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Russian Romances
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Russian Romances

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Details

Composer
MUSSORGSKY TCHAIKOVSKY GLINK
Artist
Benci, Nagy-Juhasz
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Jul 19, 2019
Catalog #
SU4262-2
UPC
099925426224

About

In the 19th century, composers sought inspiration in poetry, and the simplicity and modesty of folk songs. Romances reflecting on loneliness, betrayed love and the misery of the abandoned occupied a special position in Russian lyric poetry in the first half of the 19th century, represented by A. S. Pushkin and other writers. Based on the Romantic poets' works, composers expressed their own intimate feelings, as well as muted defiance. One of the first to have written romances was Mikhail Glinka, the founder of the Russian nationalist music school. A whole generation of his successors, including P. I. Tchaikovsky, embraced the genre, creating numerous romances, mainly set to contemporary Russian poetry. Especially noteworthy among such works is M. P. Mussorgsky's cycle Songs and Dances of Death, made up of four pieces depicting the horror and bizarreness of death, referred to by the composer as "danse macabre". Jozef Benci is a highly esteemed opera and oratorio singer, a soloist of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, who has worked with the Czech Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jirí Belohlávek, performed with Edita Gruberová and other renowned artists. Owing to his robust, yet highly sensitively led voice, a remarkable sense for songs' intimate nature, as well as an immaculate diction, he is a brilliant performer of Russian romances.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Somneniye (Doubt) 04:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Somneniye (Doubt)
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  2. 2 Ne iskushay menya bez nuzhdi (Do not tempt me needlessly) 03:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    Ne iskushay menya bez nuzhdi (Do not tempt me needlessly)
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  3. 3 Proshchaniye s Peterburgom (A Farewell to St. Petersburg): No. 11. K Molli (To Molly) 03:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    Proshchaniye s Peterburgom (A Farewell to St. Petersburg): No. 11. K Molli (To Molly)
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  4. 4 Ne govori, chto serdtsu bol'no (Say not that it grieves the heart) 02:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ne govori, chto serdtsu bol'no (Say not that it grieves the heart)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  5. 5 6 Romances, Op. 57: No. 3. Ne sprashivay (Do not Ask) 03:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 57: No. 3. Ne sprashivay (Do not Ask)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  6. 6 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 12. He Gentle Stars Shone For Us 03:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 12. He Gentle Stars Shone For Us
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  7. 7 6 Romances, Op. 27: No. 1. Na son gryadushchiy (At Bedtime) 03:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 27: No. 1. Na son gryadushchiy (At Bedtime)
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  8. 8 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 9. Noch' (Night) 05:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 9. Noch' (Night)
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  9. 9 I Loved You 02:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    I Loved You
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Boris Petrovich Sheremetev
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  10. 10 Uletela ptashka (The Lovely Bird Has Flown) 01:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    Uletela ptashka (The Lovely Bird Has Flown)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Alexander Gurilyov
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  11. 11 Ya pomnyu gluboko (How Well I Remember) 03:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    Ya pomnyu gluboko (How Well I Remember)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  12. 12 25 Poems, Op. 57: No. 17. Tsarskoselskaya statuya (The statue at Tsarskoye Selo) 01:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    25 Poems, Op. 57: No. 17. Tsarskoselskaya statuya (The statue at Tsarskoye Selo)
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    César Cui
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  13. 13 No. 1. Lullaby 05:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1. Lullaby
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  14. 14 No. 2. Serenade 04:32
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 2. Serenade
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  15. 15 No. 3. Trepak 05:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 3. Trepak
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász
  16. 16 No. 4. The Field-Marshal 05:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 4. The Field-Marshal
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Performer
    Jozef Benci, Jana Nagy-Juhász