01. Vi mnye pisali - Kogda bi zhizn domashnim krugom 02. Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana - Uvi, somnyenya nyet 03. Vy tak pechalny 04. Di Provenza il mar, il suol 05. Perfidi! - Pietà, rispetto, amore 06. Sacra la scelta è d'un consorte 07. Dela, pravlenija - A obraz toj prigozhnitsy 08. Kto mozhet 09. O, Marija, Marija! 10. Tutto è deserto - Il balen del suo sorriso 11. Son io, mio Carlo - Per me giunto - O Carlo, ascolta
CD 2
01. Tchaikovsky: Again, As Before, Alone, Op. 73 No. 6 02. Tchaikovsky: The Nightingale, Op. 60 No. 4 03. Tchaikovsky: Heroism, Op. 60 No. 11 04. Tchaikovsky: I Threw Open the Window, Op. 63 No. 2 05. Tchaikovsky: Don Juan's Serenade, Op. 38 No. 1 06. Rachmaninoff: A Dream, Op. 8 No. 5 07. Rachmaninoff: She is as Lovely as the Noon, Op. 14 No. 9 08. Rachmaninoff: Do Not Sing, My Beauty, Op. 4 No. 4 09. Rachmaninoff: Oh No, I Beg You, Forsake Me Not!, Op. 4 No. 1 10. Tchaikovsky: Acquiescence, Op. 25 No. 1 11. Tchaikovsky: A Tear Quivers, Op. 6 No. 4 12. None But the Lonely Heart, Op. 6 No. 6 13. Tchaikovsky: The Frightening Moment, Op. 28 No. 6 14. Rachmaninoff: Yesterday We Met, Op. 26 No. 13 15. Rachmaninoff: In the Mysterious Silence of the Night, Op. 4 No. 3 16. Rachmaninoff: He Has Taken Everything from Me, Op. 26 No. 2 17. Rachmaninoff: Fragment from Musset: Why Does My Aching Heart, Op. 21 No. 6 18. Rachmaninoff: Christ Is Risen, Op. 26 No. 6
CD 3
01. Anonymous: Karabejniki (The Little Box) 02. Anonymous: Vdol'pa ulitse (A Snowstorm Blows) 03. Anonymous: Mashe: Ne vel'at Mashe za re (Masha Has Been Told) 04. Anonymous: Prash'aj radast' (Farewell, Happiness) 05. Anonymous: Kamarinskaya 06. Anonymous: Ah ty dushechka (Ah, Little Darling) 07. Anonymous: Svidan'je: F chas kagda mertsan'je (At The Time When The Stars) 08. Anonymous: Vyhazhu adin ja na darogu (I Walk Out Onto The Path Alone) 09. Anonymous: Plyaska (Dance) 10. Anonymous: Kagda, dusha (Elegia) (When, My Soul, You Wanted) 11. Anonymous: O, jesli b mog ja vyrazit (Oh, If Only Words Could Convey) 12. Anonymous: Ochi chornyje (Dark Eyes) 13. Anonymous: Lipa (The Lime Tree) 14. Anonymous: Ne adna vo pole daroshka (Not Just One Path) 15. Anonymous: Nochen'ka: Ah'ty, nochen'ka (Oh, Sweet Night) 16. Anonymous: Jamsh'ik: Kak grusna, tumanna krugom (How Dismal)
CD 4
01. No. 2 Cavatina: "Largo al factotum" 02. Vien, Leonora 03. Nei miei superbi gaudi 04. A tanto amor, Leonora 05. Di tua beltade immagine 06. Si, vincemmo 07. Come Paride vezzoso 08. Bella siccome un angelo 09. Resta immobile 10. Or dove fuggo mai?... Ah! per sempre io ti perdei 11. O Lisbona, alfin ti miro 12. Cruda, funesta smania
CD 5
