazurka pour danser 3’01 11 Concert Polonaise 4’58 12 Dialogue 2’36 13 Un poco di Schumann 1’45 14 Scherzo-Fantasie 5’35 15 Valse bluette 2’07 16 L’Espiègle 1’27 17 Echo rustique 1’42 18 Chant élégiaque 4’30 19 Un poco di Chopin 2’17 20 Valse à cinq temps 1’37 21 Distant Past 2’57 22 Scène dansante 3’09
Total time: 74’21
Michael Ponti piano
CD29 SHORTER PIANO WORKS 1 Scherzo à la russe Op.1 No.1 4’57 2 Impromptu Op.1 No.2 4’23 3 Ruines d’un Chateau 3’15 Op.2 No.1 4 Scherzo Op.2 No.2 3’39 5 Song Without Words 2’14 Op.2 No.3 6 Valse Caprice Op.4 5’24 7 Romanze Op.5 4’43 8 Capriccio Op.8 3’39 9 Rêverie Op.9 No.1 5’42 10 Polka de salon Op.9 No.2 2’20 11 Mazurka de salon Op.9 No.3 3’33 12 Nocturne Op.10 No.1 2’32 13 Humoresque Op.10 No.2 2’16 14 Dumka Op.59 7’32 15 Impromptu 2’01 16 Impromptu-Caprice 2’10 17 Valse-Scherzo 1’19 18 Impromptu-Moderato 1’12 19 Aveu passionne 2’53 20 Valse Scherzo Op.7 3’33 21 Abend-Träumerei 2’37 Op.19 No.1 22 Scherzo humoristique 3’34 Op.19 No.2
Total time: 77’10
Michael Ponti piano
CD30 1 Feuillet d’album Op.19 No.3 1’35 2 Nocturne Op.19 No.4 2’43 3 Capriccioso Op.19 No.5 3’03 4 Theme and Variations 10’01 Op.19 No.6 SIX PIECES ON A SINGLE THEME OP.21 5 I. Praeludium 1’50 6 II. Fugue 2’54 7 III. Impromptu 1’44 8 IV. Trauermarsch 5’46 9 V. Mazurka 4’08 10 VI. Scherzo 4’29 PIANO SONATA IN G MINOR OP.37 11 I. Moderato e risoluto 10’27 12 II. Andante non troppo 9’02 quasi moderato 13 III. Scherzo: Allegro giocoso 3’02 14 IV. Finale: Allegro vivace 6’03
Total time: 67’26
Michael Ponti piano
CD31 12 PIECES OP.40 1 I. Etude 1’26 2 II. Chanson 2’29 3 III. Marche 5’09 4 IV. Mazurka in C 2’47 5 V. Mazurka in D 2’41 6 VI. Chant 2’01 7 VII. Au village 3’15 8 VIII. Walzer 2’22 9 IX. Walzer 2’53 10 X. Danse russe 2’21 11 XI. Scherzo 2’28 12 XII. Rêverie 2’24
Michael Ponti piano
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D OP.35 13 I. Allegro moderato 17’07 14 II. Canzonetta: Andante 6’17 15 III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo 9’12
Aaron Rosand violin Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg Louis de Froment
Total time: 65’33
CD32 EVGENY ONEGIN Opera in three acts Libretto: Konstantin Shilovsky ACT 1 Scene 1 1 Prelude 2’16 2 No.1 Duet and Quartet 4’47 3 No.2 Peasants’ Chorus and Dance 4’54 4 No.3 Scene and Arioso (Olga) 3’22 5 No.4 Scene 2’59 6 No.5 Scene and Quartet 3’14 7 No.6 Scene and Arioso (Lensky) 4’54 8 No.7 Closing Scene 2’25 Scene 2 9. No.8 Introduction and Scene 7’38 10 No.9 Letter Scene 12’00 11 No.10 Scene and Duet 6’07 Scene 3 12 No.11 Servant Girls’ Chorus 2’50 13 No.12 Scene and Aria (Onegin) 7’22 ACT 2 Scene 1 14 No.13 Entr’acte and Waltz 7’11 Scene and Chorus 15 No.14 Scene and Couplets (Triquet) 5’38
Total time: 77’55
Eugene Onegin: ALEXANDER LEBEDEV baritone · Tatiana: ELENA ZELENSKAYA soprano Lensky: FARIT HUSSAINOV tenor · Olga: OLGA OBUCHOVA contralto Filipjevna: GALINA BABITCHEVA mezzo-soprano · Larina: LUDMILLA LADYNSKAYA mezzosoprano Gremin: ALEXEI LEVITSKY bass · Triquet: VLADIMIR VASILIEV tenor Saretzki/Commander: IVAN POTRITSAYEV bass Novosibirsk State Opera Choir and Orchestra chorus master Viacesalv Podyelsky Samuel Friedmann
CD33 EVGENY ONEGIN Opera in three acts Libretto: Konstantin Shilovsky 1 No.15 Mazurka and Scene 4’36 2 No.16 Finale 4’29 Scene 2 3 No.17 Introduction, Scene 7’47 and Aria (Lensky) 4 No.18 Duel Scene 5’40 ACT 3 Scene 1 5 No.19 Polonaise 4’30 6. No.20 Scene 2’02 7 Écossaise I 1’50 8 Scene (continued) 2’06 9 No. 20a Aria (Prince Gremin) 5’02 10 No.21 Scene and Arioso (Onegin) 2’38 11 Écossaise II 0’51 Scene 2 12 No.22 Closing Scene 12’49 (Tatiana and Onegin)
Total time: 54’40
Eugene Onegin: ALEXANDER LEBEDEV baritone · Tatiana: ELENA ZELENSKAYA soprano Lensky: FARIT HUSSAINOV tenor · Olga: OLGA OBUCHOVA contralto Filipjevna: GALINA BABITCHEVA mezzo-soprano · Larina: LUDMILLA LADYNSKAYA mezzosoprano Gremin: ALEXEI LEVITSKY bass · Triquet: VLADIMIR VASILIEV tenor Saretzki/Commander: IVAN POTRITSAYEV bass Novosibirsk State Opera Choir and Orchestra chorus master Viacesalv Podyelsky Samuel Friedmann
