Rachmaninov: Romances

by Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Rachmaninov: Romances cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 January 2012
  • Label: Ondine
  • Country: Russia
  • Length: 1:02:58
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This recital of twenty-six Rachmaninov romances, with 'Spring Waters' and 'In the Silence of the Secret Night' among them, was recorded with his long-standing duo partner Ivari Ilja. Critics singled out the dark intensity of the programme, songs of bitterness, regret and ill-fated love that the pair had made a speciality in concert.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, vocal, ballad, theatrical, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. We Shall Rest (My Otdokhnjom), Op. 26/3 (2:32)
  2. Do You Remember The Evening? (Ty Pomnish' Li Vecher?) (1893) (2:59)
  3. Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave! (O, Net, Molju, Ne Ukhodi!), Op. 4/1 (1:49)
  4. Morning (Utro), Op. 4/2 (2:28)
  5. In The Silence Of The Mysterious Night (V Molcha'ji Nochi Tajnoj), Op. 4/3 (2:51)
  6. Oh You, My Corn Field! (Uzh Ty, Niva Moja!), Op. 4/5 (4:47)
  7. My Child, You Are Beautiful As A Flower (Ditja! Kak Cvetok Ty Prekrasna), Op. 8/2 (2:14)
  8. A Dream (Son), Op. 8/5 (1:30)
  9. I Was With Her (Ja Byl U Nej), Op. 14/4 (1:28)
  10. I Am Waiting For You (Ja Zhdu Tebja), Op. 14/1 (1:58)
  11. Do Not Believe Me, My Friend (Ne Ver Mne Drug), Op. 14/7 (1:41)
  12. She Is As Beautiful As Noon (Ona, Kak Polden', Khorosha), Op. 14/9 (3:05)
  13. Spring Water (Vesennije Vody), Op. 14/11 (2:15)
  14. In My Soul (V Mojej Dushe), Op. 14/10 (3:08)
  15. It Is Time! (Pora!), Op. 14/12 (1:58)
  16. They Replied (Oni Otvechali), Op. 21/4 (1:58)
  17. An Excerpt From Alfred de Musset (Otryvok Is A. Mjusse), Op. 21/6 (2:17)
  18. How Nice This Place Is (Zdes' Khorosho), Op. 21/7 (2:10)
  19. How Much It Hurts (Kak Mne Bol'no), Op. 21/12 (1:50)
  20. Everything I Had (Vsjo Otnjal U Menja), Op. 26/2 (1:25)
  21. Yesterday We Met (Vchera My Vstretilis'), Op. 26/13 (2:54)
  22. Everything Passes (Prokhodit Vse), Op. 26/15 (2:07)
  23. Sad Night (noch' Pechal'na), Op. 26/12 (2:27)
  24. Once Again, I Am Alone (Ja Opjat' Odinok), Op. 26/9 (2:04)
  25. At The Gates Of The Holy Cloister (U Vrat Obiteli Svjatoj) (1890) (3:36)
  26. Christ Is Risen! (Khristos Voskres), Op. 26/6 (3:27)

Credits

  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky - primary artist, baritone vocals
  • Ivari Ilja - primary artist, piano
  • Jean-Christophe Hausmann - booklet editor
  • Ruslana Oreshnikova - mixed by, mastered by
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - composed by
  • Eduardo Nestor Gomez - design
  • 袗谢械泻褋械泄 袦械褖邪薪芯胁 - engineer [sound engineer]
  • 袛屑懈褌褉懈泄 袣芯胁褘卸械薪泻芯 - engineer [sound engineer]
  • Reijo Kiilunen - executive-producer
  • Malcolm MacDonald - liner notes
  • Franz Josef Hausmann - liner notes [translated in german]
  • George Grantham Bain - photography by
  • Pavel Antonov - photography by [hvorostovsky]
  • Vladimir Koptsov - producer [recording producer]
  • Mikhail Romanenko - technician [piano technician]

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