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5.0 out of 5 stars
dangerously addictive, June 26, 2007
This review is from: Songs of Desire - Olga Borodina (Philips) (Audio CD)
This CD contains an excellent selection of songs from the Russian 5. I was atrracted immediately by the Borodin songs which open this CD, and was suprise to find that the quality of the songs are just as good for the less well known Balakirev and Cui. And maybe because of their lack of formal music training, they tend to excel in this short genre. Borodina does justice to all the songs. Her voice is dark and seductive and her interpretation tends to understate (when comparing to Gorchakova), which is perfectly fine. Once I know the songs, I find myself hard to stop listening to them, it seems like each repeated listening reveals something new.
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