Description
Delos: Dmitri Hvorostovsky — I Met You, My Love: Old Russian Romances (Audio CD)
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Product Details:
- Product Type: Audio CD
- Brand / Label: Delos
- Artist: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
- Conductor / Ensembles: Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Style of Five
- Arrangements: Evgeny Stetsyuk
- Catalog Number: DE 3293
- UPC: 013491329321
- Release Year: 2002
- Genre: World / Vocal
- Style: Old Russian romance, classical crossover
Product Features
- Format: CD
- Discs: 1
- Tracks: 19
- Total runtime: 61:23
- Audio: DSD (Sony Direct Stream Digital), DDD
- Language: Sung in Russian
- Disc made in Canada; assembled in the USA
- Condition: Factory Sealed (New)
Overview
The "old Russian romance" is a genre all its own — sentimental, melancholy parlour songs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, about love, longing, troikas in the snow and stars in the night sky. They've been sung by everyone from gypsy singers to opera stars, and here they get the most luxurious treatment imaginable from Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
The title song, "I Met You, My Love" (Ya vstretil vas), is one of the most cherished of all Russian romances, and Hvorostovsky sings it — and the eighteen that follow — with a warmth and directness that never strains for effect. "Shine, Shine, My Star," "The Coachman's Song," "The Lonely Coach Bell Rings": these are melodies that live deep in Russian memory, delivered by a voice of rare beauty.
Constantine Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, with the folk ensemble Style of Five, give Evgeny Stetsyuk's arrangements a velvet glow, balancing orchestral richness with the intimacy the songs need. Recorded in DSD by Delos. For lovers of Russian song, or for anyone who wants to hear a great baritone at his most tender, this is an irresistible disc.
Interesting Facts
- "Old Russian romances" are sentimental art-songs of the 19th and early 20th centuries, a beloved genre distinct from both folk song and opera.
- The title track, "I Met You, My Love" (Ya vstretil vas), sets a poem by Fyodor Tyutchev and is one of the most famous of all Russian romances.
- "Shine, Shine, My Star" (Gori, gori, moya zvezda) is among the best-known Russian romances internationally, recorded by countless singers.
- All arrangements on the album are by Evgeny Stetsyuk, scored for chamber orchestra with the folk-instrument ensemble Style of Five.
- The recording was made in Sony's DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format and lists support from the airline Aeroflot.
- Conductor Constantine Orbelian led the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and made a celebrated series of Russian albums with Hvorostovsky for Delos.
Track Listing
- I Met You, My Love (Ya vstretil vas) — 4:41
- No, It's Not You I Love So Fervently (Net, ne tebia tak pylko ya liubliu) — 3:44
- Only Once (Tol'ko raz) — 3:48
- Bright Is the Night (Noch svetla) — 3:11
- I Remember the Charming Sound of the Waltz (Ya pomniu val'sa zvuk prelestnyy) — 2:37
- O, If Only I Could Express in Sounds (O, yesli b mog vyrazit' v zvuke) — 2:30
- Do Not Awaken Memories (Ne probuzhday vospominaniy) — 4:39
- The Coachman's Song (Pesn' yamshchika) — 2:35
- In the Wide Open Field (V pole shirokom) — 2:53
- The Lonely Coach Bell Rings (Odnozvuchno gremit kolokol'chik) — 3:16
- Misty Morning (Utro tumannoye) — 3:33
- But I Love You, Nevertheless (No ya Vas fsio-taki liubliu) — 2:10
- The Troika Speeds, the Troika Gallops (Troyka mchitsa, troyka skachet) — 3:14
- The Autumn Wind Moans Mournfully (Zhalobno stonet veter osenniy) — 2:17
- At That Fateful Hour (V chas rokovoy) — 2:57
- I Loved You (Ya Vas liubil) — 2:47
- The Weeping Willows Slumber (Dremliut plakuchiye ivy) — 2:33
- You Cannot Understand (Vam ne poniat') — 4:07
- Shine, Shine, My Star (Gori, gori, moya zvezda) — 4:01
Publishers
Released 2002 by Delos Productions, Inc., Sonoma, California. Recorded using Sony Direct Stream Digital. Disc made in Canada; assembled in the USA.
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