CD34 THE OPRICHNIK Opera in four acts and five tableaux Libretto by the composer after the play by Ivan Ivanovich Lazechnikov 1 Introduction 5’40 ACT 1 2 Come in, do us the honour 4’56 (Zemchuznyj) 3 A duckling was swimming in the sea 2’05 (Chorus of Girls) 4 How wearisome it is to spend 3’22 5 A nightingale chirps on leafy fronds 5’52 (Natal’ja) 6 See here if one should get sad 5’28 over such a song! (Zachar’evna) 7 Don’t worry, dear Andrej, 2’42 step forward (Basmanov) 8 Tell me, have you taken a decision? 2’44 (Basmanov) 9 No, my friend (Andrej) 3’57 10 I thought I heard some voices 4’00 (Natal’ja) 11 Here you are then! (Zachar’evna) 4’14 ACT 2 First Tableau 12 Introduction 2’54 13 Much as one tries, life 7’58 never changes (Morozova) 14 No more worries, mother, let 3’35 the wind (Andrej) 15 But you, son, keep purer 2’40 than the snow (Morozova) 16 Basmanov likes wine and pleasures 2’46 (Andrej) 17 Dear son, do not 3’57 abandon me (Morozova) 18 I leave, mother, but I won’t be 2’54 away for long (Andrej)
Total time: 71’54
Prince Zemchuznyj: VASSILY SAVENKO bass · Natal’ja: ELENA LASSOSKAYA soprano Molchan Mit’kov: DMITRI ULIANOV bass · Bojarina Morozova: IRINA DOLJENKO mezzosoprano Andrej Morozov: VSEVOLOD GRIVNOV tenor · Basmanov: ALEXANDRA DURSENEVA contralto · Prince Vjaz’minskij: VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO baritone Zachar’evna: CINZIA DE MOLA soprano Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari chorus master Paolo Vero Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD35 THE OPRICHNIK Opera in four acts and five tableaux Libretto by the composer after the play by Ivan Ivanovich Lazechnikov Second Tableau 1 Introduction 1’54 2 What refuge shall I find from 2’38 my sins? (Chorus of Oprichniks) 3 Brothers, stop being engrossed 2’20 in godly things! (Vjaz’minskij) 4 No, stay, I come from the Czar 3’45 (Basmanov) 5 Have you made this choice freely 0’31 (Vjaz’minskij) 6 Before you, like before God (Andrej) 2’25 7 Are you ready, then, to take the 2’22 sacred oath? (Vjaz’minskij) 8 O Natal’ja, O mother! (Andrej) 3’37 9 In the name of the almighty God 7’21 (Vjaz’minskij/ Chorus of Oprichniks) 10 As glorious as the sun in a clear day 2’47 (Vjaz’minskij/ Chorus of Oprichniks) ACT 3 11 Introduction 3’40 12 Dark times are looming on us 7’35 (Chorus of People) 13 Oh, how lonely I already feel! 2’27 (Morozova) 14 Filthy bitch, dirty broom 1’42 (Chorus of Boys) 15 I run to you, dear mother (Natal’ja) 7’10
Total time: 52’21
Prince Zemchuznyj: VASSILY SAVENKO bass · Natal’ja: ELENA LASSOSKAYA soprano Molchan Mit’kov: DMITRI ULIANOV bass · Bojarina Morozova: IRINA DOLJENKO mezzosoprano Andrej Morozov: VSEVOLOD GRIVNOV tenor · Basmanov: ALEXANDRA DURSENEVA contralto · Prince Vjaz’minskij: VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO baritone Zachar’evna: CINZIA DE MOLA soprano Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari chorus master Paolo Vero Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD36 THE OPRICHNIK Opera in four acts and five tableaux Libretto by the composer after the play by Ivan Ivanovich Lazechnikov 1 Let’s run away, come, let’s flee 1’43 somewhere (Natal’ja) 2 I am before you and before the Lord 4’51 (Natal’ja) 3 Go, princess (Zemchuznyj) 6’10 4 I deny you, off with you, Praetorian 1’23 (Morozova) 5 Alas, I cannot fully grasp (Andrej) 5’03 6 Take heart, brother in faith 4’14 (Basmanov) ACT 4 7 Honour and glory to the fine, 5’38 courageous lad (Wedding Chorus) 8 Dances of Oprichniks and women 6’09 9 Friends, this day is both joyful 6’05 and sad (Andrej) 10 Oh, if only this banquet would end! 2’33 (Natal’ja) 11 You are my light, my life (Natal’ja) 3’43 12 Oh, may they never age 4’11 (Wedding Chorus) 13 My respects to the noble 4’50 congregation (Vjaz’minskij) 14 Look, a frightening storm threatens 4’30 (Vjaz’minskij) 15 And so, my dove, do you know who 5’36 is calling you? (Vjaz’minskij)
