VA - Borodin: Complete Songs & Romances (2001)

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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Borodin: Complete Songs & Romances
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Delos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 47:20
Total Size: 159 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Irina Molokina, Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yuri Serov – Razlyubila Krasna Devitsa (The Pretty Girl No Longer Loves Me) (04:02)
2. Irina Molokina, Marianna Tarassova & Yuri Serov – Slushayte, Podruzhen'ki, Pesenku Moyu (Listen to My Song, Little Friend) (03:48)
3. Irina Molokina, Konstantin Pluzhnikov & Yuri Serov – Krasavitsa-ribachka (The Beautiful Fisher Maiden) (01:32)
4. Andrey Slavny & Yuri Serov – Chto Ti Rano, Zoren'ka (Why Art Thou So Early, Dawn?) (02:28)
5. Marianna Tarassova & Yuri Serov – Spyashchaya Knyazhna (The Sleeping Princess) (05:31)
6. Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yuri Serov – Otravoy Polni Moi Pesni (My Songs Are Filled With Poison) (01:34)
7. Marianna Tarassova & Yuri Serov – Morskaya Tsaryevna (The Princess of the Sea) (02:40)
8. Konstantin Pluzhnikov & Yuri Serov – Fal'shivaya Nota (The False Note) (01:18)
9. Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yuri Serov – Pesnya Tyomnogo Lesa (Song of the Dark Forest) (03:10)
10. Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yuri Serov – Iz Slyoz Moikh (From My Tears) (01:43)
11. Konstantin Pluzhnikov & Yuri Serov – More (The Sea) (03:47)
12. Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yuri Serov – Spes' (Pride) (03:25)
13. Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yuri Serov – Dlya Beregov Otchizni Dal'noy (For the Shores of Thy Far Native Land) (04:05)
14. Andrey Slavny & Yuri Serov – U Lyudey-to V Domu (At Some Folks' Houses) (03:26)
15. Marianna Tarassova & Yuri Serov – Chudniy Sad (The Magic Garden) (02:15)
16. Nikolai Okhotnikov & Yuri Serov – Arabskaya Melodiya (Arabian Melody) (02:31)

A chemist by profession, Borodin was nevertheless one of Russia’s most richly gifted composers. Vocal music was important throughout Borodin’s creative life and the diversity of his settings is astonishing, from miniature masterpieces such as My Songs Are Poisoned, to the epic Song of the Dark Forest. His scientific mind led him to constantly experiment with new sounds, to always search for the perfect form. Borodin was an amateur cellist and three of his early songs – The beauty loves me no more, Listen to my song, little friend, and The lovely fisherwoman – incorporate his instrument, resulting in unusual trios which he used to practice together with his friends. A brilliant linguist, Borodin wrote many of his own song texts, many of which have been regarded as allegorical. In The sleeping Princess, for example, the Princess allegedly represents Russia under the spell of tsarist autocracy. For other settings, Borodin turns to the poetic genius of Heine, Pushkin and Tolstoy. Delos’ Russian Vocal Series is compiled by Yuri Serov, pianist and professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Serov has hand-picked the singers on this CD, carefully matching their vocal qualities to the musical characteristics. The first release in Delos’ Russian Vocal Series was the first complete collection of Prokofiev’s Songs and Romances, in a 3-CD set (DE 3275).

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