Russian Songs and Arias - CD

Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov

14 Songs, Op. 34 (version for voice and orchestra) (1912)

 

1. 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise in E Minor (version for voice and orchestra)

00:07:07

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), Op. 68 (1890)

 

2. Act I: Otkuda eti slyozi (Why do you flow, my tears), "Lisa's Aria"

00:04:22

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

Tsarskaya nevesta (The Tsar's Bride) (1898)

 

3. Act II: Aria: V Novgorode (In Novgorod)

00:06:07

 

4. Act IV: Ivan Sergeich (Ivan Sergeyevich)

00:05:37

Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov

 

5. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa (Do not sing to me, my beauty) (arr. R. Stepanyan for voice and orchestra)

00:04:24

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25 (1900)

 

6. Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25, Scene 2: O, ne riday, moy Paolo (Oh, do not weep, my Paolo), "Francesca's Aria"

00:02:45

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), Op. 68 (1890)

 

7. Act III: Uzh polnoch blizitsya … Akh, istomilas' ya (Midnight is near … I am tired), "Lisa's Aria"

00:04:54

 

8. 7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 1. Kabi znala ya (Had I known) (arr. O. Dimitriadi for voice and orchestra)

00:05:53

7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 7. Ya li v pole da ne travushka bila? (Was I not a little blade of grass?) (version for voice and orchestra) (1881)

 

9. 7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 7. Ya li v pole da ne travushka bila? (Was I not a blade of grass in the field?) (version for voice and orchestra)

00:06:27

Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (1878)

 

10. Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I: Puskay pogibnu ja (Even if it means I perish), "Letter Scene"

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