Total time: 66’52
Prince Zemchuznyj: VASSILY SAVENKO bass · Natal’ja: ELENA LASSOSKAYA soprano Molchan Mit’kov: DMITRI ULIANOV bass · Bojarina Morozova: IRINA DOLJENKO mezzosoprano Andrej Morozov: VSEVOLOD GRIVNOV tenor · Basmanov: ALEXANDRA DURSENEVA contralto · Prince Vjaz’minskij: VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO baritone Zachar’evna: CINZIA DE MOLA soprano Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari chorus master Paolo Vero Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD37 CHEREVICHKI Libretto by Jakov Polonskij, after the play Christmas Night by Nicolaj Gogol 1 Overture 11’39 2 Ah, how silvery the moon shines (Solocha) 8’24 3 She’s got really warmed up (Bes) 9’28 4 Just look at the snowstorm (Oksana) 1’59 5 A little apple tree was blossoming in the garden (Oksana) 6’27 6 She never takes her eyes off herself (Vakula) 6’23 7 Look at the way you are! (Oksana) 1’41 8 What’s all this noise? (Oksana) 6’23 9 If only people were a bit more intelligent (Oksana) 6’14
Total time: 58’43
Vakula, a smith: VALERIJ POPOV tenor Solocha, Vakula’s mother (a witch): LUDMILA SEMCIUK mezzo-soprano Bes, an imp from hell: ALBERT SCHAGIDULLIN baritone Cub, an old Cossack: VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO bass Oksana, Cub’s daughter: EKATERINA MOROSOVA soprano · Pan Golova: BARSEG TUMANYAN bass · Panas: VALENTIN PROLAT tenor · Schoolmaster, formerly a pupil of the seminary: VLADIMIR OKENKO tenor · Master of Ceremonies: ALBERT SCHAGIDULLIN baritone · Guard: PAVEL CERNOCH tenor · Old Cossack: FRANTISEK ZAHRADNICEK bass · Wood Spirit: FABIO BONAVITA baritone Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari chorus master Paolo Vero Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD38 CHEREVICHKI continuation Libretto by Jakov Polonskij, after the play Christmas Night by Nicolaj Gogol 1 Intermezzo 1’34 2 The storm has swept my broomstick away (Solocha) 5’55 3 Now that’s what I call now (Golova) 3’26 4 Is anyone in? (Schoolmaster) 3’00 5 A woman runs after the devil (Schoolmaster) 4’08 6 Greetings! (Cub) 2’32 7 I don’t feel well… (Schoolmaster) 1’37 8 A year has gone by… (Vakula) 3’31 9 Good evening! (Chorus) 6’09 10 Oksana, why are you so late? (Chorus) 7’21 11 My shoes aren’t very big (Oksana) 3’19 12 Ah, Vakula, you’re here again (Oksana) 5’56
Total time: 48’34
Vakula, a smith: VALERIJ POPOV tenor Solocha, Vakula’s mother (a witch): LUDMILA SEMCIUK mezzo-soprano Bes, an imp from hell: ALBERT SCHAGIDULLIN baritone Cub, an old Cossack: VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO bass Oksana, Cub’s daughter: EKATERINA MOROSOVA soprano · Pan Golova: BARSEG TUMANYAN bass · Panas: VALENTIN PROLAT tenor · Schoolmaster, formerly a pupil of the seminary: VLADIMIR OKENKO tenor · Master of Ceremonies: ALBERT SCHAGIDULLIN baritone · Guard: PAVEL CERNOCH tenor · Old Cossack: FRANTISEK ZAHRADNICEK bass · Wood Spirit: FABIO BONAVITA baritone Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari chorus master Paolo Vero Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD39 CHEREVICHKI conclusion Libretto by Jakov Polonskij, after the play Christmas Night by Nicolaj Gogol 1 Intermezzo 2’50 2 It is dark, too dark 4’33 (Chorus of Undines) 3 Where have I come to? (Vakula) 1’09 4 Who knows, my girl, if your 6’26 heart can feel may pain (Vakula) 5 We are there (Bes) 9’52 6 Before we start the dances 6’30 (His Serene Highness) 7 Did you have a good journey? 3’40 (His Serene Highness) 8 Russian dance 4’43 9 Cossack dance 3’21 10 In the Czarina’s family 2’43 theatre (Master of Ceremonies) 11 Some say he threw himself into 4’52 the river! (Solocha) 12 We invite you to our house 3’09 (Chorus of women) 13 If you want to drink honey 7’07 (Chorus) 14 Strong winds, do not blow in 6’27 the thick woods(Chorus)