01. Gorat kamennyj, garadam fsem mat' 02. Gluhaja noch 03. Na t'oplam sinem more 04. S uma neydot krasavitsa 05. Ni sna ni otdyha izmuchennaj dushe 06. Ne plach dit'a 07. Na vazdushnam akeane 08. Ja tot, katoramu vnimala 09. Paju tebe, Boh Gimenej! 10. Ves' tabar spit (Aleko's Cavatina) 11. No. 1, Lullaby 12. No. 2, Serenade 13. No. 3, Trepak 14. No. 4, Field Marshal
CD 6
01. Tchaikovsky: Oh, if you could only, Op. 38, TH 101, No. 4 02. Tchaikovsky: Amid the noise of the ball, Op. 38, TH 101, No. 3 03. Tchaikovsky: I Should Like In a Single Word, TH 100 04. Tchaikovsky: My Protector, My Angel, My Friend, TH 89 05. Tchaikovsky: It was in early spring, Op. 38, TH 101, No. 2 06. Borodin: For the Shores of Your Distant Homeland 07. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Clouds Begin to Scatter, Op. 42, No. 3 08. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Octave, Op. 45, No. 3 09. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Wave Breaks Into Spray, Op. 46, No. 1 10. Tchaikovsky: I Bless You, Forests, Op. 47, TH 103, No. 5 11. Tchaikovsky: Not a Word, Beloved, Op. 6, TH 93, No. 2 12. Tchaikovsky: The Love of a Dead Man, Op. 38, TH 101, No. 5 13. Tchaikovsky: On the Golden Fields, Op. 57, TH 105, No. 2 14. Tchaikovsky: Whether the Day Reigns, Op. 47, TH 103, No. 6 15. Tchaikovsky: We Sat Together, Op. 73, TH 109, No. 1 16. Rachmaninoff: Morning, Op. 4, No. 2 17. Rachmaninoff: Child, You Are Beautiful Like a Flower, Op. 8, No. 2 18. Rachmaninoff: How I Languish, Op. 21, No. 12 19. Rachmaninoff: Spring Water, Op. 14, No. 11
CD 7
01. Tolstyakov: Come To Me, All You Who Labour 02. Burgamin: The Good Thief 03. Khristov: Praise Ye the Name of the Lord 04. Nikolaev-Strumski: Great Doxology 05. Sakhnovsky: Cherubic Hymn 06. Arkhangelsky: Symbol of Faith (Creed) 07. Sakhnovsky: Our Father 08. Tchesnokov: Blessed Is the Man 09. Tchesnokov: From My Youth 10. Tchesnokov: Let My Prayer 11. Tchesnokov: Gabriel Appeared 12. Kosolapov: Strengthen, O Lord 13. Tchesnokov: We Praise Thee
CD 8
01. Rachmaninoff: Zdes' khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7 02. Rachmaninoff: Prokhodit vse, Op. 26, No. 15 03. Rachmaninoff: Oni otvechali, Op. 21, No. 4 04. Rachmaninoff: Uzh tï, niva moya, Op. 4, No. 5 05. Rachmaninoff: Ne ver mne, drug!, Op. 14, No. 7 06. Rachmaninoff: Ya zhdu tebya, Op. 14, No. 1 07. Rachmaninoff: Noch' 08. Rachmaninoff: Noch pechal'na, Op. 26, No. 12 09. Rachmaninoff: Ya opyat odinok, Op. 26, No. 9 10. Osen' 11. Ya pokinul rodimïi dom 12. Otvori mne, strazh zaoblachnïi 13. Serebristaya doroga 14. Otchalivshaya Rus' 15. Simone, Petr...Gde tï? Pridi 16. Gde tï, gde tï, otchïi dom 17. Tam, za mlechnïmi kholmami 18. Trubit, trubit pogibel'nïi rog! 19. Po-osennemu kïchet sova 20. O veryu, veryu, schast'e est'! 21. O rodina, schastlivïi i neiskhoddnïi chas!
