Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor: Georges Prêtre, Alfredo Antonini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900304
Release: 2011
Size: 249 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Gounod: Faust, CG 4, Act I
01. Le veau d’or est toujours debout
Gounod: Faust, CG 4, Act III
02. Vous qui faites l’endormie
Bizet: La jolie fille de Perth, Act II
03. Air. Tra, La, La, Tra, La La,! – Quand la flamme d’amour
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko (opera)
04. Am Felsenufer toben ungestum die Wellen
Glinka: Zhizn’ za tsarya (a Life for the Tsar), Op. 4 [Sung in German], Zhizn’ za tsarya [a Life for the Tsar], Op. 4, Act III
05. Recitative and Aria. Sie ahnen die Wahrheit – Brisch du an, o Morgenrot [Sung in German]
Rachmaninov: Aleko
06. Alles im Schlaf. Vom nach’tgen Himmel strahlt der Mond in kuhler Schonheit (Sung in German) [Sung in German]
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov
07. Prologue: Lang lebe der Zar Boris Feodorowitsch (Sung in German) [Sung in German]
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
08. Prologue: A te l’estremo addio – Il lacerato spirito
Verdi: Don Carlos, Act IV
09. Ella giammai m’amo
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (the Barber of Seville), Act I
10. Aria. La calunnia e un venticello
Khrennikov: Mnogo shumu… Iz-za serdets (Much Ado… Because of Hearts)
11. Mnogo shumu… Iz-za serdets [Much Ado… Because of Hearts]: Kanzone des Bretunkenen
Nicolai Ghiaurov’s unmistakable timbre brought him the title “Re dei bassi” – “King of Basses”. In live recordings from two Sunday Concerts by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester he can be heard in key roles from the bass repertoire as well as rarely performed arias by Bizet, Glinka and Rimsky Korsakov.
The program also contains arias from two roles in which Ghiaurov became world-famous: the title role in Boris Godunov and Mephistophèlès in Gounod’s Faust.
– Previously unreleased recordings by Nicolai Ghiaurov
– Documents of the beloved Sunday concerts with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester from the 1960’s under the direction of Georges Prêtre and Alfredo Antonini.
– The program contains key roles of the bass repertoire as well as rarely heard arias.