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CD I
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
1.We haven't long to stroll (1875 - without opus)
(Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia after Friedrich Rückert)
2. Both painfully and sweetly (op.6/3)
(Evdokiya Petrovna Grafinya Rostopchina)
3. Whether in the realm of day (op.47/6)
(Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin)
The Violin Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theatre
Moscow, 1965
4. Reconciliation (op.25/1)
(Nikolay Fyodorovich Shcherbina)
5. The fires in the room were already out (op.63/5)
(Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia)
6. Was I not a blade of grass? (op.47/7)
(Ivan Zakharovich Surikov after Taras Hryhorovyc Shevchenko)
7. Night (op.73/2)
(Daniil Maximovich Rathaus)
8. None but the lonely heart (op.6/6)
(Lev Aleksandrovich Mey after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
9. Amid the din of the ball (op.38/3)
(Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy)
10. It was in early spring (op.38/2)
(Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy)
11. The sun has set (op.73/4)
(Daniil Maximovich Rathaus)
12. Do not ask (op.57/3)
(Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strugovshchikov after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
13. Alone as before (op.73/6)
(Daniil Maximovich Rathaus)
14. Gypsy girl's song (op.60.7)
(Yakov Petrovich Polonsky)
15. If I had known (op.47/1)
(Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy)
Vazha Tchatchava (piano)
Moscow, 1979
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
16. Mondnacht (Liederkreis, 0p.39/5)
(Joseph von Eichendorff)
17. Die Lotosblume (Myrthen, op.25/7)
(Heinrich Heine)
18. Stille Liebe (Zwölf Gedichte, Op.35/8)
(Justinius Kerner)
19. Stille Tränen (Zwölf Gedichte, Op.35/10)
(Justinius Kerner)
20. Meine Rose (Sechs Gedichte, Op.90, No.2) (2.53)
(Nikolaus Lenau)
CD II
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 (1840)
Song Cycle on the text by Adelbert von Chamisso (1830)
1.Seit ich ihn gesehen
2.Er, der Herrlichste von allen
3. Ich kann´s nicht fassen
4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
6. Süsser Freund, du blickest
7. An meinem Herzen
8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Vazha Tchatchava (piano)
Moscow 1979
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
9. None, but the lonely heart, op.6/6
(Lev Aleksandrovich Mey after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
10. It was in early spring, op.38/2
(Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy)
11. Was I not a blade of grass?, op.47/7
(Ivan Zakharovich Surikov after Taras Hryhorovyc Shevchenko)
12. Night, op.73/2
(Daniil Maximovich Rathaus)
13. The gentle stars shone for us, op.60/12
(Daniil Maximovich Rathaus)
14. The sun has set, op.73/4
(Daniil Maximovich Rathaus)
SERGEJ RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
15. I fel in love, to my sorrow, op.8/4
(Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev after Taras Hryhorovyc Shevchenko)
16. Sing not, o lovely one, op.4/4
(Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin)
17. Extract from Musset, op.21/6
(Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin after Louis Charles Alfred de Musset)
18. Oh, do not grieve, op.14/8
(Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin)
19. Let us leave, my sweet, op.26/5
(Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov)
20. She is as beautiful as midday, op.14/9
(Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky)
21. What Happines, op.34/12
(Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet)
Vazha Tchatchava (piano)
Recorded live at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire
February 21,1986
Most admirers of Elena Obraztsova only know her as an opera singer. Especially in Russia she gave many recitals focused on Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. In Schumann she shows her versatility with a remarkable performance of Frauenliebe und –leben. |
