Power Players: Russian Arias for Bass Ildar Abdrazakov
Album info
Album-Release:
2014
HRA-Release:
03.04.2014
Label: Delos
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Artist: Ildar Abdrazakov, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Anton Rubinstein, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- 1 Ves' tabar spit - Cavatina: Kak nezhna priklan'as'ka mne 06:19
- 2 Act II: Scene and Farlaf's Rondo: Ya ves'drozhu 03:34
- 3 Act II: Rusian's Aria: O pole, pole 11:47
- 4 Act II: Aria: Ni sna ne otdykha (No sleep, no rest) 07:38
- 5 Act I: Varlaam's Drinking Song - Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazane 02:11
- 6 Act II: Na Vozdushnom akiane 05:05
- 7 Op. 24, Act III: Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni 05:37
- 8 Op. 69: King Rene's Arioso: Gospod' moi, esli greshen ia 04:31
- 9 Op. 4, Act IV: Aria: Chuyut pravdu! 05:56
- 10 Op. 91, Scene 10: Velichavaya v solnechnykh luchakh 04:31
- 11 Song of the Viking Guest 02:53
- 12 Prologue: Coronation Scene 08:18
Info for Power Players: Russian Arias for Bass
The bass voice is more prominent in Russian opera than in other national styles, with basses often assigned the roles of men in positions of great authority and influence (i.e. kings, military heroes) – hence this album’s title, “Power Players.”
Distinguished Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov devoted his early years to Italian and French repertoire but has returned to his national operatic roots as his voice has deepened, making it supremely well-suited to the richer vocal sound called for by the great Russian roles.
In this, Ildar’s first solo aria album, he offers magnificent examples of operatic art from the greatest Russian composers: Glinka, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-‐Korsakov, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Thrilling choral passages come in the Coronation scene from Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, courtesy of the famous Kaunas State Choir. The Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra – under the baton of Maestro Constantine Orbelian, often called “the singer’s conductor” – offers sympathetic and sonorous orchestral collaboration.
“… Best of all, though, was the sensational bass, Ildar Abdrazakov, who has just about everything – imposing sound, beautiful legato, oodles of finesse. I can’t remember when I last heard the role so magnificently sung.” (The Independent)
Ildar Abdrazakov, bass
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
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Booklet for Power Players: Russian Arias for Bass