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Rimsky-Korsakov - Complete Songs | Brilliant Classics 93971

Rimsky-Korsakov - Complete Songs

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93971

Barcode: 5028421939711

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 23rd November 2009

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Contents

Artists

Natalia Gerasimova (soprano)
Marina Choutova (mezzo-soprano)
Alexei Martinov (tenor)
Mikhail Lanskoi (baritone)
Sergei Baikov (bass)
Elena Tcheglakova (piano)
Vladimir Skanavi (piano)
Aristote Onstantinidi (piano)
Ilya Scheps (piano)

Works

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Songs (2), op.25
Songs (2), op.56
Songs (4), op.2
Songs (4), op.3
Songs (4), op.4
Songs (4), op.7
Songs (4), op.26
Songs (4), op.27
Songs (4), op.39
Songs (4), op.40
Songs (4), op.42
Songs (4), op.43 'In spring'
Songs (4), op.50
Songs (4), op.55
Songs (5), op.45 'To the poet'
Songs (5), op.46 'By the sea'
Songs (5), op.51
Songs (6), op.8

Artists

Natalia Gerasimova (soprano)
Marina Choutova (mezzo-soprano)
Alexei Martinov (tenor)
Mikhail Lanskoi (baritone)
Sergei Baikov (bass)
Elena Tcheglakova (piano)
Vladimir Skanavi (piano)
Aristote Onstantinidi (piano)
Ilya Scheps (piano)

About

Like Borodin, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was not set on a career as a composer until he, too, met with Mili Balakirev, who made him abandon his career as a midshipman in the Imperial Russian Navy. Just as well he did switch direction, as his artistic leanings would have eventually led him into trouble with the Czarist censor. He eventually became a fierce opponent of the Romanov regime.

Rimsky became a member of ‘The Mighty Handful’, or ‘The Five’, consisting of Borodin, Balakirev (the recruiting sergeant for the group), Cui and Mussorgsky. In his travel with the navy he absorbed all sorts of musical and cultural influences, especially those of the Orient. He travelled widely, from the UK, America, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, France, Spain, Italy and Egypt. On these trips he often wrote  songs, and in total he arranged over 140 traditional songs and composed 79 of his own.

This 3 CD set presents the bulk of his original songs. They date from 1862 to 1898 and contain some rarely heard repertoire. These delightful songs are just as rich and rewarding as his better known orchestral and operatic works.

All Russian performers guarantee an authentic interpretation.

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