Kolomizheva: Taneyev – Oresteia (2 CD, WavPack)

Composer: Sergei Taneyev
Performer: Chorus of the Belorussian State Opera
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Belorussian State Opera
Conductor: Tatiana Kolomizheva
Audio CD
SPARS Code: AAD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: WV (image+cue)
Label: Melodiya
Size: 685 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Victor Chemobayev, Bass
Lydia Galushkina, Alt
Anatoly Bokov, Bariton
Nelli Tkachenko, Sopran
Tamara Shimko, Sopran
Ivan Dubrovin, Tenor
Arkady Savchenko, Bariton
Ludmilla Ganestova, Sopran
Stanislav Frolov, Bass
Mikhail Pushkariev, Bass

Chorus of the Belorussian State Opera
Orchestra of the Belorussian State Opera

Tatiana Kolomizheva

Incredibly neglected Russian Opera

First performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895, this is one of the greatest Operas from russian repertoire,
but an incredibly neglected work ever since. It is a three act musical trilogy that brings to life Aeschylus’s
Greek tragedy concerning the return of Agamemnon from the Trojan War, his murder, and his son Orestes’s retribution
on Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. It’s an overwhelming spectacle concerning the darker side of human existence.
The ominous and brooding intensity of the opening of the first act permeats the air and flowed from every pore of the
soloists, chorus and orchestra.

This is the only one recording of the complete Opera, so this is the reference for this masterwork. Well played and
sung, it has enough load of pathos and drama. The sound engineering is good enough to appreciate the quality and
originality of the work. A great Opera, in the same league of, say, a Boris Godunov, a Pique Dame, a Russlan or any
Opera by Rimsky-Korsakov. A Jewel.