Tenors of Imperial Russia Vol 1

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Album Summary

Performers

• Nikolay Figner (Voice)
• Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
• D. Kornilov (Piano)
• Vasili Damaev (Tenor)
• Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
• Ivan Ershov (Tenor)
• Vasilij Sharonov (Bass)

Composers

• Johann Strauss I (Senior) (1804 - 1849)
• Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819 - 1872)
• Alexey Alexandrovich Nikolayev (1931 - )
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky (1813 - 1869)
• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell (1862 - 1901)
• César Cui (1835 - 1918)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Vilboa

Notes & Reviews:

This collection gives a fascinating glimpse into the long vanished world of the Imperial Russian opera, a time of opulence and famed artistry. The music for this release was taken from early one-of-a-kind gramophone masters that were not capable of being duplicated at the time.

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Works Details

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Le Prophète :: Pour Berthe moi je soupier

• Performer: Ivan Ershov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Le Prophète :: Versez! Que tout respire

• Performer: Ivan Ershov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Hoho! Ho-hei (Forging scene)

• Performer: Ivan Ershov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1871

Mussorgsky, Modest : Songs and dances of death :: Field-Marshal Dea

• Performer: Ivan Ershov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Vilboa : The Seafarers

• Performers: Ivan Ershov (Tenor); Vasilij Sharonov (Bass)
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Life Guardsman, opera (unfinished) :: I swear before God

• Performer: Nikolay Figner (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1870

Wrang, Vasily Georgiyevich : In My Soul Winter Reigns

• Performer: Nikolay Figner (Voice)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Strauss I (Senior), Johann : Fra Diavolo, cotillion for orchestra (after themes from D.F.E. Auber's opera), Op. 41 :: Young Agnese

• Performer: Nikolay Figner (Voice)
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: Forgive me, bright celestial vision

• Performer: Nikolay Figner (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1890

Dargomizhsky, Alexander Sergeyevich : Rusalka, opera :: Unwillingly to these sad shores

• Performer: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856

César Cui (1835 - 1918) : Angelo, opera :: I live only for you

• Performer: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Moniuszko, Stanislaw : Halka :: The wind whistles in the hills

• Performer: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846-1847

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: I love you, Olga

• Performer: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1877-1878

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Daylight is fading

• Performer: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

• Performer: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Niko, Alexey Alexandrovich : Rest :: Wait!, it is lovely here

• Performers: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor); D. Kornilov (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: Forgive me, bright celestial vision

• Performer: Vasili Damaev (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1890

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : May Night :: Sleep, my beauty

• Performer: Vasili Damaev (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1878-1879

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Sadko :: As if I had a chest of gold

• Performer: Vasili Damaev (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1895-1896

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Sadko :: Ho, faithful friends

• Performer: Vasili Damaev (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1895-1896

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette :: Ah! lève-toi, soleil

• Performer: Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1865-1871

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

• Performer: Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: Whither, whither have you gone...

• Performer: Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1877-1878

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Je crois entendre encore

• Performer: Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : May Night :: Sleep, my beauty

• Performer: Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1878-1879