A Russian Romance

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How young we were – The Rustling of the Birches – Mussorgsky-Fantasy – Life‘s good – Brothers – Life‘s good! Evening Song – Tomski’s song from Pique Dame – Medley on Russian Composers’ Themes – Strelzy Chorus from the Opera Khovanshchina – Do not hurry – A Cossack once rode across Danube river – You are my Melody – Concert Piece based on A. Joyce’s Valse Autumn Dream – Russian Fields – A Russian Romance

Evgeny Polikanin, baritone
Mikhail Chesnokov, Vasily Chichin, tenor – Andrey Kolesnikov, Valery Obuhkov, bass
Don KosakenChor Russland (Don Cossack Choir Russia)
States Soloists Ensemble ‘Philarmonia’
Marcel Nicolajevich Verhoeff, direction

Russian romantic songs provide an inexhaustible source of poetic figures and wonderful melodies. All major Russian composers have occupied themselves with this genre and the tradition of the classical romance can even be observed in the works of Soviet artists.
Here the Don Cossack Choir present a harmonious combination of vocal and instrumental works and reward the listener with a fascinating series of typical works by Russian composers offering prime examples of the immense spectrum of Russian vocal lyricism, as only they can.

(balení: digipack)

1	How young we were (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	4:27
2	The rustling of the birches (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	3:25
3	Mussorgsky-Fantasy (bearb. von Valery Elchik)	5:35
4	Life´s good, brothers, life´s good! (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	4:09
5	Evening song (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	3:27
	Pique Dame op. 68 (Oper in 3 Akten) (Auszug)
6	Tomsky´s song (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	2:31
7	Medley on Russian composers´ themes (bearb. Valery Elchik)	5:37
	Chowanschtschina (Die Fürsten Chowansky, Oper in 5 Akten) (Auszug)
8	Strelzy (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	6:18
9	Do not hurry (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	3:26
10	A cossack once rode across the Danube river (bearb. von Valery Elchik)	5:08
11	You are my melody (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	5:22
12	Concert piece based on A. Joyce´s waltz ”Autumn dream” (bearb. von Valery Elchik)	5:44
13	Russian fields (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	3:33
14	A Russian romance (bearb. von Marcel N. Verhoeff und Valery Elchik)	7:17