Total time: 67’29
Vakula, a smith: VALERIJ POPOV tenor Solocha, Vakula’s mother (a witch): LUDMILA SEMCIUK mezzo-soprano Bes, an imp from hell: ALBERT SCHAGIDULLIN baritone Cub, an old Cossack: VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO bass Oksana, Cub’s daughter: EKATERINA MOROSOVA soprano · Pan Golova: BARSEG TUMANYAN bass · Panas: VALENTIN PROLAT tenor · Schoolmaster, formerly a pupil of the seminary: VLADIMIR OKENKO tenor · Master of Ceremonies: ALBERT SCHAGIDULLIN baritone · Guard: PAVEL CERNOCH tenor · Old Cossack: FRANTISEK ZAHRADNICEK bass · Wood Spirit: FABIO BONAVITA baritone Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari chorus master Paolo Vero Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CD40 THE MAID OF ORLEANS Opera in four acts Libretto by the composer 1 Introduction 7’26 ACT 1 2 Let us all gather here (Chorus) 2’18 3 I do not enjoy your songs and 5’15 games (Thibaut/Raymond/Joan) 4 Answer, Joan, will you obey my 1’26 wishes? (Thibaut/Joan/Raymond) 5 A distant fire… 4’12 (Raymond/Thibaut/Chorus/Bertrand) 6 Brothers and friends, dry your 3’32 tears! (Joan/Chorus/Soldier/Thibaut) 7 Almighty God 6’43 (Joan/Raymond/Bertrand/Chorus) 8 Yes, the time has come! (Joan) 2’21 9 Farewell hills, dear fields (Joan) 4’34 10 But will I have the strength 4’06 (Joan/Chorus) 11 Entr’acte 3’00 ACT 2 12 Days and years hurry by (Minstrel) 3’21 13 Oh! Agnes! (King) 0’36 14 Ballet 11’07 15 I am well pleased! 2’39 (King/Dunois/Agnes) 16 l beg of you, hurry now 3’19 (Dunois/King) 17 Grief! Grief! (Lore/King/Dunois) 3’39
Total time: 69’44
Joan of Arc: SOFIA PREOBRAZHENSKAYA · King Charles VII: VITALI IGNATIEVICH KILCHEVSKY · The Cardinal: NICOLAI KONSTANTINOV · Agnes Sorel: ODILIA KASHEVAROVA · Dunois: VITALI RUNOVSKY · Lionel: L. SOLOMIAK Raymond: VLADIMIR ULIANOV · Thibaut d’Arc: IVAN YASHUGIN Bertrand: I. SHASHKOV · Soldier: S. VODSINSKY · Laure: A. MARIN Angel: M. MERZHEVSKAYA · Minstrel: N. GRISHANOV Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov State Academic Theatre / Boris Khaikin
CD41 THE MAID OF ORLEANS Opera in four acts Libretto by the composer 1 A terrible fate is upon us… 3’31 (King/Agnes) 2 If you have not been given the 2’49 strength (Agnes) 3 If it were not for you, my angel 2’32 (King/Agnes) 4 Glory, glory to our rescuer, our 4’03 maiden! (Chorus/Agnes/Dunois/King/Cardinal) 5 So you are a saint?… 6’02 (Dunois/Joan/King/Cardinal) 6 Holy father, my name is Joan (Joan) 4’53 7 I must be silent before Cardinal 3’49 (King/Agnes/Chorus/Joan) ACT 3 8 Halt, halt, you are dead! 3’26 (Joan/Lionel) 9 Why do you hesitate? (Lionel/Joan) 2’58 10 I feel sorry for your beauty 5’19 (Lionel/Joan) 11 I surrender to you! 2’17 (Lionel/Dunois/Joan) 12 Glory to the King! (Chorus) 9’51 13 Let us return, dear Thibaut 4’32 (Raymond/Thibaut) 14 Glory to the Almighty (Chorus) 4’18 15 Glory, glory to the King! 3’16 (Chorus/King) 16 Oh God! My father! 2’04 (Joan/Chorus/Thibaut/King) 17 She bends her head… (All) 3’50 18 Why are you afraid? (All) 2’28 19 Joan, take advantage of this 0’56 moment (Lionel/Joan)
Total time: 70’07
Joan of Arc: SOFIA PREOBRAZHENSKAYA · King Charles VII: VITALI IGNATIEVICH KILCHEVSKY · The Cardinal: NICOLAI KONSTANTINOV · Agnes Sorel: ODILIA KASHEVAROVA · Dunois: VITALI RUNOVSKY · Lionel: L. SOLOMIAK Raymond: VLADIMIR ULIANOV · Thibaut d’Arc: IVAN YASHUGIN Bertrand: I. SHASHKOV · Soldier: S. VODSINSKY · Laure: A. MARIN Angel: M. MERZHEVSKAYA · Minstrel: N. GRISHANOV Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov State Academic Theatre / Boris Khaikin
