Performer: Dashkova Ensemble, Oleg Timofeyev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil Medien
Catalogue: PH19009
Release: 2019
Size: 326 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Gurilyov: The Maiden’s Sorrow
02. Dargomyzhsky: Odelas’ tumanami Sierra-Nevada (The Sierra Nevada was Covered with Mist)
03. Alyabyev: Waltz
04. Alyabyev: Solovey (The Nightingale) (arr. for guitar)
05. Varlamov: Krasny sarafan (The Red Sarafan)
06. Varlamov: Na zare ty jejo ne budi (Don’t Wake Her at Dawn)
07. Bakhmetev: Little Ring
08. Titov: Talisman (arr. for guitar)
09. Dargomyzhsky: Kamenny Gost (The Stone Guest)- Granada Is Covered by Fog (Arr. for Voice & Guitar)
10. Cimarosa: Cavatina
11. Sychra: Spanish Bolero
12. Kondenko: Dusk
13. Varlamov: Angel
14. Gurilyov: Music Within
15. Sarenko: Time Was, Time Was …
16. anon.: French Romance
17. Glinka: Nochnoy zefir (The night zephyr)
18. Maslofsky: But Sylvia Is Not Here
19. anon.: Shall I Go Forth
20. Maslofsky: The Sun Is Shining Over the Mountain
21. Gurilyov: In the Memory of Varlamov
The Russian word romans (‘romance’) denotes an art song whose lyrics usually – but not always! – deal with the subject of Romantic love. A counterpart to the German Lied or French romance, the Russian romans embarked on its journey late in the 18th century. The album starts with a romans from the “reign of three Alexanders” – Alexander Aliabiev, Alexander Varlamov and Alexander Guriliov. All three were primarily song composers and were as immensely popular as the whole phenomenon of the romans. In “Maiden’s Sorrow” (Track 1) Alexander Guriliov captures the sadness of a maiden abandoned by the young man she loved. The lyrics by Alexei Koltsov (1809 1842) are an elegant imitation of folk poetry, and Guriliov’s music skillfully engages the same game. The Dashkova Ensemble is dedicated to the little-known early repertories of Russian music, from the 18th to the early 20th century. Its founding members are the German mezzo-soprano Anna Bineta Diouf, who loves the Russian language, and Oleg Timofeyev, who dedicated decades of his life to the revival of Russia’s forgotten treasure, the Russian sevenstring guitar.