Marina Prudenskaya & Cord Garben - Rimsky-Korsakov: Romances (2017)

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01. 4 Songs, Op. 40: No. 1. Kogda volnuyetsya zhelteyushchaya niva (When the golden cornfield waves)
02. 4 Songs, Op. 40: No. 2. Po nebu polunochi (Across the midnight sky)
03. 4 Songs, Op. 40: No. 3. O chyom v tishi nochyei (In the quiet of the night)
04. 4 Songs, Op. 27: No. 1. Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami (Softly the spirit flew up to Heaven)
05. 4 Songs, Op. 39: No. 1. O, yesli b tï mogla (Oh, if thou couldst for one moment)
06. 4 Songs, Op. 39: No. 2. Zapad gasnet v dali bledno-rozovoj (The west dies out in the distant pallid rose)
07. 4 Songs, Op. 39: No. 3. Na nivï zheltïye niskhodit tishina (Silence descends on the golden cornfields)
08. 4 Songs, Op. 39: No. 4. Usni, pechal'nïy drug (Sleep, my poor friend)
09. By the Sea, Op. 46: No. 1. Drobitsya, i pleshchet, i brizzhet volna (The wave breaks into spray)
10. By the Sea, Op. 46: No. 2. Ne penitsya more (Not a sound from the sea)
11. By the Sea, Op. 46: No. 5. Vzdimayutsya volni (The waves rise up like mountains)
12. In Spring, Op. 43: No. 1. Zvonche zhavoronka pen'ye (The lark sings louder)
13. In Spring, Op. 43: No. 2. Ne veter, veya s visoti (Not the wind, blowing from the heights)
14. 4 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Tikho vecher dogorayet (Quietly evening falls)
15. 4 Songs, Op. 42: No. 1. Shyopot, robkoye dïkhan'ye (A whisper, a gentle breath)
16. 4 Songs, Op. 42: No. 2. Ya prishyol k tebe s privetom (I have come to greet thee)
17. 4 Songs, Op. 7: No. 2. Yevreyskaya pesnya (Hebrew Song)
18. 4 Songs, Op. 7: No. 3. Switezianka (Switezianka)
19. 4 Songs, Op. 42: No. 4. Moya balovnitsa (My spoiled darling)
20. 4 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Yuzhnaya noch' (Southern Night)
21. 4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 1. Shchekoyu k shcheke tï moyey prilozhis' (Lean thy cheek to mine)
22. 4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 4. Iz slyoz moikh (From my tears)
23. 6 Songs, Op. 8: No. 2. Noch (Night)
24. 4 Songs, Op. 3: No. 4. Na kholmakh Gruzii (Upon the Georgian Hills)
25. 4 Songs, Op. 42: No. 3. Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada (The clouds begin to scatter)
26. 5 Songs, Op. 51: No. 2. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do not sing to me, fair maiden)
27. 5 Songs, Op. 51: No. 3. Tsvetok zasokhshiy (Withered flower)
28. 5 Songs, Op. 51: No. 4. Krasavitsa (The Beauty)
29. 4 Songs, Op. 55: No. 1. Probuzhden'ye (Awakening)
30. 4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 2. Vostochnïy romans: Plenivshis' rozoy, solovey (Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale)


Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a member of the young Russian school formed by “The Mighty Handful” along with Balakirev, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, and Alexander Borodin. Although his songs are not very frequently performed, his songs with piano accompaniment or, as the master himself termed them, the Romances, are a substantial element of his overall oeuvre. RimskyKorsakov’s song artistry is first and foremost a musical one. In the miniaturistic formats of his romances he fundamentally endeavored to interrelate the poetic statement and vocal interpretation. He was never interested in illuminating the darkest and innermost corners of psychic labyrinths with the light of his artistry. The mezzo-soprano Marina Prudenskaya, who was born in St. Petersburg, interprets our selection of his songs in the original Russian.

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