CD42 THE MAID OF ORLEANS Opera in four acts Libretto by the composer ACT 4 1 Introduction 2’39 2 How can I resist this love? (Joan) 3’10 3 Oh wonderful, sweet dream! 4’24 (Lionel/Joan) 4 You have disobeyed the will of 2’25 heaven (Chorus/Lionel/Joan) 5 Look, they are bringing her (Chorus) 3’10 6 Holy father! Help me, I am afraid! 4’50 (Joan/Chorus) 7 ARENSKY: Kubok 7’10 Ballata for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra Sofia Preobrazhenskaya mezzo-soprano Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov State Academic Theatre / B. Kahikin IOLANTA 8 Overture 2’24 9 Iolanta, my little one, are you tired? 9’03 10 That’s enough, dear, no more now 2’08 11 Brigitta, is that you? 5’24 12 A bugle call 11’29
Total time: 58’23
Maid of Orleans: Joan of Arc: SOFIA PREOBRAZHENSKAYA · King Charles VII: VITALI IGNATIEVICH KILCHEVSKY · The Cardinal: NICOLAI KONSTANTINOV · Agnes Sorel: ODILIA KASHEVAROVA · Dunois: VITALI RUNOVSKY · Lionel: L. SOLOMIAK Raymond: VLADIMIR ULIANOV · Thibaut d’Arc: IVAN YASHUGIN Bertrand: I. SHASHKOV · Soldier: S. VODSINSKY · Laure: A. MARIN Angel: M. MERZHEVSKAYA · Minstrel: N. GRISHANOV Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov State Academic Theatre / Boris Khaikin
Iolanta: Novosibirsk State Opera Orchestra, Choir and Soloists chorus master Viaceslav Podyelsky Soloists: Olga Obuchova mezzo-soprano · Vladimir Prudnik baritone · Liliya Ustiuzhanina mezzo-soprano Tatyana Gorbunova alto · Andrei Alexeev tenor · Ivan Potritsayev bass · Vassily Gorshkov tenor Sergei Nikitin baritone · Alexei Levitsky bass · Tatyana Vorozhzova soprano Alexei Ludmilin
CD43 IOLANTA 1 The expression you wear 6’16 2 Hurry not, it is so dark here 4’56 3 No, the charming attentions 3’18 4 But where on earth are we? 19’50 5 Iolanta! Where are you? 10’50 6 Please forgive me 12’09
Total time: 57’22
Novosibirsk State Opera Orchestra, Choir and Soloists chorus master Viaceslav Podyelsky Soloists: Olga Obuchova mezzo-soprano · Vladimir Prudnik baritone · Liliya Ustiuzhanina mezzo-soprano Tatyana Gorbunova alto · Andrei Alexeev tenor · Ivan Potritsayev bass · Vassily Gorshkov tenor Sergei Nikitin baritone · Alexei Levitsky bass · Tatyana Vorozhzova soprano Alexei Ludmilin
CD44 PIQUE DAME (QUEEN OF SPADES) 1 Introduction 3’43 2 Burn, burn bright 4’33 3 How did the game end last night? 7’06 4 Finally God has sent us a sunny little day! 4’57 5 I am frightened 2’55 6 What a witch that Countess is! 5’32 7 Se non e vero, e ben trovato 3’41 8 Evening already 2’55 9 Bewitching! Enchanting 5’25 10 Mesdemoiselles, What’s this noise? 1’34 11 It’s time now to be breaking up 17’57 12 Happily and merrily on this day 3’16 13 The master asks his dear guests to come and see 1’31 14 Stay for one moment 4’51 15 I would like to see her right now 2’33 16 Under the thick shade near the calm brook 3’53
Total time: 76’32
Veronika Borissenko · Andrej Ivanov · Naina-Elena Korneyeva · Pavel Lisitian Georgi Nelepp · Eugenia Smolenskaya · Evgenia Verbitskaya Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre / Alexander Melik Pashaev
CD45 PIQUE DAME (QUEEN OF SPADES) 1 My darling little friend 9’35 2 Who, ardently and passionately loving! 4’19 3 Everything is as she told me 8’39 4 That’s not enough talk from you! 6’31 5 Don´t be frightened! 7’31 6 I do not believe that you wanted the Countess’s death 6’49 7 I am frightened! 3’32 8 Midnight is already nearing 5’10 9 But if the clock strikes out in reply to me 7’39 10 We will drink and be merry 3’03 11 If darling girls could fly like birds 3’44 12 To business, gentleman, to cards! 10’44
Total time: 77’24
Veronika Borissenko · Andrej Ivanov · Naina-Elena Korneyeva · Pavel Lisitian Georgi Nelepp · Eugenia Smolenskaya · Evgenia Verbitskaya Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre / Alexander Melik Pashaev
CD46 CHARODEIKA 1 Overture 6’34 2 No.1 Group scene 3’29 3 No.2 Group scene 4’22 4 No.3 Chorus of Visiting Guest and Scene 2’44 5 No.4 Scene and Arioso 5’57 6 No.5 Chorus and Scene 5’33 7 No.6 Scene 10’18 8 No.7 Finale 10’56 9 No.8 Scene and Arioso 13’24 10 No.9 Scene and Duet 8’07 11 No.10 Scene 5’03
