Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Performer: Ivan Petrov, Mark Reizen, Alexander Ognivtsev, Anatoli Orfyonov, Nina Pokrovskaya, Bronislava Zlatogorova, Nikolay Zakharov, Vladislav Radziyevsky, Oleg Daletsky, Vadim Ruslanov, Yuriy Dementjev, Dina Dyan, Vitaly Vlasov, Andrej Sokolov, Viktor Nechipailo, Yakov Zak, Sviatoslav Richter, Victor Merzhanov, Sergey Migay, Sergei Lemeshev, Nina Isakova, Jussi Björling, Ivan Kozlovsky, Pavel Lisitsian, Galina Vishnevskaya, Leokadia Maslennikova, Borys Hmyrya, Sergey Rachmaninov
Orchestra: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Nikolai Rabinovich, Nikolai Golovanov, Vasili Nebolsin, Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Number of Discs: 15
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil Medien
Catalogue: PH21036
Release: 2022
Size: 3.71 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Aleko
01. Introduction
02. As Dear as Freedom Is Our Happy Encampment
03. The Magic Power of Song
04. But Why Did You Not Immediately Hasten
05. Woman’s Dance
06. Men’s Dance
07. The Fires Have Gone Out
08. One More, Just One Kiss!
09. Old Man, Fearful Man
10. The Whole Camp Sleeps
11. Symphonic Intermezzo
12. Look How Beneath the Distant Vault of Heaven
13. Murder. It’s Time
14. What’s All This Noise? What Is That Cry?
CD 02
Aleko
01. Introduction
02. As Dear as Freedom Is Our Happy Encampment
03. The Magic Power of Song
04. But Why Did You Not Immediately Hasten
05. Woman’s Dance
06. Men’s Dance
07. The Fires Have Gone Out
08. One More, Just One Kiss!
09. Old Man, Fearful Man
10. The Whole Camp Sleeps
11. Symphonic Intermezzo
12. Look How Beneath the Distant Vault of Heaven
13. Murder. It’s Time
14. What’s All This Noise? What Is That Cry?
CD 03
The Miserly Knight, op. 24
01. Prelude
Scene 1
02. Whatever Happens, I Shall Appear at the Tournament
03. What Has the Idler Solomon to Say?
04. Your Humble Servant
05. Yes, at the Baron’s Funeral More Money Will Flow Than Tears
06. What? Poison My Father?
Scene 2
07. Introduction
08. Like a Young Libertine Waiting for a Date
09. Like Some Demon, from Here I Can Rule the World!
10. It Doesn’t Seem Much, but of How Many Human Cares
11. Yes, If All the Tears
12. But After Me Who Will Have Possession of It?
Scene 3
13. Believe Me Sire, I Have Long Suffered the Shame of Bitter Poverty
14. Baron, I’m Pleased to See You Vigorous and Healthy
15. You, Here? You, Here?
CD 04
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25
Prologue
01. Introduction
02. Rock. Darkness. Red Clouds
03. Hopeless Sighs
04. Now We Enter a Blind Abyss
05. The Darkness Dissipates
06. Whirlwind of Tormented Shadows
07. My Son, Now We Are There
08. Whirlwind of Tormented Shadows
09. Who Are These Two Who Are So Easily Carried by the Wind?
10. There Is No Greater Sorrow in the World
Tableau 1
11. Introduction
Tableau 1 Scene 1
12. My Answer Is Plain
Tableau 1 Scene 2
13. Introduction
14. Nothing Will Drown Out Jealous Thoughts
Tableau 1 Scene 3
15. My Lord Called for Me?
16. I Want Your Love
17. Damn It! You Cannot Love Me!
Tableau 2
18. Introduction
19. The Beautiful Guenever
20. What Do You Think Francesca?
21. Oh, How They Were
22. Oh, Don’t Look at Me Like That
23. Oh, Don’t Cry My Paolo
24. What Is Paradise for Me
25. Alas, They Have Given Me to Another
26. Where Are You?
27. Not! Eternal Damnation!
Epilogue
28. Whirlwind of Tormented Shadows
29. Oh! We Didn’t Read Anymore That Day
30. There Is No Greater Sorrow
CD 05
01. Arbenin’s Monologue
02. Pimen’s Monologue
Aleko
03. Look How Beneath the Distant Vault of Heaven
04. Kavatina of Aleko
Francesca da Rimini, op. 25
05. Oh, Don’t Cry My Paolo
06. Scene 2 Introduction
07. Nothing Will Drown Out Jealous Thoughts
08. My Lord Called for Me?
