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ID: GD235
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Opera
The experts define Stefan Elenkov (1937-97) as "a bass with a timbre rich in overtones and voice with piercing power". These qualities combined with his priceless training with Prof. Christo Brambarov, his further studies in Palermo and the great experience on the stage place him amongst the most stunning opera singers. His career was connected mostly with the Sofia Opera House (1966-97). But Elenkov had also sang as guest-artist in numerous famous opera theatres: the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan, the State Opera Theatre in Vienna, Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, in opera performances in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Israel, Brasil, France, the USA, etc. His repertoire included all the big bass parts: Mephistopheles from Faust (Gounod), Fiesco from Simon Boccanegra (Verdi), Khan Kontchak from Prince Igor (Borodin), Prince Khovansky and Dossifey from Khovanshchina (Mussorgsky), King Philip and the Inquisitor from Don Carlos (Verdi) and many others. Some of them are included in this CD. The recordings were made in different periods of his rich artistic career but the constant trends in all of them are his incredibly beautiful voice, his high level of professionalism and captivating artistry.
Interprets: Hinchev
Accompanied by:
Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera conducted by Boris Hinchev
Studio recording, May 28, 1970 - 1, 2, 3, 4
Bulgarian national Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ivan Angelov
Studio recording, March 11, 1983 - 5, 6
Orchestra of the Sofia National opera conducted by Mark Ermler
Live recording, April 8, 1977 - 7
Orchestra of the Sofia National opera conducted by Assen Naidenov
Live recording, May 8, 1983 - 8, 9, 10
Orchestra of the Sofia National opera conducted by Rouslan Raichev
Live recording, April 23, 1988 - 11 |
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ID: GD312
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano
Bulgaria is famous for its opera singers, who have a successful career worldwide. Guenko Guechev is one of the more recent bass singers; he appears both in opera productions and in chamber music performances.
Guenko Guechev was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Performance from the Prof. Pancho Vladigerov State Conservatory of Music in Sofia. He was a student of Professor Resa Koleva. After graduation, he continued his vocal study with the renowned Professor Sergei Afanasiev at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Currently, he lives in the USA. He is the Director of Education of the Baltimore, Maryland based Inter-Atlantic Music Foundation and also the Artistic Director of the “Puldin International Voice Competition”. He made his US opera debut in Verdi’s Rigoletto with the Pittsburgh Opera in 1999. He has appeared internationally in nearly 1000 opera performances. In Bulgaria he has performed in Sofia Plovdiv, Varna, Stara Zagora, and in Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Holland, etc.) he has sung principal bass roles in productions of Il Trovatore, La Boheme, Tosca, La Traviata, Un ballo in Maschera, etc.
Susanna Lemberskaya, who accompanies the present program on the piano, was born in the former Soviet Union in the family of a famous violin professor. She graduated from the School of Gifted Children in Odessa (Urraine) concentrating in piano, and also from the Conservatory in St. Petersburg. From the beginning of her career Susanna has always worked in the genre of opera.
She has worked with renowned composers and musicians: Dmitri Shostakovich, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Temirkanov, Mark Ermler, Elena Obraztsova, Vladimir Atlantov, Evgeny Nesterenko, etc. Since 1975 she has been living in the USA. She worked until 2001 as the head vocal coach and assistant conductor with the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. Ms Lemberskaya has worked with some of the world’s finest singers in preparation for their roles in the opera houses of the world: Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, etc. She has also worked with and played under some of the finest conductors in the world such as: Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, etc. Currently, she is the principle coach at the Pittsburgh Opera.
Guenko Guechev’s and Susanna Lemberskaya’s wide experience in performing was of great importance for them in preparing the present program’s recording of two vocal cycles composed in different periods of the development of Russian music, which is altogether a difficult challenge for every artist. |
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ID: GMCD7244
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano
Recorded: Seltzer Sound, New York City 16 October and 18 December 2001 |
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ID: IMLCD082
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Russian Romance
Subcollection: Voice and Trio
Instrumental Trio: V. Parashin, violin; N. Posen, alto; F. Grieben, piano |
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ID: IMLCD086
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Vocal and Piano
V. Mironov (guitar), 3; S. Sorokin (guitar), 3, 21
A. Merovich (piano), 1-2, 4-12, 14-18, 20; N. Barannikova (piano), 13;
V. Preobrazhenskaya (piano), 19;
V. Parashin (violin), 2; instrumental trio, 21 |
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ID: IMLCD087
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera & Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra - Sergey Yeltsin (10), Gemal Dalgat (1), A.Kogan (8) - Conductors
USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra - A. Kovalev (3) , A.Kogan(2), - Conductors
Choir And Orchestra Of The State Kirov Opera Soloists - B. Khaikin (9) , S.Yeltsin(12), D. Pokhitonov (4-6, 11) - Conductors |
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ID: IMLCD092
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera & Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the Streltsy -B.Freidkov, bass
Prince Andrey Khovansky, his son - I. Nechayev, tenor
Prince Vasily Golitsin - V. Ulianov, tenor
Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity - I. Shashkov, baritone
Dosifey, head of the schismatics (Old Believers) - M. Reisen, bass
Marfa, a schismatic - Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano
Susanna, an old schismatic - N. Several, soprano
Junior clerk - Ya. Mishchenko, tenor
Varsonofyev, a retainer of Golitsin - i. Yashugin, bass
Emma, a maiden from the German quarter - V.Volokitina, soprano
Kuzka, a strelets (musketeer) - L. Yaroshenko, baritone
Boyar Streshnev - V. Tikhy, tenor
The streltsy - A. Atlantov, I,Yashugin |
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ID: IMLCD120
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal and Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Archival recordings of the 1940th - the beginning of the 1950th from the collection of A. Zemlianoy
Marc Reisen, bass (1-12)
Valery Malishev, bass (10)
Ivan Kozlovsky, tenor (11)
The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Moscow
Conductors:
Alexander Melik-Pashaev (1,8)
Samuel Samosud (2,10)
Kirill Kondrashin (3)
Vassily Nebolsin (4-6, 9, 11, 12)
Nikolay Golovanov (7) |
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ID: IMLCD121
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal and Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Alexander Pirogov, bass
Choir and Orchestra of the Moscow “Bolshoy” Theatre
Conductors: А. Melik-Pashayev (1, 5 - 7); V. Nebolsin (2 - 4); N. Golovanov (8 - 9);
S. Sakharov (10)
Orchestra of the Moscow Musical Theatre named after Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko
Conductor S. Samosud (11) |
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