Total time: 76’39
Kuma: NATALIA SOKOLOVA soprano Prince Nikita Danilich Kurliatov: MIKHAIL KISSELEV baritone Princess Evpraksia Kurliatov: VERONIKA BORISSENKO mezzo-soprano Prince Yuri: GEORGI NELEPP tenor · Mamyrov: ALEXEI KOROLEV bass Nenila: ANNA MATUSHINA mezzo-soprano · Ivan Zhuran: MIKHAIL SKAZIN bass Paisi: PAVEL PONTRIAGIN tenor · Kudma: PAVEL KOROBKOV baritone Polya: VARVARA GRADOVA soprano · Foka: ALEXANDER TIKHONOV baritone Balakin: SERAFIM SLADKOPEVTZEV tenor · Potap: LEVON KHACHATUROV baritone Lukash: ALEXEI USMANOV tenor · Kichiga: GENADI TROITZKY bass Moscow Radio Chorus Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Samuil Samosud
CD47 CHARODEIKA 1 No.11 Scene and Arioso 6’00 2 No.12 Scene 7’14 3 No.13 Group Scene 5’49 4 No.14 Finale 4’47 5 No.15 Scene and Duet 14’29 6 No.16 Scene 8’26 7 No.17 Scene and Duet 21’36
Total time: 68’30
Kuma: NATALIA SOKOLOVA soprano Prince Nikita Danilich Kurliatov: MIKHAIL KISSELEV baritone Princess Evpraksia Kurliatov: VERONIKA BORISSENKO mezzo-soprano Prince Yuri: GEORGI NELEPP tenor · Mamyrov: ALEXEI KOROLEV bass Nenila: ANNA MATUSHINA mezzo-soprano · Ivan Zhuran: MIKHAIL SKAZIN bass Paisi: PAVEL PONTRIAGIN tenor · Kudma: PAVEL KOROBKOV baritone Polya: VARVARA GRADOVA soprano · Foka: ALEXANDER TIKHONOV baritone Balakin: SERAFIM SLADKOPEVTZEV tenor · Potap: LEVON KHACHATUROV baritone Lukash: ALEXEI USMANOV tenor · Kichiga: GENADI TROITZKY bass Moscow Radio Chorus Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Samuil Samosud
CD48 CHARODEIKA 1 No.18 Scene with Chorus 11’30 2 No.19 Scene and Duet 7’44 3 No.20 Scene and Arioso 6’25 4 No.21 Scene and Duet 4’32 5 No.22 Scene and Quartet 2’20 6 No.23 Finale 15’57 VERESTOVSKY: Toropka’s Three Songs (Askold´s Tomb) 7 I. 2’16 8 II. 5’54 9 III. 0’56 10 GLINKA: Scene of the Finn and Ruslan (Ruslan and Ludmilla) 8’57 11 TCHAIKOVSKY: Her name is unknown to me (Pique Dame) 2’31 12 TCHAIKOVSKY: Forgive me, bright celestial visions (Pique Dame) 3’10 13 TCHAIKOVSKY: What is our life? (Pique Dame) 2’21
Total time: 74’47
Kuma: NATALIA SOKOLOVA soprano Prince Nikita Danilich Kurliatov: MIKHAIL KISSELEV baritone Princess Evpraksia Kurliatov: VERONIKA BORISSENKO mezzo-soprano Prince Yuri: GEORGI NELEPP tenor · Mamyrov: ALEXEI KOROLEV bass Nenila: ANNA MATUSHINA mezzo-soprano · Ivan Zhuran: MIKHAIL SKAZIN bass Paisi: PAVEL PONTRIAGIN tenor · Kudma: PAVEL KOROBKOV baritone Polya: VARVARA GRADOVA soprano · Foka: ALEXANDER TIKHONOV baritone Balakin: SERAFIM SLADKOPEVTZEV tenor · Potap: LEVON KHACHATUROV baritone Lukash: ALEXEI USMANOV tenor · Kichiga: GENADI TROITZKY bass Moscow Radio Chorus Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Samuil Samosud
CD49 MAZEPPA Opera in three acts · Libretto: Victor Burenin after Pushkin’s poem Poltava 1 Introduction 7’01 ACT 1 Scene 1: Kochubey’s Garden 2 Girls' Chorus and Scene: I weave 4’37 my fragant garland 3 Arioso and Duet: You love the 8’17 songs, dear companions 4 Scene: Well, Vasily, you honour 2’43 me wonderfully 5 Chorus and Dance:There is no 1’28 bridge here 6 Hopak 3’51 7 Scene and Arioso: That's fine, 4’32 I like that! 8 Quarrel Scene: Mazeppa, 8’25 I'm distressed by what you say Scene 2: Room in Kochubey's House 9 Chorus and Mother's Lament: 3’14 As the storm brings clouds over the sky 10 Finale: Abandon your grief, 10’19 Kochubey ACT 2 Scene 1: The dungeon of Belotserkovsky Castle 11 Prison Scene: So this is the 15’46 reward for my information 12 Mazeppa's Monologue and 6’33 Scene with Orlik: How still is the Ukranian night
Total time: 77’05
Mazeppa: AL. IVANOV baritone · Kochubey: I. PETROV bass Lyubov: V. Davidova mezzo-soprano · Maria: N. POKROVSKAYA soprano Andrey: G. Bolshakov tenor · Orlik: V. TYUTYNNIK bass Iskra: T. CHERNIAKOV tenor · Drunk Cossack: F. GODOVKIN tenor Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre / Vassili Nebolsin
