Album Summary
Performers
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
Oleg Boshniakovich (Piano)
Mikhail Arkadiev (Piano)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Kirov Theater Orchestra
Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
The Chorus Of The Red Army
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Russian Traditional
Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Tommaso Giordani (1733 - 1806)
Stanislas Syrewicz (1835 - 1881)
Notes & Reviews:
Dmitri Hvorostovksy is one of the leading representatives of a generation of Russian singers who, unlike their immediate predecessors, have able to establish themselves as international stars. This retrospective commemorates Hvorostovsky's great recordings for Philips Classics. "Dmitri Hvorostovsky is one of the finest singers we have, whether in opera, in song, or in oratorio." -Opera Today
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Works Details
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Di Provenza il mar (Who erased from your heart the sea and soil of Provence?) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Il balen del suo sorriso (The lightning flash of her smile) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Per mi giunto...O Carlo, ascolta (This is my last and greatest day...Carlos, liste - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Notes: Composition written: 1884.
- Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1884
Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al factotum (Make way for factotum) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ion Marin
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1816
Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Com Paride vezzoso (As Paris, that charming man) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ion Marin
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1832
Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Cruda, funesta smania (Cruel, deadly frenzy) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ion Marin
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1835
Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Or dove fuggo...Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei (Now where shall I flee?...Ah! Foreve - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ion Marin
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1835
Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Bella siccome un angelo (Beautiful as an angel) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Ion Marin
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1843
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: Vy mne pisali...Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom (You wrote to me...Had - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1877-1878
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana (Can this really be the same Tatyana) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1877-1878
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: Vy tak pechalny, dorogaya (You are so sad, my deare - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1890
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Iolanta, Op. 69 :: Kto mozhet sravnitsa s Matildoyu moyei (Who can compare with my own darling - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1891
Rubinstein, Anton : The demon :: Na vozdushnom okeane (On the ocean of the air) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1871
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Sadko :: Gorod kamennyi (Towne of stone) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1895-1896
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : The Tsar's Bride :: S uma neidyot krasavitsa! (Still the beauty h - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1898
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : The Tsar's Bride :: Zachem ty? (What do you want?) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 8 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1898
Handel, George Frideric : MEDLEY :: Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fu (Tender and lovely leaves...Neve - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1738
Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che farò senza Euridice? (What shall - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Vivaldi, Antonio : Tito Manlio, RV 738 :: Se il cor guerriero (If a warlike heart) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1719
Caldara, Antonio : La Costanza in amor, opera :: Selve amiche (Friendly woods) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1710
Giordani, Tommaso : Caro mio ben - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: circa 1790
Rachmaninov, Sergei : Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do not sing to me, fair maiden), Op. 4/4 - Performers: Oleg Boshniakovich (Piano); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Notes: Composition written: 1890-93.
- Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1890-1893
Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (6), Op. 4 - Performers: Oleg Boshniakovich (Piano); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1890-1893
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6 - Performers: Oleg Boshniakovich (Piano); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1869
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Oh, If Only You Could, Op. 38, no 4 - Performers: Mikhail Arkadiev (Piano); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1878
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Songs (6), Op. 73 - Performers: Oleg Boshniakovich (Piano); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1893
Mussorgsky, Modest : Songs and dances of death - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
- Running Time: 18 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1962
Syrewicz, Stanislas : Larmes (Tears - Russia's War), for choir & orchestra :: Tränen (Blood Upon The Snow) - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Sergei Skripka
- Ensemble: The Chorus Of The Red Army
- Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
Traditional, Russian : O the Little Box Is Full, folk song (a.k.a. "Karabejinki") - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Nikolai Kalinin
- Ensemble: Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
Traditional, Russian : Kagda, dusha, folk song (a.k.a. "Elegia") - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Nikolai Kalinin
- Ensemble: Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
- Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
Traditional, Russian : Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black Eyes"), folk song - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Nikolai Kalinin
- Ensemble: Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
- Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
- Written: circa 1800
Traditional, Russian : Kalinka (Little Snowfall), folk song - Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone)
- Conductor: Nikolai Korniev
- Ensemble: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
- Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.




























