Russian Songs

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 8, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHAIKOVSKY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
    • PERFORMER
      Gritsova, Prinz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 08, 2019
    • UPC
      747313390878
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573908
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      World & International
    Works ⌄

    1. Khotel bï v edinoye slovo (I wish I could take all my sadness)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    2. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 2. To bïlo ranneyu vesnoy (Those were the first few days of spring)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    3. 7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 7. Ya li v pole da ne travushka bïla? (And was I not once a little blade of grass)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    4. 6 Romances, Op. 16: No. 1. Kolïbel'naya pesnya (Lullaby)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    5. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 3. Sred' shumnovo bala (By chance at a ball I did see you)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    6. 7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 1. Kabï znala ya (If I'd only guessed)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    7. 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal (No, only he who knew)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    8. 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 2. Ni slova, o drug moy (Not one word, not one sigh, oh my friend…)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    9. Moy geniy, moy angel, moy drug (My Genius, my Angel, my Friend)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    10. Vesnoy (In spring), Op. 43: No. 2. Ne veter, veya s vïsotï (Twas not the wind that lightly brushed)

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    11. 4 Songs, Op. 42: No. 3. Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada (The flying wisps of clouds are thinning, scattering far)

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    12. 4 Songs, Op. 39: No. 2. Zapad gasnet v dali bledno-rozovoy (In the west the pale rose sunset's darkening)

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    13. 4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 2. Vostochnïy romans: Plenivshis' rozoy, solovey (An Eastern Romance: A rose has charmed a nightinale)

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    14. 4 Songs, Op. 3: No. 4. Na kholmakh Gruzii (Upon the Georgian hills there lies the haze of night)

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    15. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 1. Ya zhdu tebya (I wait for you)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    16. 6 Songs, Op. 8: No. 4. Polyubila ya na pechal' svoyu (Oh, I fell in love, to my own despair)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    17. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Oh beauty, do not sing to me)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    18. 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 7. Zdes' khorosho (How good 'tis here!)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    19. 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz

    20. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 11. Vesenniye vodï (The Waters of Spring)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz


The songs on this album are not as well known as other works by these three composers, but this more intimate form of expression often goes straight to the heart and soul of their work. Tchaikovsky wrote songs throughout his life, and it is easy to find autobiographical parallels in his chosen themes of love and longing. Rimsky-Korsakov's songs are characterized by tender lyricism, while Rachmaninov's wordless Vocalise has become one of his most famous melodies. Margarita Gritskova was born in 1987 in St. Petersburg. She is a prizewinner of the Luciano Pavarotti Competition in Modena, and the Concurso Internacional de Canto 'Villa de Colmenar Viejo' in 2010. She has performed in Carmen under the direction of Mariss Jansons in St. Petersburg, and appeared at world renowned festivals across the globe.