CD50 MAZEPPA Opera in three acts · Libretto: Victor Burenin after Pushkin’s poem Poltava 1 Mazeppa's Arioso: O Maria, Maria! 6’25 2 Mazeppa's Scene with Maria: 13’53 My dearest love 3 Scene between Maria and 8’30 her Mother: How the stars twinkle in the sky Scene 3: The place of execution 4 Crowd Scene: Will it be soon? 3’59 5 Finale: Hey ho, fiddle-de-dee 8’09 6 The Battle of Poltava 6’02 (Symphonic sketch) ACT 3: Kochubey’s deserted garden 7 Scene and Andrey's Aria: 7’33 In bloody battle, on the field of honour 8 Scene and Duet: I hear in the 3’45 distance the clatter of horses' hooves 9 Appearance of the demented 7’26 Maria: Unhappy man! God knows 10 Finale: The old man's gone, 9’02 how my heart beats
Total time: 74’56
Mazeppa: AL. IVANOV baritone · Kochubey: I. PETROV bass Lyubov: V. Davidova mezzo-soprano · Maria: N. POKROVSKAYA soprano Andrey: G. Bolshakov tenor · Orlik: V. TYUTYNNIK bass Iskra: T. CHERNIAKOV tenor · Drunk Cossack: F. GODOVKIN tenor Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre / Vassili Nebolsin
CD51 1 Zemphira’s song 2’13 2 Midnight 2’30 3 To forget so soon 3’08 4 Lullaby Op.16 No.1 4’32 5 Wait! Op.16 No.2 4’27 6 Carry my heart away 2’22 7 As when upon hot ashes Op.25 No.2 1’57 8 Do not leave me Op.27 No.3 2’51 9 He loved me so Op.28 No.1 3’24 10 If I had known Op.47 No.1 5’02 11 A soul floated gently up to Heaven Op.47 No.2 3’29 12 Darkness has fallen over the Earth Op.47 No.6 4’35 13 Whether in the realm of day Op.47 No.6 3’23 14 Was I not a blade of grass? Op.47 No.7 6’49 15 Wild nights Op.60 No.6 3’22 16 Gypsy’s song Op.60 No.7 2’53 17 Gentle stars shone for us Op.60 No.12 3’25
Total time: 61’05
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya soprano · Ljuba Orfenova piano
CD52 CHILDREN’S SONGS OP.54 1 Grandmother and Grandson 2’23 2 The Little Bird 2’31 3 Spring 2’11 4 My Little Garden 2’28 5 A Legend 3’20 6 On the River-Bank 3’22 7 A Winter’s Evening 4’37 8 The Cuckoo 2’44 9 Spring 2’21 10 Lullaby in a Storm 3’11 11 The Flower 3’26 12 Winter 2’20 13 Spring Song 3’00 14 Autumn 4’41 15 The Swallow 2’46 16 A Little Children’s Song 2’28 SIX ROMANCES OP.73 17 We Sat Together 3’04 18 Night 4’15 19 This Moonlit Night 1’57 20 The Sun Has Set 1’51 21 On Gloomy Day 1’40 22 Once More, As Before 2’40
Total time: 64’09
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya soprano · Ljuba Orfenova piano
CD53 1 Both painfully and sweetly Op.6 No.3 3’03 2 My genius, my angel Op.6 No.3 1’53 3 Only you alone Op.57 No.6 3’01 4 Do not ask Op.57 No.3 3’04 5 Death Op.57 No.5 2’40 6 No, only he who has known Op.6 No.6 3’40 7 Why? Op.6 No.5 3’42 8 The first meeting Op.63 No.4 1’48 9 Not a word, O my friend Op.6 No.2 3’57 10 Pimpinella Op.38 No.6 4’22 11 Sleep, poor friend Op.47 No.4 4’22 12 I opened the window Op.63 No.2 2’01 13 The fires in the room were already out Op.63 No.5 2’47 14 Serenade Op.63 No.6 4’04 15 Why did I dream of you? Op.28 No.3 3’11 16 I do not please you Op.63 No.3 3’29 17 Do not believe, my friend Op.6 No.1 4’19 18 The fearful minute Op.28 No.6 3’56 19 Sleep Op.57 No.4 4’32 20 I did not love you at first Op.63 No.1 2’11 21 On the golden cornfields Op.57 No.2 3’48
Total time: 70’22
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya soprano · Ljuba Orfenova piano
CD54 1 They said: You fool, do 2’05 not go Op.25 No.6 2 No time to take a walk 3’06 3 Last night Op.60 No.1 2’52 4 I don’t tell you anything 2’31 Op.60 No.2 5 Excuse me Op.60 No.8 3’11 6 In the shadow outside the 1’46 window Op.60 No.10 7 Night Op.60 No.9 4’04 8 Nightingale Op.60 No.4 3’42 9 Simple Words Op.60 No.5 2’35 10 For one simple word 1’49 11 Canary Op.25 No.4 3’59 12 The eyes of spring are blue 2’59 13 So what can I say? 3’13 Op.16 No.5 14 Oh, if only you knew 2’25 Op.60 No.3 15 Oh, sing that song 2’57 Op.16 No.4 16 Reconciliation Op.25 No.1 5’43 17 I bless you, woods 4’19 Op.47 No.5 18 Evening Op.27 No.4 2’23 19 It was in early spring 2’43 Op.38 No.2 20 Amid the din of the ball 2’28 Op.38 No.3 21 The exploit Op.60 No.11 3’32 22 Mignon’s Song Op.25 No.3 4’56 on a theme from ‘Ruins of Athens’
