Russian Opera Arias

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer), Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Anton Arensky (Composer), Theodore Kuchar (Conductor), Vladimir Sirenko (Conductor), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Orchestra), Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Vladimir Grishko (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Vladimir Grishko
• Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Theodore Kuchar, Vladimir Sirenko
• Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky, Anton Arensky
• Audio CD (April 16, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B00005UO8J
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Naxos winner., June 5, 2002

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John Austin "[e-mail]" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Russian Opera Arias (Audio CD)

Serious music lovers with half an ear will be aware that Russian is one of the most suitable languages for singing. They'll also be aware that not many CDs come to hand which provide opportunities to hear it. All the more welcome therefore is this issue, from the adventurous and widely-distributed Naxos label, of a collection of tenor arias and orchestral excerpts from Russian operas.

The tenor arias are allocated to Vladimir Grishko, a Ukrainian tenor whose career seems to date from several prize winning appearances he made in competitions in 1989. He enunciates beautifully, his voice is free of wobble, and the tone is free and open throughout the whole range. All the orchestral forces are Russian and the orchestral items are conducted by Theodore Kuchar, who secures wider dynamic extremes that are usually heard in the popular Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Mussorgsky items.

A final word of praises is for the format of this CD. Juxtaposing orchestral and vocal excerpts from the selected Russian operas makes for 67 minutes of varied and well-programmed listening.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sampling the Russian tenor repertoire, November 17, 2008

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N. Freidin "Melomane" (Huntington, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Russian Opera Arias (Audio CD)

This is the first of a two-volume collection of tenor arias from classic Russian operas. The first volume offers arias from works by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Arensky. The second volume, in addition to more of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, features arias from works by Glinka, Rachmaninov, Borodin, and Dargomizhsky. All in all, a wide selection of the best known Russian operas. The arias are interspersed with orchestral interludes, providing some context and mood for the vocal displays.

Vladimir Grishko, a Ukrainian, has that reedy high voice typical of the Russian tenor, but he sings with great feeling. He is accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra, under Theodore Kuchar and Vladimir Sirenko, respectively. Both orchestras play with verve.

If you want a fairly comprehensive sampling of Russian operatic music for tenor voice, at low cost, you cannot do better than this. Naxos excels once again at providing excellent quality at a budget price.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Russian Opera Arias, April 5, 2008

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Dr. Fernando Cordova (San Juan, Puerto Rico United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Russian Opera Arias (Audio CD)

These two disks are a very nice compendium of the tenor arias in Classical Russian Opera, and very nicely sung too. They are certainly not disgraced by comparison with the likes of Koslovsky and Lemeshev. And the interpositioning of the interludes from the various works does make a nice balanced program and prevents the tedium sometimes incurred when listenig to any singer for a straight uninterrupted hour. It belongs in any Russian opera collection.