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Galina Vishnevskaya – Songs and Opera Arias | EMI 3650082

Galina Vishnevskaya – Songs and Opera Arias

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Label: EMI

Cat No: 3650082

Barcode: 0094636500829

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 4th September 2006

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Contents

Works

Modest Mussorgsky
Sunless; Songs and Dances of Death (Orchestrated Dmitri Shostakovich)

Sergei Prokofiev
Russian Folksongs, Op. 104

Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
Sadko, Op. 5 (highlights); In the silence of the night, Op.40, No.3; Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Op. 2 No. 2; The dying glow of the sunset, Op.39, No.2; The heavy clouds disperse; The clouds begin to scatter (Elegy) Op. 42 No. 3; Plus sonore que le chant de l’alouette, Op.43, No.1; Not the wind blowing from the heights, Op.43, No.2; The octave, Op.45, No.3; The Nymph Op. 56 No. 1

Dmitri Shostakovich
Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127; Satires ’Sketches of the past’, Op. 109

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12; Song: ’Was I not a blade of grass?’ Op. 47 No. 7; Do not believe, my friend Op. 6 No. 1; The Fearful Minute Op. 28 No. 6; Sleep, my poor friend, Op.47, No. 4; In this moonlight, Op.73, No.3; Cradle Song, Op. 16 No. 1; Why?; In the midst of the ball, Op. 38 No. 3; If only I had known, Op.47, No.1; It happened in the early Spring Op. 38 No. 2; Snova, kak prezhde, odin, Op. 73 No. 6

Artists

Galina Vishnevskaya
Mstislav Rostropovich
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Works

Modest Mussorgsky
Sunless; Songs and Dances of Death (Orchestrated Dmitri Shostakovich)

Sergei Prokofiev
Russian Folksongs, Op. 104

Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
Sadko, Op. 5 (highlights); In the silence of the night, Op.40, No.3; Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Op. 2 No. 2; The dying glow of the sunset, Op.39, No.2; The heavy clouds disperse; The clouds begin to scatter (Elegy) Op. 42 No. 3; Plus sonore que le chant de l’alouette, Op.43, No.1; Not the wind blowing from the heights, Op.43, No.2; The octave, Op.45, No.3; The Nymph Op. 56 No. 1

Dmitri Shostakovich
Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127; Satires ’Sketches of the past’, Op. 109

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12; Song: ’Was I not a blade of grass?’ Op. 47 No. 7; Do not believe, my friend Op. 6 No. 1; The Fearful Minute Op. 28 No. 6; Sleep, my poor friend, Op.47, No. 4; In this moonlight, Op.73, No.3; Cradle Song, Op. 16 No. 1; Why?; In the midst of the ball, Op. 38 No. 3; If only I had known, Op.47, No.1; It happened in the early Spring Op. 38 No. 2; Snova, kak prezhde, odin, Op. 73 No. 6

Artists

Galina Vishnevskaya
Mstislav Rostropovich
London Philharmonic Orchestra

About

The great Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya celebrated her 80th birthday in October 2006 and to mark the occasion, EMI Classics re-released this 3CD set (originally 5 LPs) of Russian songs and arias that she recorded in the 1970s with her husband, the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2005.
 
Having enjoyed a long career in which she sang the great soprano roles in all of the major opera houses of the world, Vishnevskaya has since devoted time to many other projects, including various charitable works, notably with her husband in the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation on behalf of children, and also a foundation for retired artists of the Bolshoi opera.
 
This 3CD set is now at budget-price for the first-time and texts and translations are available for download at www.emiclassics.com 
 
Track Listing:
CD1
Modest Mussorgsky :  ‘Sunless’/„Ohne Sonne“/« Sans Soleil » (Golenishchev-Kutuzov)
1 Between four walls/in den vier Wänden/Entre quatre murs  
2 Thou didst not know me in the crowd/Du erkanntest mich nicht   in der Menge/Dans la foule, tu ne m’as pas reconnu
3 The idle, noisy day is ended/Vorbei die Hast des eitlen Tages/Le jour de fête, tumultueux, a pris fin
4 Ennui/Langweile dich/Languis
5 Elegy/Elegie/Élégie
6 On the river/Am Fluß/Au-dessus de la rivière
 
Modest Mussorgsky :  
7 Where art thou, little star?/Wo bist du, Sternchen?/Où est-tu petite étoile ? (Grekov) 
8 Hopak/Gopak (Shevchenko transl. Mey)
9 Peasant’s lullaby/Schlaf, Bauernsohn/ Dors, dors, fils de paysan (Ostrovsky)
10 Darling Savishna/Schöne Sawischna/Gente Savichna (Mussorgsky)
11 The orphan/Die Waise/Le petit orphelin (Mussorgsky)
12 Eremushka’s lullaby/Wiegenlied des Jeremias/ La berceuse à Iériomouchka (Nekrasov)
 
Modest Mussorgsky orchestrated Dmitri Shostakovich :
Songs and Dances of Death/Lieder und Tänze des Todes/ Chants et Danses de la mort (Golenishchev-Kutuzov)
13 Lullaby/Wiegenlied/Berceuse
14 Serenade/Sérénade
15 Trepak
16 The Field-Marshal/Der Feldherr/Le Général
 
