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ID: IMLCD057
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra
Treasures from the Musical archives of St. Petersburg
Recordings of the 1950s from T. Lavrova"s archive
Orchestra of the Leningrad "Maly" Opera Theatre (1-2. 5).
Conductors: Eduard Grikurov (1-2, 5), George Doniyakn (4).
Moscow Philarmonic Orchestra - Conductor Samuil Samosud (3). |
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ID: IMLCD153
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Podkolekce: Voices and Orchestra
Valery Malishev, bass (1-22)
Olga Slepnyova, piano (1-10)
Eugeny Shenderovich, piano (11-18)
Leningrad State Philharmonics Symphony Orchestra - Nikolai Rabinovich (19,21)
Leningrad State Philharmonics Symphony Orchestra - Vadim Kalentiev (20, 22) |
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ID: MELCD1002345
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera Collection"There were just a few names in domestic variety art that were able to rival the popularity of Muslim Magomayev whose delightful baritone, high artistry and sincere generosity have conquered more than one generation of listeners. The range of his capabilities is exceptional - from opera to musical, from Neapolitan songs to vocal works of Azerbaijani and Russian composers,” wrote musicologist Sviatoslav Belza in the preface to the singer’s book Melody, My Love.
For his art, the boundaries between the “high” and “low” genres seemed conditional and insignificant like never before - each of the pieces he sang was so near, in Magomayev style, the listeners’ hearts.
“Any operatic aria, any song he sang is always an expected miracle,” said Robert Rozhdestvensky, a poet and the singer’s fan and friend.
For many years, staying a great vocal master who was always true to himself, Muslim Magomayev successfully combined performances in the operatic genre with variety concerts. A soloist of the Azerbaijani Theatre of Opera and Ballet, he took a training course at La Scala and performed on many of the operatic stages of the former USSR but rejected (what a rare instance!) the invitation to join the company of the Bolshoi Theatre realizing the colossal responsibility that step would have entailed. He could not and did not want to sacrifice his versatility and openness, his contact with a huge audience, his concert, studio, acting and composing career even on such a resplendent operatic altar.
His recordings of Russian and foreign classical operatic music made in 1964 together with his friend and associate, outstanding Azerbaijani composer and conductor Niyazi Tagizade Hajibeyov sound today as fresh and impressive as they did then. Magomayev’s art of musical and dramatic transformation is striking, and the way he handles it is could make even the most distinguished operatic artists jealous. His sparkling and ever cheerful Figaro (that role in The Barber of Seville was his touchstone at La Scala) and Don Juan reveling in the might of his masculine magnetism; his Onegin, noble and somewhat listless but still sympathizing with the victim of girlish infatuation, and Prince Igor absorbed in gloomy thoughts whose soul is directed towards his beloved spouse; his Mefistofele inspiring with awe and despising human fears, bright and spectacular Escamillo, Rigoletto so terrifying in his despair… All his roles are marked with deep humanness making the listener empathize with each of the characters as though responding to the calling from the prologue to Pagliacci. Magomayev was one of the first Soviet artists who sang in the original language, but even that circumstance did not create a language barrier between him and his audience.
The arias from the classical operas Shah Ismayil by Muslim Magomayev-Sr and Koroghlu by Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composers and founders of national academic music, are of particular interest indeed. These bright musical pages also found an outstanding interpreter in Magomayev.
“I always miss him and look forward to seeing him again, look forward to hearing and seeing what this remarkable talent carries to his numerous admirers,” actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky once wrote about Muslim Magomayev.
People will definitely look forward to new meeting with him today and many years from now as they will listen to the recordings of his favourite Mario Lanza, Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi and Frank Sinatra. Those who gave themselves unreservedly to their listeners, music and art.
Bizet:
Votre toast je peux vous le rendre 'Toreador Song' (from Carmen)
Leoncavallo:
Si può? (from I Pagliacci)
Verdi:
Vanne, la tua meta gia vedo…Credo in un Dio crudel (from Otello)
Muslim Magomayev (baritone) |
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ID: MELCD1002299
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra
Firma Melodiya presents a jubilee release of one of the most distinguished singers of modern times - Elena Obraztsova.
