Winter Evening: Russian Art Songs / Briggs, Toren-Immerman, Quiring

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Label
Centaur Records
Release Date
November 18, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Anton Arensky, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Gurilev, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
    • PERFORMER
      Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring, Limor Toren-Immerman
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2022
    • UPC
      044747398129
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CRC3981
    • LABEL
      Centaur Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. The Inner Music

      Composer: Aleksander Gurilevin

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    2. I'm Grieving

      Composer: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    3. Gde ti, zvezdochka? (Where art thou, little star?)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    4. 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: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    5. Noch (Night)

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    6. 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    7. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 2. It was in early spring …

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    8. Zabit' tak skoro (To Forget so Soon)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    9. Ya pomnyu chudnoye mgnoven'ye (I recall a wonderful moment)

      Composer: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    10. 10 Romances from Ellis's Immortelles, Op. 26: No. 4. Muzyka (Music)

      Composer: Sergei Taneyev

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    11. 10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 9. B'jotsja serdce bespokojnoje (Anxiously beats the heart)

      Composer: Sergei Taneyev

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    12. 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 2. Landïsh (The Lily of the Valley) (arr. L. Toren-Immerman for voice, viola and piano)

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Limor Toren-Immerman, Drew Quiring

    13. 3 Declamations, Op. 68: No. 3. Die Nymphen

      Composer: Anton Stepanovich Arensky

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Limor Toren-Immerman, Drew Quiring

    14. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (In the Silence of the Secret Night)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    15. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 11. Vesenniye vodï (The Waters of Spring)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    16. 6 Stikhotvoreniy Pushkina (6 Pushkin's Poems), Op. 32: No. 5. Mogu l' zabit'eto sladkoye mgnoven'ye (The Waltz)

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring

    17. Zimniy vecher (Winter Evening), Op. 13, No. 1

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Maria Briggs, Drew Quiring


Maria Briggs is joined on this album by pianist Drew Quiring, and violin/violist Limor Toren-immerman, where together they present a selection of songs by composers including Anton Rubinstein, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mikhail Glinka, and more. Dr. Briggs-Okunev is a Russian-born, Australian soprano. She earned her Bachelor degree in piano performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Dr. Briggs then attained Masters in vocal performance, Newcastle Conservatorium and DMA from Sydney University and Royal Northern College of Music, UK. Her research is focused on training and development of young opera singers. Her published thesis on tertiary opera training is available online.