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. Have you made this choice freely (00:31)
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2. In the name of the almighty God (07:21)
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3. Oh, how lonely I already feel! (02:27)
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4. Are you ready, then, to take the sacred oath? (02:22)
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5. Before you, like before God (02:25)
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6. I run to you, dear mother (07:10)
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7. Filthy bitch, dirty broom (01:42)
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8. What refuge shall I find from my sins? (02:38)
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9. O Natalya, O mother! (03:37)
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10. Brothers, stop being engrossed in godly things! (02:20)
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11. No, stay, I come from the Czar (03:45)
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12. Dark times are looming on us (07:35)
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13. Introduction (Orchestra) (03:40)
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14. As glorious as the sun in a clear day (02:47)
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15. Introduction (01:54)
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#2: The Oprichnik CD 1
(CD Audio)
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1. But you, son, keep purer than the snow (02:40)
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2. How wearisome it is to spend the whole day (03:22)
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3. Here you are then! (04:14)
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4. Come in, do us the honour (04:56)
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5. Basmanov likes wine and pleasures (02:46)
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6. Don’t worry, dear Andrey, step forward (02:42)
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7. Much as one tries, life never changes (07:58)
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8. Dear son, do not abandon me (03:57)
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9. See here if one should get sad over such a song! (05:28)
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10. A duckling was swimming in the sea (02:05)
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11. I thought I heard some voices (04:00)
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12. Introduction (02:54)
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13. I leave, mother, but I won’t be away for long (02:54)
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14. No more worries, mother, let the wind disperse your troubles (03:35)
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15. Tell me, have you taken a decision? (02:44)
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16. No, my friend (03:57)
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17. The Oprichnik Introduction (Orchestra) (05:40)
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18. A nightingale chirps on leafy fronds (05:52)
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#3: The Oprichnik CD 3
(CD Audio)
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1. Honour and glory to the fine, courageous lad (05:38)
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2. Alas, I cannot fully grasp (05:03)
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3. Oh, may they never age (04:11)
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4. I am before you and before the Lord (04:51)
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5. Go, princess (06:10)
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6. I deny you, off with you, Praetorian (01:23)
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7. You are my light, my life (03:43)
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8. My respects to the noble congregation (04:50)
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9. Take heart, brother in faith (04:14)
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10. Look, a frightening storm threatens (04:30)
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11. Dances of Oprichniks and women (06:09)
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12. And so, my dove, do you know who is calling you? (05:36)
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13. Friends, this day is both joyful and sad (06:05)
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14. Oh, if only this banquet would end! (02:33)
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15. Let’s run away, come, let’s flee somewhere (01:43)
