RACHMANINOFF: ALEKO (COMPLETE OPERA)

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Label
ALTO
Release Date
May 2, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      NESTERENKO, EVGENI / FEDIN, ALESANDER / USSR TV
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    2. Chorus

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    3. The Old Man's Story (Old Man, Chorus)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Vladimir Matorin

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    4. Scene and Chorus (Aleko, Zemphira, Young Gypsy, Chorus)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Evgeny Nesterenko, Svetlana Volkova, Alexander Fedin

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    5. Women's Dance

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    6. Men's Dance

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    7. Chorus

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    8. Duettino (Young Gypsy, Zemphira)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Fedin, Svetlana Volkova

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    9. Scene at the Cradle (Zemphira, Aleko)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Evgeny Nesterenko, Svetlana Volkova

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    10. Aleko's Cavatina

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Evgeny Nesterenko

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    11. Intermezzo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    12. The Young Gypsy's Romance

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Fedin

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko

    13. Duet and Finale (All)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Evgeny Nesterenko, Svetlana Volkova, Raisa Kotova, Alexander Fedin, Vladimir Matorin

      Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko


First performance arranged at the prestigious Bolshoi, where it shared a double bill with Tchaikovsky's Iolanta (at his insistence). The composition was highly esteemed by the examiners' board which included Taneyev and Arensky. Rachmaninov got the highest mark, and was awarded the gold medal. In 1897, Aleko premiered in St Petersburg, the title role taken by the famous bass Feodor Chaliapin, who would go on to record the cavati na, endearing it to generations of record collectors. Russian bass Evgeni Nesterenko joined Moscow's famed Bolshoi Opera in 1971 and has taken on all of the major Russian bass roles and recorded widely.