Artist: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Valery Gergiev, Sir Neville Marriner
Title: The Philips Recitals
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Decca / Eloquence
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 10:36:46

Tracklist:

CD 1

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.