09. I Want Your Love
10. You Can’t Love Me!
11. Nothing Will Drown Out Jealous Thoughts
The Miserly Knight, op. 24
12. Scene 2 Introduction
13. Like a Young Libertine Waiting for a Date
14. Like Some Demon, from Here I Can Rule the World!
15. It Doesn’t Seem Much, but of How Many Human Cares
16. Yes, If All the Tears
17. But After Me Who Will Have Possession of It?
Aleko
18. All the Gypsy Camp Is Sleeping
CD 06
12 Songs Without Opus
01. No. 1, At the Gates of the Holy Abode
02. No. 2, I Shall Tell You Nothing
03. No. 4, C’était en avril
04. No. 5, Twilight Has Fallen
05. No. 6, Song of the Disillusioned
06. No. 7, The Flower Has Faded
07. No. 11, Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky
6 Romances, Op. 4
08. No. 1, Oh I Beg You, Do Not Leave!
09. No. 2, MorningBerta Kozel02:31
10. No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night
11. No. 4, Sing Not, O Lovely One
12. No. 5, The Harvest of Sorrow
13. No. 6, It Was Not Long Ago, My Friend
6 Romances, Op. 8
14. No. 1, Water Lily
15. No. 2, My Child, Your Beauty Is That of a Flower
16. No. 3, Thoughts, Reflections
17. No. 4, I Fell in Love, to My Sorrow
18. No. 5, The Dream
19. No. 6, Prayer
6 Romances, Op. 4
20. No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night
21. No. 5, The Harvest of Sorrow
6 Romances, Op. 8
22. No. 5, The Dream
6 Romances, Op. 4
23. No. 6, It Was Not Long Ago, My Friend
CD 07
12 Romances, op. 14
01. No. 1, I Await You
02. No. 2, Small Island
03. No. 3, How Fleeting Is Delight in Love
04. No. 4, I Was with Her
05. No. 5, Summer Nights
06. No. 6, You Are so Beloved by All
07. No. 7, Do Not Believe Me, Friend
08. No. 8, Oh, Do Not Grieve!
09. No. 9, She Is as Beautiful as Midday
10. No. 10, In My Soul
11. No. 11, Spring Torrents
12. No. 12, ‘Tis Time!
12 Romances, Op. 21
13. No. 1, Fate
14. No. 2, By a Fresh Grave
15. No. 3, TwilightE
16. No. 4, They Replied
17. No. 5, Lilacs
18. No. 6, Fragment from Musset
19. No. 7, Here Is so Nice
20. No. 8, On the Death of a Linnet
21. No. 9, Melody
22. No. 11, I Am Not a Prophet
23. No. 12, How Pained I Am
24. No. 4, They Replied
25. No. 7, Here Is so Nice
12 Romances, op. 14
26. No. 11, Spring Torrents
12 Romances, Op. 21
27. No. 5, Lilacs
28. No. 6, Fragment from Musset
12 Romances, op. 14
29. No. 4, I Was with Her
12 Romances, Op. 21
30. No. 12, How Pained I Am
CD 08
15 Romances, Op. 26
01. No. 1, There Are Many Sounds
02. No. 2, All Was Taken from Me
03. No. 3, We Shall Rest
04. No. 5, Let Us Leave, My Sweet
05. No. 6, Christ Is Risen
06. No. 7, To the Children
07. No. 8, Beg for Mercy
08. No. 9, I Am Again Alone
09. No. 10, At My Window
10. No. 11, The Fountain
11. No. 12, Night Is Sorrowful
12. No. 13, Yesterday We Met
13. No. 15, All Passes
14. No. 1, There Are Many Sounds
15. No. 2, All Was Taken from Me
16. No. 12, Night Is Sorrowful
17. No. 13, Yesterday We Met
18. No. 9, I Am Again Alone
19. No. 10, At My Window
20. No. 8, Beg for Mercy
21. No. 5, Let Us Leave, My Sweet
22. No. 12, Night Is Sorrowful
23. No. 15, All Passes
24. No. 3, We Shall Rest
CD 09
14 Romances, Op. 34
01. No. 1, The Muse
02. No. 2, In the Soul of Each of Us
03. No. 4, A Passing Breeze
04. No. 5, Arion
05. No. 6, The Raising of Lazarus
06. No. 7, It Cannot Be
07. No. 8, Music
08. No. 9, You Knew Him
09. No. 10, I Remember That Day
10. No. 12, What Happiness
11. No. 13, Dissonance
12. No. 14, Vocalise
6 Romances, op. 38
13. No. 1, At Night in My Garden
14. No. 2, To Her
15. No. 3, Daisies
16. No. 4, The Pied Piper
17. No. 5, The Dream
18. No. 6, A-Oo!
19. Burlesque Song
12 Romances, Op. 21
20. No. 5, Lilacs
6 Romances, op. 38
21. No. 3, Daisies
3 Russian Songs, Op. 41
22. No. 3, Whiten My Rouged Cheeks
14 Romances, Op. 34
23. No. 14, Vocalise
CD 10
15 Romances, Op. 26
