Composer: Nikolay Myaskovsky
Performer: Olga Solovieva, Ilya Kuzmin, Dzambolat Dulaev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0667
Release: 2023
Size: 1.01 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 20
01. No. 1, A full moon has risen over the meadow
02. No. 2, The evenings’ chill is dreadful
03. No. 3, Dear friend!
04. No. 4, The autumn day declines on its slow course
05. No. 5, I will arise in the foggy morning
06. No. 6, In the silent night
At the Decline of Day: Three Sketches to Words by Fyodor Tyutchev
07. No. 1 It is not given to us to tell
08. No. 2 Your friendly voice prompts no living spark
09. No. 3 However distressing the final hour
Sketches, Op. 45
10. No. 1 The Flower
11. No. 2 The Little Birch Tree
12. No. 3 A Conversation
From the Lyric Poetry of Stepan Shchipachyov, Op. 52
13. I. Fair-haired Wind
14. II. At the Spring
15. III. It sometimes seems to me
16. IV. The Sunflower
17. V. Superstitions
18. VI. To you
19. VII. It’s easy, my love, with you
20. VIII. Mount Elbrus and the Aeroplane
21. IX. After glancing at a card
22. X. By the Sea
Songs of Many Years, Op. 87
23. No. 1 Thus yearns the soul
24. No. 6 Song of the Collectors
25. No. 7 In the struggle with a heavy fate
26. No. 10 Sonnet of Michelangelo
Songs of Polar Explorers
27. No. 1 Song
28. No. 2 Song of the Polar Sailors
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950) was given the sobriquet of ‘the conscience of Russian music’ thanks to his dignified bearing and quiet wisdom – qualities reflected in the unemphatic strength of his music. His orchestral, chamber and instrumental works are regaining the currency they once enjoyed, but his large corpus of songs, many of them understated masterpieces, has yet to attract systematic attention – a situation this series hopes to remedy. This second album presents his entire output of songs for baritone and piano, most of them early works responding to Russian lyric poetry with the calm dignity typical of his compositions – though there is the occasional flash of passion.