Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Analotji Babykin, Nina Fomina, Tamara Sinjawskaja, Arkadi Mischenkin, Stanislaw Suleymanow, Anatoli Kotscherga, Wladimir Kasatschuk
Orchestra: Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Conductor: Michail Jurowski
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C5095
Release: 2011
Size: 444 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79
01. No. 1, Plach ob umershem mladentse (the Lament for the Dead Child)
02. No. 2, Zabotlivye mama i tyotya (the Thoughtful Mother and Aunt)
03. No. 3, Kolybal’naya (Lullaby)
04. No. 4, Pered dolgoy razlukoy (Before a Long Parting)
05. No. 5, Predosterezheniye (a Warning)
06. No. 6, Broshenniy otets (the Abandoned Father)
07. No. 7, Pesnya o nuzhde (the Song of Misery)
08. No. 8, Zima (Winter)
09. No. 9, Khoroshaya zhisn’ (a Good Life)
10. No. 10, Pesnya devushki (the Young Girl’s Song)
11. No. 11, Schastye (Happiness)
Suite, Op. 145, “Suite on Words by Michelangelo”
12. I. Istina (Truth)
13. II. Utro (Morning)
14. III. L’ubov’ (Love)
15. IV. Razluka (Separation)
16. V. Gnev (Wrath)
17. VI. Dante – VII. Izgnanniku (to the Exiled)
18. VIII. Tvorchestvo (Artistry)
19. IX. Noch (Night)
20. X. Smert’ (Death)
21. XI. Bessmertie (Eternity)
CD 02
4 Romances, Op. 46a
01. No. 1, Renaissance (Version for voice and orchestra)
02. No. 2, Weeping Bitterly, a Jealous Maid Reproached a Young Man (Version for voice and orchestra)
03. No. 3, Anticipation (Version for voice and orchestra)
6 Verses, Op. 143
04. No. 1, My Verses
05. No. 2, Whence All This Tenderness?
06. No. 3, Dialogue between Hamlet and His Conscience
07. No. 4, The Poet and the Czar
08. No. 5, No, the Drum Did Beat
09. No. 6, To Anna Akhmatova
6 Romances, Op. 62
10. No. 1, Sir Walter Raleigh to His Sonne
11. No. 2, Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast
12. No. 3, Macpherson’s Farewell
13. No. 4, Jenny
14. No. 5, Sonnet No. 66 by W. Shakespeare
15. No. 6, The King’s Campaign
6 Romances, Op. 21
16. No. 1, Love
17. No. 2, Before the Suicide
18. No. 3, An Immodest Glance
19. No. 4, The First and the Last Time
20. No. 5, Hopeless Love
21. No. 6, Death
Russian Romances is a disc of Shostakovich’s song cycles on 2 CDS.
The works include 3 Romances on poems by Alexander Pushkin for bass and small orchestra; From Jewish folk poetry for soprano, alto, tenor and orchestra and 6 Romances on Verses by English Poets for bass and small orchestra.