Rimsky-Korsakov Romances
A recital of songs by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Catalogue Number: 5060192780772
Reviews
With the exception of The Nightingale and the Rose, Rimsky’s art songs are less well known than they deserve, so it is astute of Stone to present two rising young artists in a disc entirely devoted to these beautiful Romances. The Armenian Hovhannisyan wraps her bright, sensuous soprano around this famous number, but it is the Ukrainian baritone Yurchuk’s wonderful legato and superb Russian delivery that make this collection irresistible. (Sunday Times)
Track listing
- The lark’s song is ringing louder
- The wave crushes, splashes and sprays
- In moments to delight devoted
- Nymph
- The Octave
- The Echo
- Summer night’s dream
- When the golden cornfield waves
- On Georgian hills
- A flock of passing clouds
- Your glance is as radiant as the heavens
- Of what I dream in the quiet night
- Across the midnight sky (Angel)
- The rose enchants the nightingale
- Sun of the sleepless
- The Poet
- In the dark grove, the nightingale is silent
- Svitez maiden
- Not a sound from the sea
- Slowly drag my days
- The Beauty
- The Upas Tree
- Not the wind blowing from on high
- The Prophet