TCHAIKOVSKY ROMANCES – HvorostovskyProduct #DE 3393DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY, baritone
IVARI ILJA, piano

Operatic superstar Dmitri Hvorostovsky has become the supreme interpreter of the Russian Romance, with its rich resource of music and poetry. In this generous program the great baritone soars vocally and plumbs emotional depths as he delivers definitive performances of a wide range of Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces.


program
None but the Lonely Heart / Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal
Night / Noch
At Bedtime / Na son Griadushchiyi
I Opened the Window / Rastvoril ya okno,
My Genius, My Angel, My Friend / Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug
Not a Word, O My Friend / Ni slova, o drug moy
Why? / Otchevo?
To Forget So Soon / Zabit’ tak skoro
The Heroic Deed / Podvig
Death / Smert
I Should like in a Single Word / Khotel bi v edinoye slovo
Oh, If Only You Could / O, esli b ti mogla
The Love of a Dead Man / Lyubov’ mertvetsa
On the Golden Cornfields / Na nivi zhyoltiye
Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches / Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey
The Fearful Moment / Strashnaya Minuta
Reconciliation / Primiren’ye
Does the Day Reign / Den’ li tsarit
Frenzied Nights / Nochi bezumniye
Serenade (O Child, beneath thy window) / Serenada “O, ditya”
It Was in The Early Spring / To bilo ranneyu vesnoy
Dusk Fell on the Earth / Na zemlyu sumrak pal
I Bless You, Forests / Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa
Don Juan’s Serenade / Serenada Don-Zhuana

Total Playing Time: 80:54
(two discs for the price of one)

“The sheer beauty of Hvorostovsky’s voice approaches legendary status” — San Francisco Examiner

“some of the most beautiful and eloquent sounds that can currently be heard from any human throat… His voice is redolent of luxury: beautiful tone, pinpoint intonation, elegant, and impassioned delivery.” — The New York Times

Price: $14.98