CD 9
01. Anonymous: Kalinka (Arr. Kozlov) 02. Anonymous: Barinya (Arr. Novikov) 03. Anonymous: Ach ti slishesh li (Arr. Rupin) 04. Anonymous: Na goryshkye (Arr. Kolovski) 05. Anonymous: Khorovodnaya (Arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) 06. Anonymous: Shto zatumanilas (Arr. Poltavtsev) 07. Anonymous: Ya vstretil vas (Arr. Kozlov) 08. Anonymous: Ivushka (Arr. Reade) 09. Anonymous: Kak meneya mladu (Arr. Shostakovich) 10. Anonymous: Kachelniye (Arr. Mikhaelov) 11. Anonymous: Uch ti polye (Arr. Novikov) 12. Anonymous: Shto bye belaya berioza (Arr. Kozlov) 13. Anonymous: Nye slishna shuma gorodskovo (Arr. Dranitsyn) 14. Anonymous: Vtyomnon lesye (Arr. Pashchenko) 15. Anonymous: Uch kak pal tuman (Arr. Schwarz/Poltavtsev) 16. Anonymous: Ach vi sini (Arr. Egorov) 17. Anonymous: Vyeniki (Arr. Rubtsov/Poltavtsev) 18. Anonymous: Vihazhu adin ya na darogu (Arr. Smirnov)
CD 10
01. Carissimi: Vittoria, mio core! (Arr. Reynolds) 02. Se il cor guerriero (Arr. Papp) 03. O del mio dolce ardor 04. T. Giordani: Caro mio ben (Arr. Marriner) 05. Dignare o Domine 06. Orribile lo scempio (Arr. Papp) 07. Selve Amiche (Arr. Reynolds) 08. Che farò senza Euridice? 09. Frondi tenere e belle... Ombra mai fù 10. Sorge infausta una procella 11. Caldara: Come raggio di sol (Arr. Reynolds) 12. Durante: Vergin, tutto amor (Arr. Reynolds) 13. Chi sprezzando 14. A. Scarlatti: Già il sole dal Gange (Arr. Reynolds) 15. Anonymous: Nina (Arr. Hvorostovsky) 16. Durante: Danza, fanciulla gentile (Arr. Reynolds) 17. Caccini: Amarilli mia bella (Arr. Hvorostovsky) 18. Cesti: Si mantiene il mio amor (Arr. Reynolds) 19. Stradella: Pietà, Signore (Arr. Reynolds)
CD 11
01. Cavatina: "Largo al factotum" 02. Duetto: "Dunque io son... Tu non m'inganni?" 03. Cavatina: "Una voce poco fa" - "Io sono docile" 04. Ebben, così sì narra - Quando le soglie paterne 05. Fia dunque vero - O mio Fernando 06. Ma de' malvagi invan - Vien, Leonora 07. Zachem ty? Znat' nye lyubish 08. Vot da chevo ya dashla, Grigori 09. S uma neydot krasavitsa 10. J'ai gravi la montagne
When Dmitri Hvorostovsky won BBC Cardiff Singer of the World in 1989 it was immediately obvious that the opera world had a new star: handsome, charismatic, blessed with an extraordinarily beautiful voice, the artistry and the charisma to bring audiences to their feet. And he did just that, over the course of the next quarter-century, until a diagnosis of brain cancer brought his career to a sudden halt and led to his tragically early death in 2017, at just 55 years old.
However, the Siberian baritone stood out among his contemporaries for his commitment to recital repertoire and his determination to bring his native genre of Russian Romances to audiences around the world, both in concert and on record. He could have filled football stadiums with operatic medleys, but he chose instead to sing of spring torrents and dark nights to tiny recital audiences. Much of this repertoire he also recorded for Philips, and in tribute to his memory on the fifth anniversary of his passing, Eloquence has brought together all the recital albums he made for the label during the glorious spring of his career in the 1990s.
To begin with, there is the selection of Verdi and Tchaikovsky arias which confirmed that Hvorostovsky's Cardiff triumph had been no flash in the pan. Critics and audiences alike were taken aback by the baritone's artistic agility as he jumped back to the 18th century with a classic album of 'arie antiche' such as would have been standard fare for his vocal heroes, Bastianini and Lisitsian. Though further orchestrally accompanied discs followed, the core of the set lies in Hvorostovsky's acutely sensitive response to the song repertoire of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky and (coming up to date) Gyorgy Sviridov. He also forged a profound connection with the St Petersburg Chamber Choir on albums of folk songs and Orthodox hymns.
To accompany the set, Hvorostovsky's Philips producer Anna Barry contributes a new, extensive and personal memoir of working with the baritone and going behind the scenes of each recording. One of the great voices of recent decades comes to life once more in this original jacket collection.