Obraztsova has sung at the world’s best opera and concert houses. Her operatic heroines are known and loved by millions of listeners on different continents. She has worked with the greatest opera directors, conductors and soloists. However, the singer still considers the Bolshoi Theatre her principal operatic home, where she debuted as Marina Mniszech in Boris Godunov more than fifty years ago.
That was the time of the Bolshoi’s golden cohort, when Obraztsova’s voice and dramatic gift shone among the other outstanding representatives of Soviet music art. That was an era of the Bolshoi’s first international triumphs when the young singer, along with the other new soloists of the troupe, was receiving rousing welcomes during the tours of Italy and the United States. That was an era when the perennial traditions existed in harmony with the spirit of newness introduced by the younger artists and the experience shared with foreign peers.
The release features fragments of Russian and foreign operas which make up just a portion of Elena Obraztsova’s extensive repertoire. Still, they largely convey the main features of her performing individuality, her mastery of musical dramatic transformation making us recognize the singer’s voice on recordings from different years.
The music by Donizetti, Verdi, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Mussorgsky is performed to the accompaniment of the USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra conducted by the outstanding maestros Boris Khaikin, Odyssey Dimitriadi, Algis Žiūraitis and Mark Ermler.
Bizet -L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)
Donizetti -O mio Fernando (from La Favorita)
Massenet - Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther)
Mussorgsky - Marfa's Prophecy (from Khovanshchina) / Skushno Marina! (from Boris Godunov)
Rimsky Korsakov - Kashcheevna's Scene (from Kashchey the Immortal)
Lioubasha's aria (from The Tsar's Bride)
Lel's Third Song (from The Snow Maiden)
All night I have waited for him in vain (from Sadko)
Saint-Saëns - Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila)
Tchaikovsky - Da, chas nastal! (from Joan of Arc)
Podrugi milyye (from The Queen of Spades)
Countess's Scene (from Pique Dame)
Verdi - O don fatale (from Don Carlo)
Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) |
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ID: IMLCD154
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra
Valery Malishev, bass (1-20)
Tamara Milashkina, soprano (20)
Irina Golovneva, piano (1)
Olga Slepnyova, piano (8, 15)
Eugeny Shenderovich, piano (2-7, 9-14, 16-18)
Orchestra of the State Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre - Gennady Provatorov (19-20) |
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ID: IMLCD056
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra
Recorded 1950’s
Tatiana Lavrova, soprano
Orchestra Of The Leningrad ‘Maly’ Opera Theater (1)4)
Conductors : Eduard Grikurov,(1,4) Yuri Bogdanov (2,3)
Orchestra Of The Russian Folk Instruments (5-9) Conductors : Semion Brog,(5) Avenir Mikhailov (6-9)
Instrumental Quartet (10)
Orchestra Under Mikhail Volovats (11-12) |
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ID: IMLCD072
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Vocal and Piano
Treasures from the Musical archives of St. Petersburg
Recorded 1931, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1952 |
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ID: IMLCD059
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra
Lyric one-act opera
Rene: V. Andrianov, Vodemon - M. Dovenman Robert: S. Shaposhnikov, Ibn-Hakia • M. Bulatnikov, Almerik: V. Yurchenko, Berthrane - V. Levando, Martha: O. Golovina, Brigitte - G. Rodionova, Laura - A. Stupalskaya |
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ID: IMLCD120
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionPodkolekce: 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: IMLCD080
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Kolekce: Vocal and Opera CollectionRomances, ballads, songs, excerpts fromoperas, dramas and vaudevilles.
Marina Philippova, mezzo-soprano
Irina Donskaya, harp (2, 3, 9, 10, 12-14)
Dmitry Barbashin, piano (4, 5, 11, 15, 16)
Konstantin Ilgin, guitar (6-8, 17)
Alexandr Yasnev, guitar (6-8, 17)
Alexandr Kiskachi, flute (1)
Dmitry Makhovikov, clarinet (1, 18)
Valentin Malinov, double-bass (1, 18)
Nevsky string quartet (1, 18):
Tatiana Razumova, 1st string
Svetlana Grinfeld, 2nd violin
Vladimir Bistritsky, viola
Dmitry Khrychev, cello |
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