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov :  
‘Sadko’ (Rimsky-Korsakov & Bielsky)
17 Lullaby of the Sea Princess (Act 2)/Wiegenlied der Meeresprinzessin (2. Akt)/ Berceuse de la Princesse de la mer (Acte 2)
‘The Tsar’s Bride’/„Die Zarenbraut“/« La Fiancée du Tsar » (Mey)
18 Marfa’s Scene and Aria (Act 2)/Szene und Arie der Marfa (2. Akt)/ Scène et air de Marfa (Acte 2)
19 Lyubasha’s Aria (Act 2)/Arie der Ljuba (2. Akt)/Air de Lioubacha (Acte 2) 
 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky :
‘The Snow Maiden’ – incidental music/„Schneeflöckchen“ – Bühnenmusik/« La Fille des neiges » - Musique de scène Op.12 (Ostrovsky)
20 Lel’s Song/Lels Lied/Chanson de Lel       1.28
 
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); 1–12 Mstislav Rostropovich (piano); 13–19 London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich
CD2
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov :
1 In the silence of the night/In der Stille der Nacht/ Dans le silence de la nuit Op.40 No.3 (Maykov) 
2 The rose and the nightingale/Die Rose und die Nachtigall/ Prisonnier de la rose, le rossignol Op.2 No.2 (Koltsov)
3 The dying glow of the sunset/Sonnenuntergang/L’Ouest s’éteint dans le lointain Op.39 No.2 (A.K.Tolstoy)
4 The heavy clouds disperse/Die dunklen Wolken schwinden/ Les nuages chargés de grêle se dispersent Op.42 No.3 (Pushkin)
5 More sonorous than the lark’s singing/Klingender als das Lied der Lerche/ Plus sonore que le chant de l’alouette Op.43 No.1 (A.K.Tolstoy)
6 Not the wind blowing from the heights/Nicht der Wind, der von den Bergen weht/Ce n’est pas le vent, soufflant des hauteurs Op.43 No.2 (A.K.Tolstoy)
7 The octave/Oktave Op.45 No.3 (Maykov)
8 The nymph/Die Nymphe/La nymphe Op.56 No.1 (Maykov)
 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky :
9 Was I not a little blade of grass?/War ich nicht ein Hälmchen   auf dem Felde?/N’étais-je point une petite herbe des champs? Op.47 No.7 (Surikov) 
10 Do not believe, my friend/Glaub’s nicht, mein Lieb/Ne me crois pas, mon bien-aimé Op.6 No.1 (A.K.Tolstoy)
11 The fearful minute/Schreckliche Minute/Terribles instants Op.28 No.6 (Tchaikovsky)
12 Sleep, my poor friend/Schlaf ein, mein armes Kind/Dors ma bien-aimée Op.47 No.4 (A.K.Tolstoy)
13 In this moonlight/In dieser Mondnacht/Au clair de lune Op.73 No.3 (Rathaus)
14 Cradle song/Wiegenlied/Berceuse Op.16 No.1 (Maykov) 
15 Why?/Warum?/Pourquoi ? Op.6 No.5 (Heine transl. Mey)
16 Mid the din of the ball/Inmitten des lärmenden Balles/ Dans la clameur du bal Op.38 No.3 (A.K.Tolstoy)
17 If only I had known/Hätte ich’s gewußt/Si j’avais su Op.47 No.1 (A.K.Tolstoy)
18 It was in the early spring/Es war noch früh im Lenze/C’était à l’aube du printemps Op.38 No.2 (A.K.Tolstoy)
19 Again, as before, alone/Wieder wie früher allein/À nouveau, comme par le passé Op.73 No.6 (Rathaus)
 
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
 
CD3
Sergei Prokofiev :
Russian Folksongs/Russische Volkslieder/Chansons populaires russes Op.104
1 White snowflakes.Weiße Schneeflöckchen/De blancs flocons
2 The dream/Der Traum/Lr rêve
3 The monk/Der Mönch/Le moine 
4 The wedding song/Hochzeitslied/Chanson de noces
5 Katerina/Catherine 
6 Green grove/Grüner Hain/Vert bosquet 
 
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
 
Dmitri Shostakovich :
Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok/Sieben Gedichte von Alexander Blok/Sept Poèmes d’Alexandre Blok Op.127
7 Song of Ophelia/Lied der Ophelia/Le chant d’Ophélie
8 Gamayun, bird of prophecy/Gamajun, der weise Vogel/Homayoun, l’oiseau prophète
9 We were together/Wir waren zusammen/Nous étions ensemble
10 The city sleeps/Die Stadt schläft/La ville dort
11 The storm/Der Sturm/La tempête – Secret signs/Geheime Zeichen/Signes secrets – Music/Musik/Musique
 
Five Satires/Fünf Satiren/Cinq Satires Op.109 (Chorny)
12 To a critic/An den Kritiker/Au critique 
13 Taste of spring/Frühlingserwachen/L’éveil du printemps
14 Progeny/Die Nachkommen/Les descendants 
15 Misunderstanding/Das Mißverständnis/Le malentendu
16 Kreutzer Sonata/Kreutzersonate/Sonate à Kreutzer
 
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello 7–11) / (piano 12–16); Ulf Hoelscher (violin); Vasso Devetzi (piano 7–11)

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