01. No. 6, Christ Is Risen
02. No. 15, All Passes
03. No. 3, We Shall Rest
14 Romances, Op. 34
04. No. 14, Vocalise
12 Romances, Op. 21
05. No. 7, Here Is so Nice
6 Romances, Op. 4
06. No. 4, Sing Not, O Lovely One
07. Burlesque Song
6 Romances, Op. 4
08. No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night
12 Romances, Op. 21
09. No. 5, Lilacs
12 Romances, op. 14
10. No. 8, Oh, Do Not Grieve!
6 Romances, Op. 4
11. No. 4, Sing Not, O Lovely One
14 Romances, Op. 34
12. No. 14, Vocalise
CD 11
O Mother of God
01. O Mother of God Vigilantly Praying
02. Like Bo Belly Mater
03. In the Womb, Everlasting Virgin
04. Spring, Op. 20
3 Russian Songs, Op. 41
05. No. 1, Across the River
06. No. 2, Oh, Ivan!
07. No. 3, Whiten My Rouged Cheeks
08. Spring, Op. 20
3 Russian Songs, Op. 41
09. No. 1, Across the River
10. No. 2, Oh, Ivan!
11. No. 3, Whiten My Rouged Cheeks
CD 12
The Bells, Op. 35
01. I. Allegro ma non tanto
02. II. Lento
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Lento lugubre
05. I. Allegro ma non tanto
06. II. Lento
07. III. Presto
08. IV. Lento lugubre
CD 13
01. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
02. I. Non allegro
03. II. Andante con moto
04. III. Lento assai – Allegro vivace
CD 14
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro vivace
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
04. I. Moderato
05. II. Adagio sostenuto
06. III. Allegro scherzando
CD 15
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
01. I. Allegro ma non tanto
02. II. Intermezzo. Adagio
03. III. Finale. Alla breve
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
04. I. Allegro vivace
05. II. Largo
06. III. Allegro vivace
Sergei VasiIyevich Rachmaninov was born on 2O March 1873 old StyIe ( 1 ApriI New StyIe) at the Semyonova estate in the Novgorod district. As is common when transcribing SIavic names from Cyrillic, the s pellling of his name varies and is also written, for example, as Rachmaninov. He himself transcribed his name as Rachmaninov, which is why it is written this way in the following. Today in this country he is known most of all as a great pianist and composer of piano works. His piano concertos, especially the second, and his Paganini Variations are among the most popular works in their respective genres. Orchestral works, too, such as the Second Symphony, the symphonic poem Isle of the Dead or the Symphonic Dances are still frequently heard in concerts and on recordings. Less well known is that Rachmaninov also com posed operas, songs and sacred vocal works, even if some specialists are well aware of this. Although the OpernfUhrer (opera guide) by AttiIa Csampai and Dietmar Holland (new edition 2006) only listed him in the appendix with three completed operas, Aleko, Francesca da Rimini and The Miserly Knight, at least this is something. Reclam’s multi-volume Lexikon der Opernwelt (1998) devotes all of seven lines to Aleko, about three to Francesca, and not one line to The Miserly Knight. The Harenberg Opera Guide (2000) has one page devoted to the composer and Francesca respectively. PopuIarity Iooks quite different from this. Perhaps the Russian Ianguage was an obstacle to gaining a wider audience, but at Ieast Rachmaninoff is no longer ignored as an opera composer. The popularity of the operas by his fellow countrymen Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881, see also ProfiI Edition Gunter Hanssler PH21002), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1910, PH19010) or Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 -1893, PH17053) was never and will probably never be achieved by Rachmaninoff’s works for the lyric stage. Nor will the other composers from the country of his birth – see the overview of Russian operas in PH19 040.