Shostakovich & Liszt / Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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Label
Ondine
Release Date
November 13, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH LISZT
    • PERFORMER
      Hvorostovsky, Ilja
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 13, 2015
    • UPC
      761195127728
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ODE 1277-2
    • LABEL
      Ondine
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Istina (Truth)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    2. II. Utro (Morning)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    3. III. L'ubov' (Love)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    4. IV. Razluka (Separation)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    5. V. Gnev (Wrath)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    6. VI. Dante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    7. VII. Izgnanniku (To the Exiled)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    8. VIII. Tvorchestvo (Artistry)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    9. IX. Noch (Night)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    10. X. Smert' (Death)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    11. XI. Bessmertie (Eternity)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    12. No. 3. I' vidi in terra angelici (Sonnet No. 123)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    13. No. 2. Benedetto sia 'l giorno (Sonnet No. 47)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja

    14. No. 1. Pace non trovo (Sonnet No. 104)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ivari Ilja


Dmitri Hvorostovsky's fourth release on Ondine features a program of rarely recorded sonnets by Dmitri Shostakovich and Franz Liszt. Hvorostovsky is accompanied by his longtime duo partner, the Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja. Shostakovich's sonnets, considered one of the achievements of contemporary Russian vocal music, were composed as his health worsened and are filled with ruminations on mortality. Liszt's sonnets are based on love poems by the Italian Renaissance writer Petrarch. Both Hvorostovsky and Ilja brin great empathy to these compositions, matching the contemplative nature of both with quietly powerful and confident performances.

REVIEW:

Hvorostovsky offers searching readings of Shostakovich's rugged, jagged songs which are full of resignation and bittersweet regret, of loss and separation. There are few things finer than Hvorostovsky in full flight and Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets allow him the chance to open up the Italianate warmth in his baritone, with impassioned accounts, especially of Sonnet 47.

– Gramophone