Tchaikovsky: The Oprichnik
This live recording of one of Tchaikovsky's least-known operas derives from a live production of a staging by Graham Vick in Cagliari, Sardinia. It features the always quirky musicianship of Gennady Rozhdestvensky, whose musical appetite for the curio and the unfamiliar is apparently insatiable. He conducts a cast of real Russian singers, most of them stalwarts at the Bolshoi, with voices that come from the long tradition of Lisitsian, Chaliapin and Vishnevskaya, including the rich mezzo of Irina Dolzhenko and imposing bass of Vsevolod Grivnov.
The opera itself tells the tale of Andrey, who joins the eponymous oprichnik (the tsar's mercenary retinue, set up to assert his power against the boyars) in order to pursue or defend a family feud. Crossed lovers and curses ensue; the end is inevitably tragic, with not only Andrey coming to a sticky end but also his widowed mother.
As his first surviving completed opera, first performed in 1876,The Oprichnik is full of tell-tale signs of the great dramatic composer which Tchaikovsky would become in Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades.
Other information:
- An atmospheric live recording (2003) of Tchaikovsky's opera The Oprichnik, with wonderful, full blooded Russian voices, and the inimitable Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting.
- Hardly any competition for this release, a must for the opera aficionado and Tchaikovsky fan!
- Tchaikovsky wrote the libretto for the opera himself, set in the 16th Century, the tumultuous period in Russian history of Ivan the Terrible.
- Extensive synopsis included in the booklet.
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Kategorie:
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Filmy i muzyka
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Język wydania:
angielski
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ISBN:
5028421943909
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EAN:
5028421943909
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Wymiary:
14.0x12.0cm
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Waga:
0.22kg
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Czas trwania:
3:11:07
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Nośniki:
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#1: The Oprichnik CD 2
(CD Audio)
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1. Introduction (Orchestra) (03:40)
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2. Brothers, stop being engrossed in godly things! (02:20)
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3. Are you ready, then, to take the sacred oath? (02:22)
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4. Introduction (01:54)
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5. Oh, how lonely I already feel! (02:27)
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6. No, stay, I come from the Czar (03:45)
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7. What refuge shall I find from my sins? (02:38)
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8. Filthy bitch, dirty broom (01:42)
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9. O Natalya, O mother! (03:37)
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10. Have you made this choice freely (00:31)
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11. Before you, like before God (02:25)
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12. Dark times are looming on us (07:35)
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13. As glorious as the sun in a clear day (02:47)
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14. I run to you, dear mother (07:10)
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15. In the name of the almighty God (07:21)
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#2: The Oprichnik CD 1
(CD Audio)
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1. A nightingale chirps on leafy fronds (05:52)
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2. A duckling was swimming in the sea (02:05)
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3. But you, son, keep purer than the snow (02:40)
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4. Here you are then! (04:14)
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5. Dear son, do not abandon me (03:57)
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6. I thought I heard some voices (04:00)
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7. Much as one tries, life never changes (07:58)
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8. No, my friend (03:57)
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9. I leave, mother, but I won’t be away for long (02:54)
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10. How wearisome it is to spend the whole day (03:22)
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11. No more worries, mother, let the wind disperse your troubles (03:35)
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12. Come in, do us the honour (04:56)
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13. Introduction (02:54)
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14. Don’t worry, dear Andrey, step forward (02:42)
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15. The Oprichnik Introduction (Orchestra) (05:40)
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16. Basmanov likes wine and pleasures (02:46)
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17. Tell me, have you taken a decision? (02:44)
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18. See here if one should get sad over such a song! (05:28)
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#3: The Oprichnik CD 3
(CD Audio)
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1. Take heart, brother in faith (04:14)
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2. Go, princess (06:10)
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3. Friends, this day is both joyful and sad (06:05)
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4. I deny you, off with you, Praetorian (01:23)
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5. My respects to the noble congregation (04:50)
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6. Dances of Oprichniks and women (06:09)
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7. Oh, may they never age (04:11)
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8. I am before you and before the Lord (04:51)
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9. Oh, if only this banquet would end! (02:33)
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10. Alas, I cannot fully grasp (05:03)
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11. You are my light, my life (03:43)
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12. Honour and glory to the fine, courageous lad (05:38)
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13. Let’s run away, come, let’s flee somewhere (01:43)
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14. Look, a frightening storm threatens (04:30)
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15. And so, my dove, do you know who is calling you? (05:36)