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. Filthy bitch, dirty broom (01:42)
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2. O Natalya, O mother! (03:37)
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3. No, stay, I come from the Czar (03:45)
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4. Introduction (Orchestra) (03:40)
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5. Introduction (01:54)
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6. Oh, how lonely I already feel! (02:27)
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7. What refuge shall I find from my sins? (02:38)
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8. I run to you, dear mother (07:10)
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9. Dark times are looming on us (07:35)
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10. Are you ready, then, to take the sacred oath? (02:22)
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11. Before you, like before God (02:25)
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12. As glorious as the sun in a clear day (02:47)
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13. Have you made this choice freely (00:31)
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14. Brothers, stop being engrossed in godly things! (02:20)
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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. I leave, mother, but I won’t be away for long (02:54)
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2. Tell me, have you taken a decision? (02:44)
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3. Don’t worry, dear Andrey, step forward (02:42)
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4. But you, son, keep purer than the snow (02:40)
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5. See here if one should get sad over such a song! (05:28)
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6. How wearisome it is to spend the whole day (03:22)
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7. No more worries, mother, let the wind disperse your troubles (03:35)
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8. A nightingale chirps on leafy fronds (05:52)
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9. Come in, do us the honour (04:56)
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10. Much as one tries, life never changes (07:58)
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11. Here you are then! (04:14)
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12. I thought I heard some voices (04:00)
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13. Dear son, do not abandon me (03:57)
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14. No, my friend (03:57)
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15. A duckling was swimming in the sea (02:05)
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16. Introduction (02:54)
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17. Basmanov likes wine and pleasures (02:46)
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18. The Oprichnik Introduction (Orchestra) (05:40)
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#3: The Oprichnik CD 3
(CD Audio)
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1. Dances of Oprichniks and women (06:09)
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2. And so, my dove, do you know who is calling you? (05:36)
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3. Look, a frightening storm threatens (04:30)
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4. My respects to the noble congregation (04:50)
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5. Honour and glory to the fine, courageous lad (05:38)
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6. Let’s run away, come, let’s flee somewhere (01:43)
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7. Alas, I cannot fully grasp (05:03)
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8. Oh, if only this banquet would end! (02:33)
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9. I deny you, off with you, Praetorian (01:23)
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10. You are my light, my life (03:43)
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11. Take heart, brother in faith (04:14)
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12. Go, princess (06:10)
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13. I am before you and before the Lord (04:51)
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14. Oh, may they never age (04:11)
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15. Friends, this day is both joyful and sad (06:05)
