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Ondine: Dmitri Hvorostovsky — Rachmaninov Romances, Ivari Ilja (Audio CD)

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Product Details:

Product Type: Audio CD
Brand / Label: Ondine
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
Performers: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano)
Catalog Number: ODE 1207-2
UPC: 0761195120729
Release Year: 2012
Genre: Classical
Style: Russian art song, vocal recital, Late Romantic

Product Features

Format: CD
Discs: 1
Tracks: 26
Total runtime: 64:21
Booklet: Notes enclosed; lyrics with English translation; German text supplement
Language: Sung in Russian
Made in Germany
Condition: Factory Sealed (New)

Overview

Rachmaninov wrote some eighty-three songs, and they sit slightly in the shadow of the piano concertos and symphonies — which is a shame, because the best of them are among the finest in the Russian song repertoire. This recital gathers 26 of them, and it has the ideal advocate in Dmitri Hvorostovsky, whose dark, even baritone and long breath were made for this music.

The program ranges across Rachmaninov's whole career, from early songs of 1890 and 1893 through the great Op. 14 and Op. 21 sets to the Op. 26 group. You get the famous ones — "Spring Waters," with its surging piano, and "How nice this place is" (Zdes' khorosho), one of the most beloved songs he ever wrote — alongside quieter, more inward settings like "In the silence of the mysterious night."

Ivari Ilja is no mere accompanist; in these songs the piano is half the drama, and he gives it full weight. Recorded by Ondine with their usual clarity and warmth, and supplied with full texts and English translations, this is a distinguished single-disc survey of Rachmaninov the song composer, sung by one of the great baritones of the age.

Interesting Facts

The disc collects 26 of Rachmaninov's roughly 83 songs (romances), spanning his career from 1890 to the Op. 26 set of 1906.
"Spring Waters" (Vesennije vody), Op. 14/11, is one of Rachmaninov's most celebrated songs, famous for its torrential, virtuosic piano part.
"How nice this place is" (Zdes' khorosho), Op. 21/7, is among his most frequently performed and recorded songs worldwide.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962–2017) was one of the most acclaimed operatic baritones of his generation, especially renowned in Russian and Verdi repertoire.
The booklet includes the full Russian texts with English translations, essential for following Rachmaninov's close word-setting.
The recording was made for the Finnish label Ondine and manufactured in Germany.

Track Listing

We shall rest (My otdokhnjom), Op. 26/3
Do you remember the evening? (Ty pomnish' li vecher?) (1893)
Oh no, I beg you, do not leave! (O, net, molju, ne ukhodi!), Op. 4/1
Morning (Utro), Op. 4/2
In the silence of the mysterious night (V molchan'ji nochi tajnoj), Op. 4/3
Oh you, my corn field! (Uzh ty, niva moja!), Op. 4/5
My child, you are beautiful as a flower (Ditja! Kak cvetok ty prekrasna), Op. 8/2
A dream (Son), Op. 8/5
I was with her (Ja byl u nej), Op. 14/4
I am waiting for you (Ja zhdu tebja), Op. 14/1
Do not believe me, my friend (Ne ver mne drug), Op. 14/7
She is as beautiful as noon (Ona, kak polden', khorosha), Op. 14/9
Spring waters (Vesennije vody), Op. 14/11
In my soul (V mojej dushe), Op. 14/10
It is time! (Pora!), Op. 14/12
They replied (Oni otvechali), Op. 21/4
An excerpt from Alfred de Musset (Otryvok iz A. Mjusse), Op. 21/6
How nice this place is (Zdes' khorosho), Op. 21/7
How much it hurts (Kak mne bol'no), Op. 21/12
Everything I had (Vsjo otnjal u menja), Op. 26/2
Yesterday we met (Vchera my vstretilis'), Op. 26/13
Everything passes (Prokhodit vse), Op. 26/15
Sad night (Noch' pechal'na), Op. 26/12
Once again, I am alone (Ja opjat' odinok), Op. 26/9
At the gates of the holy cloister (U vrat obiteli svjatoj) (1890)
Christ is risen! (Khristos voskres), Op. 26/6