ALTO
RACHMANINOFF: ALEKO (COMPLETE OPERA)
$11.01
Details
- Artist
- NESTERENKO, EVGENI / FEDIN, ALESANDER / USSR TV
- Format
- CD
- Label
- ALTO
- Released
- May 02, 2017
- Catalog #
- AOTL1342.2
- UPC
- 5055354413421
About
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.
Tracklist 13 tracks
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1 Introduction 03:12
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Introduction
- Duration
- 03:12
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
2 Chorus 04:17
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Chorus
- Duration
- 04:17
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Ensemble
- USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
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3 The Old Man's Story (Old Man, Chorus) 05:31
- Track
- 3
- Title
- The Old Man's Story (Old Man, Chorus)
- Duration
- 05:31
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Vladimir Matorin
- Ensemble
- USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
4 Scene and Chorus (Aleko, Zemphira, Young Gypsy, Chorus) 01:53
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Scene and Chorus (Aleko, Zemphira, Young Gypsy, Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:53
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Evgeny Nesterenko, Svetlana Volkova, Alexander Fedin
- Ensemble
- USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
5 Women's Dance 03:51
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Women's Dance
- Duration
- 03:51
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
6 Men's Dance 05:22
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Men's Dance
- Duration
- 05:22
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
7 Chorus 03:37
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Chorus
- Duration
- 03:37
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Ensemble
- USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
8 Duettino (Young Gypsy, Zemphira) 02:39
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Duettino (Young Gypsy, Zemphira)
- Duration
- 02:39
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Alexander Fedin, Svetlana Volkova
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
9 Scene at the Cradle (Zemphira, Aleko) 04:19
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Scene at the Cradle (Zemphira, Aleko)
- Duration
- 04:19
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Evgeny Nesterenko, Svetlana Volkova
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
10 Aleko's Cavatina 05:51
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Aleko's Cavatina
- Duration
- 05:51
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Evgeny Nesterenko
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
11 Intermezzo 02:40
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Intermezzo
- Duration
- 02:40
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
12 The Young Gypsy's Romance 01:29
- Track
- 12
- Title
- The Young Gypsy's Romance
- Duration
- 01:29
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Alexander Fedin
- Ensemble
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko
-
13 Duet and Finale (All) 14:37
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Duet and Finale (All)
- Duration
- 14:37
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Evgeny Nesterenko, Svetlana Volkova, Raisa Kotova, Alexander Fedin, Vladimir Matorin
- Ensemble
- USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Dmitri Kitayenko