Pora! Russian Romances

Alexander Borodin (Composer), Modest Mussorgsky (Performer), Sergey Rachmaninov (Artist), Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Artist), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Artist), Odekhiren Amaize (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Modest Mussorgsky
• Composer: Alexander Borodin
• Audio CD (December 14, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Msr Classics
• ASIN: B00003L9GM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #570,080 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. To the Poet (Poetu) (5), song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 45: No. 3, The Octave

2. I bless you, forests ('The Pilgrim's Song'), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/5

3. A tear trembles, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/4

4. Don Juan's Serenade, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/1

5. It was in early spring (At the ball), song for voice & piano, Op. 38/2

6. Frenzied nights, song for voice & piano, Op. 60/6

7. I opened the window, song for voice & piano, Op. 63/2

8. Tis time, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/12

9. At the gate of the Holy Abode, song for voice & piano,TN ii/50/1

10. Fragment from Musset, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/6

11. She is as lovely as the noon, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/9

12. When yesterday we met, song for voice & piano, Op.26/13

13. Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/1

14. Georgian Song ('Do not Sing, My Beauty'), for voice & piano, Op. 4/4

15. He took all from me, song for voice & piano, Op. 26/2

16. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov: No. 1, 'Trepak'

17. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov: No. 2, 'Death's craddle

18. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov: No. 3, 'Serenade'

19. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov: No. 4, 'Field-Marshall

20. For the Shores of Thy Far Native Land (Dlya beregov otchiznď dal'noy), song for voice & piano

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These songs must have been written for Amaize, April 7, 2004

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This review is from: Pora! Russian Romances (Audio CD)

My gripe with most recordings of "art songs" is that the performances are boring, as if the music has been fed through a vocal processor, technique overrides heart. This is never the case with Odekhiren Amaize, who makes each song his own. For my money, there is no voice or heart more perfectly suited to interpret these deep, rich Russian songs than his deep, rich Bass-Baritone...the combination of Rakhmaninov and Amaize is nothing short of amazing, and I was moved to tears on more than one occasion even though (not speaking Russian and not first having read the English translations) I didn't have a clue what the text was about. Absolutely stunning!