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Tchaikovsky: Opera & Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano / Severus
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Tchaikovsky: Opera & Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano / Severus

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Composer
FRUHLING TCHAIKOVSKY VOSS
Artist
Julia Severus
Format
CD
Label
Grand Piano
Released
Oct 11, 2019
Catalog #
GP795
UPC
747313979523

About

Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 lyric art songs or Romances, a sequence of diaries of the soul that embrace moods from euphoria to despair. They were unusually important to him, and he, or his editors, commissioned piano transcriptions by eminent musicians such as Laub and others, all of which were revised by Tchaikovsky. These poetic and melodically beautiful songs, many of which are here recorded for the first time, include the ravishing None but the Lonely Heart and reveal a ‘new’ body of Tchaikovsky’s piano repertoire. The album concludes with an opera fantasy on themes from Eugene Onegin by the Austrian composer and pianist Carl Fruhling. Julia Severus graduated from the Berlin University of Arts and from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied piano with Mikhail Voskresensky and Lev Naumov. Wishing to explore piano ensemble repertoire, she founded the Aurora Duo and Quartet, performing numerous premieres and world premieres, among them Rodion Shchedrin’s Hommage a Chopin in the presence of the composer.

 

REVIEW:

 

The range of songs is wide. The most famous of the set, generally known in English as None but the lonely heart, is arranged by Severus. She has replaced the syncopations of the original accompaniment with triplets that meander around the vocal line. In general, I find that the extra little touches of fantasy in Severus’s transcriptions make for more effective piano solos than the others on the disc. That said, Tchaikovsky’s gift for melody and drama make all these pieces worth hearing.

 

Severus finds the mood and style effectively, and generally plays very well. Overall, this is a very enjoyable and well-balanced recital.

 

– MusicWeb International

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Kolïbel'naya pesnya (Cradle Song) 02:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Kolïbel'naya pesnya (Cradle Song)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  2. 2 No. 4. O, spoy zhe tu pesnyu (O Sing that Song) 02:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 4. O, spoy zhe tu pesnyu (O Sing that Song)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  3. 3 No. 5. Tak chto zhe? (So What, Then?) 02:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 5. Tak chto zhe? (So What, Then?)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  4. 4 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 5. Otchevo? (Why?) (arr. J. Severus for piano) 02:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 5. Otchevo? (Why?) (arr. J. Severus for piano)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  5. 5 6 Romances, Op. 28: No. 3. Zachem? (Why?) (arr. V. Laub for piano) 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 28: No. 3. Zachem? (Why?) (arr. V. Laub for piano)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  6. 6 Khotel bï v edinoye slovo (I Should Like a Single Word) (arr. J. Severus for piano) 01:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    Khotel bï v edinoye slovo (I Should Like a Single Word) (arr. J. Severus for piano)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  7. 7 6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 6. Snova, kak prezhde, odin (Again, as Before, Alone) (arr. J. Severus for piano) 02:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 6. Snova, kak prezhde, odin (Again, as Before, Alone) (arr. J. Severus for piano)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  8. 8 6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 1. Mï sideli s toboy (We Sat Together) (arr. A. Bernard for piano) 01:19
    Track
    8
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 1. Mï sideli s toboy (We Sat Together) (arr. A. Bernard for piano)
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  9. 9 7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 6. Den' li tsarit? (Does the Day Reign?) (arr. J. Severus for piano) 03:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 6. Den' li tsarit? (Does the Day Reign?) (arr. J. Severus for piano)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  10. 10 6 Romances, Op. 63: No. 5. Uzh gasli v komnatakh ogni (The Fires in the Rooms Were Already Out) (arr. A. Bernard for piano) 02:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 63: No. 5. Uzh gasli v komnatakh ogni (The Fires in the Rooms Were Already Out) (arr. A. Bernard for piano)
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  11. 11 Fantaisie caractéristique sur des motifs de Vakoula le Forgeron de Tchaikovsky (Characteristic Fantasy on motifs of Tchaikovsky's Vakula the Smith), Op. 319 10:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    Fantaisie caractéristique sur des motifs de Vakoula le Forgeron de Tchaikovsky (Characteristic Fantasy on motifs of Tchaikovsky's Vakula the Smith), Op. 319
    Duration
    10:17
    Composer
    Charles Voss
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  12. 12 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 3. I bol'no, i sladko (It Is Both Painful and Sweet) (arr. J. Nagel for piano) 02:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 3. I bol'no, i sladko (It Is Both Painful and Sweet) (arr. J. Nagel for piano)
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  13. 13 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 1. Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade) (arr. A. Bernard for piano) 02:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 1. Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade) (arr. A. Bernard for piano)
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  14. 14 6 Romances, Op. 27: No. 3. Ne otkhodi ot menya! (Do not Leave Me!) (arr. V. Laub for piano) 02:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 27: No. 3. Ne otkhodi ot menya! (Do not Leave Me!) (arr. V. Laub for piano)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  15. 15 6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 2. Noch' (Night) (arr. H. Pachulski for piano) 02:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 73: No. 2. Noch' (Night) (arr. H. Pachulski for piano)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  16. 16 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal (No, Only One who has Known), "None but the Lonely Heart" (arr. J. Severus for piano) 02:51
    Track
    16
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal (No, Only One who has Known), "None but the Lonely Heart" (arr. J. Severus for piano)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  17. 17 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 1. Vcherashnyaya noch' (Last Night) (arr. V. Laub for piano) 03:19
    Track
    17
    Title
    12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 1. Vcherashnyaya noch' (Last Night) (arr. V. Laub for piano)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  18. 18 6 Romances, Op. 63: No. 2. Rastvoril ya okno (I Opened the Window) (arr. A. Bernard for piano) 01:44
    Track
    18
    Title
    6 Romances, Op. 63: No. 2. Rastvoril ya okno (I Opened the Window) (arr. A. Bernard for piano)
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  19. 19 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 6. Nochi bezumnïye (Frenzied Nights) (arr. A. Bernard for piano) 02:56
    Track
    19
    Title
    12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 6. Nochi bezumnïye (Frenzied Nights) (arr. A. Bernard for piano)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  20. 20 12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 11. Podvig (The Heroic Deed) (arr. J. Severus for piano) 03:49
    Track
    20
    Title
    12 Romances, Op. 60: No. 11. Podvig (The Heroic Deed) (arr. J. Severus for piano)
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Julia Severus
  21. 21 Fantasy on Eugene Onegin 11:47
    Track
    21
    Title
    Fantasy on Eugene Onegin
    Duration
    11:47
    Composer
    Carl Frühling
    Performer
    Julia Severus