Alexander Vedernikov - Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (2004) [DSD]
Artist: Alexander Vedernikov
Title: Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: PentaTone
Genre: Chorus & Orchestra
Quality: DSD 64 DSF (*.dsf) (tracks) 1/2,8 MHz
Total Time: 03:23:10
Total Size: 8.04 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: PentaTone
Genre: Chorus & Orchestra
Quality: DSD 64 DSF (*.dsf) (tracks) 1/2,8 MHz
Total Time: 03:23:10
Total Size: 8.04 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1 Overture 5:16
2 Act I: No. 1. Introduction: Dela davno minuvsikh dnei (Bayan, Farlaf, Ratmir, Svetozar, Lyudmila, Ruslan, Chorus) 7:02
3 Act I: Est’ pustynnyi Kraj (Bayan, Chorus) 7:57
4 Act I: No. 2. Lyudmila’s Cavatina: Grustno mne, roditel’ dorogoi (Lyudmila, Chorus) 8:01
5 Act I: No. 3. Finale: Chada rodimye (Svetozar, Ruslan, Lyudmila, Ratmir, Farlaf, Chorus) 6:03
6 Act I: Chto sluchilos’? (Ruslan, Ratmir, Farlaf, Svetosar, Chorus) 8:40
7 Act II: No. 4. Entr’ acte 3:11
8 Act II: No. 5. Finn’s Ballad: Dobro pozhalovat’, moi syn (Finn, Ruslan) 8:30
9 Act II: No. 6. Duet of Finn and Ruslan: Blagodaryu tebya, moi divnyi pokrovitel (Ruslan, Finn) 2:05
10 Act II: No. 7. Scene and Farlaf’s Rondo: Ya ves’drozhu (Farlaf, Naina) 4:13
11 Act II: Rondo: Blizok uz chas torzhestva moego 3:48
12 Act II: No. 8. Rusian’s Aria: O pole, pole (Ruslan) 6:16
13 Act II: Dai, Perun, bulatnyi mech (Ruslan) 4:43
14 Act II: No. 9. Scene with the Head: Kto zdes’ bluzhdaet (Head, Chorus) 2:33
15 Act II: No. 10. Finale: The Tale of The Head: Nas bylo dvoe, brat moi i ya (Head, Ruslan) 3:31
16 Act III: No. 11. Entr’ acte 2:40
17 Act III: No. 12. Persian Chorus: Lozhitsya v pole mrak (Naina, Chorus of Maidens, Chorus) 4:40
18 Act III: No. 13. Gorislava’s Scene and Cavatina: Kakie sladostnye zvuki (Gorislava) 4:36
19 Act III: No. 14. Ratmir’s Aria: I zhar, i znoi smenila nochi ten’ (Ratmir) 11:49
20 Act III. No. 15. Dances 13:02
21 Act III: No. 16. Finale: O moi Ratmir! (Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan, Chorus) 6:23
22 Act III: Vityazi! Kovarnaya Naina (Finn, Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan) 4:20
23 Act IV: No. 17. Entr’acte 1:33
24 Act IV: No. 18. Lyudmila’s Scene and Aria: Vdali ot milogo (Lyudmila, Chorus) 5:03
25 Act IV: Akh ty dolya, dolushka (Lyudmila, Chorus) 10:17
26 Act IV: No. 19. March of Chernomor 4:54
27 Act IV: No. 20. Oriental Dance: I. Turkish Dance: Allegretto 2:15
28 Act IV: No. 20. Oriental Dances: II. Arabian Dance: Allegro con spirito 1:40
29 Act IV: No. 20. Oriental Dances: III. Lesginka: Caucasian Dance 3:13
30 Act IV: No. 21. Chorus: Pogibnet, nezhdannyi prishlets! (Chorus) 3:11
31 Act IV: No. 22. Finale: Pobeda, pobeda, Lyudmila (Ruslan, Gorislava, Ratmir,Chorus) 7:19
32 Act V: No. 23. Entr’acte 2:43
33 Act V: No. 24. Ratmir’s Romance: Ona mne zhizn’, ona mne radost (Ratmir) 6:38
34 Act V: No. 25. Recitative and Chorus: Vsyo tikho! (Ratmir, Chorus) 1:50
35 Act V: No. 26. Duet of Ratmir and Finn: Chto slyshu ya? Lyudmily net? (Ratmir, Finn) 6:18
36 Act V: No. 27. Finale: Akh ty svet, Luydmila (Svetozar, Farlaf, Chorus) 5:09
37 Act V: Kogo nam bogi shlyut? (Ruslan, Svetozar, Farlaf, Lyudmila, Gorislava, Chorus) 4:35
38 Act V: Slava velikim bogam (Ratmir, Gorislava, Chorus)
This is the Ruslan and Lyudmila we’ve been waiting for. The music flows. The singers are all excellent. The chorus is clear, the Bolshoi orchestra is fantastic. Performance-wise, there is little if anything that I would complain about. In multichannel, the orchestra, the chorus and soloists are in perfect balance. Virtually every detail of the orchestration is crystal clear, the different vocal timbres of the choir nicely separated, the soloists in good perspective, all the while harmony and balance between the assembled forces is maintained. The violins are bright, but always nice and warm. There is good separation between the various string voices. The brass instruments are the most spectacular: recorded with a true three-dimensional sonority. They are never two-dimensional, squeeky or congested. Percussion has just the right amount of bang and reverb. In other words, this thing sounds like a concert. I’ll go even further and say that it actually sounds better than a concert. This new critical version goes back to the original Glinka scores and attempts to recreate the opera as it was meant to be heard, rather than the version which has been played in the past century. A very special Thank You to Pentatone for releasing this. I’ve waited a long time to hear Ruslan and Lyudmila given the proper treatment. The result is worth the wait.
