Yuri Simonov - Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (1996)

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Artist: Yuri Simonov
Title: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Melodiya
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 03:07:30
Total Size: 919 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Overture
2. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 1: 1.Introduction: Deeds Of Bygone Days - (Ratmir, Ruslan, Svetozar, Farlaf, Lyudmila)
3. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 1: 2.Cavatina: O Dear Father, I Am Sad - (Lyudmila)
4. Ruslan And Lyudmila: 3. Finale Of Act 1: My Dearest Children - (Svetozar, Ruslan, Ratmir, Farlaf, Lyudmila)
5. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Finale Of Act 1: What Has Happened? - (Ruslan, Ratmir, Farlaf, Svetozar)
6. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 2: 4. Entr'act
7. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 2: 5. Ballad: Welcome My Son - (Ruslan)
8. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 2: 6.Duettino: Thank You, Miraculous Protector - (Ruslan)
9. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 2: 7.Scene And Rondo: I Am Shaking All Over - (Farlaf)

CD 2
1. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 2: 8.Aria - O Field, O Field - (Ruslan)
2. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 2: 9.Scene With The Head - Who Wanders Here? - (Ruslan)
3. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Finale Act 2: Tale Of The Head - (Ruslan)
4. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 3: 12. Persian Chorus - Night Is Falling On The Fields
5. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 3: 13.Cavatina - What Sweet Sound Floated Towards Me? - (Gorislava)
6. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act3: 14.Aria 1 - Night's Shadows Replace The Day's Baking Heat - (Ratmir)
7. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 3: 15.Dances
8. Ruslan And Lyudmila: 16. Finale Of Act 3 - O, My Ratmir - (Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan)
9. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Finale Of Act 3: Knights! The Treacherous Naina - (Gorislava, Ratmir, Ruslan)

CD 3
01. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 4: 17.Entr'acte
02. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 4: 18 Scene And Aria - Imprisoned Far From My Beloved (Lyudmila)
03. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 4: 19. Chernomor's March
04. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 4: 20.Oriental Dances
05. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 4: 21.Chorus - The Uninvited Guest Will Be Killed
06. Ruslan And Lyudmila: 22.Finale Of Act 4 - Victory, Victory, Lyudmila - (Ruslan, Gorislava, Ratmir)
07. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 5: 25.1.Recitative - All Is Quiet - (Ratmir)
08. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 5: 24.Romance - She Is My Life And My Joy - (Ratmir)
09. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 5: 25.2.Chorus - The Camp Is In An Uproar, In Wild Excitement
10. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Act 5: 26.Duet - What Do I Hear? Lyudmila Is Gone? - (Ratmir)
11. Ruslan And Lyudmila: 27.Finale Of Act 5 - O Lyudmila, Light Of Our Eyes - (Svetozar, Farlaf)
12. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Finale Of Act 5: Whom Have The Gods Sent Us? - (Farlaf, Svetozar) (Ruslan) (Lyudmila) (Gorislava) (Ratmir)
13. Ruslan And Lyudmila: Finale Of Act 5: Glory To The Great Gods - (Ratmir, Gorislava)

Yuri Simonov - Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (1996)

The sprightly, familiar overture, taken by conductor Yuri Simonov at an amazing pace, sets the tone for this "magic opera in five acts." Not really so much an opera as a pageant--Glinka composed it in fragments and then put them all together, which doesn't do much for dramatic unity--and hindered by an inept libretto, it still has many beautiful moments. This is a remastered edition of a 1979 recording by artists of the Bolshoi; unfortunately, Soviet sound--even cleaned-up Soviet sound--is always problematic at best. Most of the singing is by vocalists who sound as though they were perhaps beyond their best days, and while this set offers idiomatic performances, the Valery Gergiev version on Philips is a better bet overall. -- Sarah Bryan Miller

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