Total time: 69’15
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya soprano · Ljuba Orfenova piano
CD55 1 I will never name her 3’36 Op.28 No.1 SIX FRENCH SONGS OP.65 2 I. Serenade 2’06 3 II. Disillusionment 3’14 4 III. Serenade 3’23 5 IV. Let the winter… 2’58 6 V. Tears 3’00 7 VI. Enchantress 1’28 8 Oh, if you could Op.38 No.4 1’43 9 No reply, no word, no 2’30 greeting Op.28 No.5 10 New Greek Song Op.16 No.6 3’52 11 My mischief Op.27 No.6 2’32 12 Love of a dead man 4’09 Op.38 No.5 13 You were in my dream 2’53 14 Oh no, do not love me 1’56 for my beauty HAMLET OP.671 (excerpts) 15 I. Ophelia’s First Scene 3’12 16 II. Ophelia’s Second Scene 2’42 17 III. Grave-digger’s Song 1’20 18 Hear at least once Op.16 No.3 2’01 19 I never spoke to her 4’38 Op.25 No.5 20 Before sleep Op.27 No.1 3’21 21 Look: there is a silver cloud 4’39 Op.27 No.2 22 Had my mother borne me 3’29 Op.27 No.5 23 A String of Corals Op.28 No.2 5’08 24 Don Juan’s Serenade 3’05 Op.38 No.1
Total time: 72’56
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya soprano · Ljuba Orfenova piano
CD56 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR OP.23 1 I. Allegro non troppo e molto 19’19 maestoso - Allegro con spirito 2 II. Andantino semplice – 6’43 Prestissimo 3 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’26
Lev Oborin piano USSR State TV and Radio Orchestra Alexander Gauk
PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR OP. 23 4 I. Allegro non troppo e 19’02 molto maestoso 5 II. Andantino semplice 6’08 6 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’33
Emil Gilels piano USSR State Symphony Orchestra Kyrill Kondrashin
Total time: 64’14
CD57 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR OP.23 1 I. Allegro non troppo e molto 20’44 maestoso 2 II. Andantino semplice – 6’21 Prestissimo – Tempo I 3 III. Allegro con fuoco 7’10
Sviatoslav Richter piano Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Kyrill Kondrashin
PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR OP. 23 4 I. Allegro non troppo e 20’12 molto maestoso 5 II. Andantino semplice 6’30 6 III. Allegro con fuoco 7’09
Evgeny Kissin piano St Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev
Total time: 68’05
CD58 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D OP.35 1 I. Allegro moderato 18’36 2 II. Canzonetta: Andante 5’59 3 III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo 10’01
David Oistrakh violin Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D OP.35 4 I. Allegro moderato 18’37 5 II. Canzonetta: Andante 6’29 6 III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo 9’29
Leonid Kogan violin USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra Vassily Nebolsin
Total time: 69’12
CD59 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS SYMPHONY NO.5 IN E MINOR OP.64 1 I. Andante – Allegro con anima 13’10 2 II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza 11’33 3 III. Valse: Allegro moderato 5’26 4 IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace – 11’02 Molto vivace – Moderato assai 5 PAS DE DEUX (Sleeping Beauty) 5’15 6 CAPRICCIO ITALIEN OP.45 14’26
Total time: 60’56
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Evgeny Mravinsky
CD60 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN C OP.48 1 I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina 9’42 2 II. Walzer 3’49 3 III. Elegia 8’36 4 IV. Finale 7’53 THE NUTCRACKER – BALLET SUITE OP.71A (selection) 5 I. Dance of the Mirlitons 2’37 6 II. Chinese Dance 1’02 7 III. Arabian Dance 3’59 8 FRANCESCA DA RIMINI OP.32 22’48 Symphonic Fantasy after Dante
Total time: 60’56
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Evgeny Mravinsky