Sergei Leiferkus, Semion Skigin, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Sergei Leiferkus sings Modest Mussorgsky (2016)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Songs and Dances of Death: Lullaby
02. Songs and Dances of Death: Serenade
03. Songs and Dances of Death: Trepak
04. Songs and Dances of Death: The Field Marshal
05. The Nursery: With Nanny
06. The Nursery: In the Corner
07. The Nursery: The Beetle
08. The Nursery: With the Doll
09. The Nursery: At Bedtime
10. The Nursery: The Hobby Horse
11. The Nursery: The Cat 'Sailor'
12. The Puppet-Show
13. Forgotten
14. The Seminarist
15. Darling Savishna
16. The He-Goat: A Worldly Story
17. Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea

CD2
01. Cruel Death: Epitaph
02. The Misunderstood One
03. Misfortune
04. The Spirit of Heaven
05. Pride
06. Is Spinning Man's Work?
07. Vision
08. Trouble
09. On the Dnieper
10. Yeryomushka's Cradle Song
11. The Feast
12. The Classicist
13. From My Tears
14. Sunless: Within Four Walls
15. Sunless: In the Crowd
16. Sunless: An End to the Futile, Hectic Day
17. Sunless: Ennui
18. Sunless: Elegy
19. Sunless: On the River

CD3
01. Where Are You, Little Star?
02. The Hour of Jollity
03. Sadly Rustled the Leaves
04. I Have Many Palaces and Gardens
05. Prayer
06. Tell Me Why
07. What Are Words of Love to You?
08. The Wild Winds Blow
09. But If I Could Meet You Again
10. Dear One, Why Are Your Eyes Sometimes So Cold?
11. Song of the Old Man
12. King Saul
13. Night
14. Calistratus
15. The Outcast
16. Lullaby
17. Balearic Song

CD4
01. Where Art Thou, Little Star?
02. Night
03. Hopak
04. The Nettle Mountain
05. You Drunken Sot!
06. The Orphan
07. The Magpie
08. Child's Song
09. The Ragamuffin
10. Evening Song
11. Gathering Mushrooms
12. The Wanderer
13. The Garden by the Don
14. Hebrew Song
15. Meines Herzens Sehnsucht
16. Ich Wollt' Meine Schmerzen Ergössen
17. Méditation: Feuillet D'Album
18. On the Southern Shore of the Crimea
19. Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea: Baydarki Capriccio
20. In the Village
21. Intermezzo Symphonique In Modo Classico
22. A Tear
23. Hopak of the Young Ukrainians
24. Passionate Impromptu

This 4 CD collection of award-winning performances sees the great Russian baritone Sergei Leiferkus sing the songs of his compatriot Modest Mussorgsky. "Absolutely riveting,” wrote Gramophone’s reviewer, praising the singer’s “amazing variety of tone colour and textual inflexion” and pianist Semion Skigin “a wonderfully responsive partner.”

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