War, Peace, Love & Sorrow Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Album info
Album-Release:
2016
HRA-Release:
10.08.2016
Label: Delos
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Artist: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Asmik Grigorian, Irina Shishkova, Mikhail Guzhov, Igor Morozov, Vadim Volkov
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Anton Rubinstein
Album including Album cover
- 1 Voyna i mir (War and Peace), Op. 91: Scene 1: Svetlaje vesenneje nebo 11:47
- 2 Mazeppa, Act II: O, Marija, Marija! 05:27
- 3 Iolanta, Op. 69, Scene 6: Aria: Kto mozhet sravnit'sia s Matil'doi moe 02:36
- 4 Act I: Odnazhdy v Versale au jeu de la Reine 05:42
- 5 Act III: Yesli b milye devitsy 02:17
- 6 The Demon, Scene 6: — 26:03
Info for War, Peace, Love & Sorrow
The incomparable Siberian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky — best known internationally for his Verdi roles — makes a powerful return to operatic masterpieces of his homeland. Leading this gripping album of Russian arias and scenes is Hvorostovsky’s frequent collaborator, Constantine Orbelian.
We are treated to the vibrant opening scene from Prokofiev’s War and Peace, as well as popular arias from Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa, Iolanta and Queen of Spades. We also get a seldom-heard rarity: virtually the entire final dramatic scene from Anton Rubinstein’s The Demon.
Featured in the album’s first and last selections is the new soprano sensation Asmik Grigorian, with whom Dmitri has shared the operatic stage in these roles in recent seasons. Further collaborators include other well-known Russian artists who appear here more briefly, as well as the vaunted State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia and the Helikon Opera Chorus.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Irina Shishkova, mezzo soprano
Mikhail Guzhov, bass
Igor Morozov, baritone
Vadim Volkov, countertenor
Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra
Helikon Opera Chorus
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
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