{"product_id":"nicolai-ghiaurov-russian-songs-arias-import","title":"NICOLAI GHIAUROV: RUSSIAN SONGS \u0026 ARIAS (2 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/DESCRIPTION_WITH_WORLD_1_d9254874-1b5f-48ee-852d-4074a16878e6_480x480.png?v=1595264382\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor thirty years, from 1960 to 1990, Nicolai Ghiaurov was an indispensable figure on the international operatic scene. His voluminous base, incisive delivery and imposing presence meant that he was in demand in every centre of opera. His range of roles stretched from Mozart and Rossini through to Verdi and Puccini and many parts in the French nineteenth-century repertory to the rewarding roles written for basses in Russian opera. Although his voice had a distinctively Slavic tinge, unlike other basses from Eastern Europe, even Chaliapin, he had the strength of tone and unfailing grasp of legato also to sing Italian repertory with true authenticity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2CD set includes all his Russian recital material for Decca– in opera, art song and popular\/folk song – from the stunningly recorded 1962 and 1964 Russian arias with the LSO and Edward Downes to the recital of art songs by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Glinka, Rubinstein and Dargomizhsky with his first wife Zlatina Ghiaurov.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvuncular and a great colleague on stage, Ghiaurov also made a record with a traditional Russian ensemble. It includes the song ‘Stenka Razin’, which later achieved mass popularity in its Seekers hit ‘The Carnival Is Over’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_CS_WORLD_7ad42b8b-2188-414f-9c17-0e66da4d836d_480x480.png?v=1595264361\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘the Bulgarian bass shows himself a mighty master of the long, weighty phrase. … The recording is strong, the accompaniment by Edward Downes most helpful. A fine record of a ‘new’ and noble basso’ (Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky arias: CD1: 1–5) Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘considerable stature and presence and that rolling majestical gravity in the voice … The recording is exceptionally vivid’ (Glinka, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Borodin: CD1: 6–9) Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_81beb09d-4c29-4149-bf73-0d3740fd1d73_480x480.png?v=1595264371\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD1\u003cbr\u003eMIKHAIL GLINKA: Chuyut pravdu … Ti vzoyidyosh (A Life for the Tsar)\u003cbr\u003eANTON RUBINSTEIN: Ja tot, katoramu vnimala (The Demon)\u003cbr\u003ePYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Gospod moi, yesli greshen ya (Iolanta)\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER BORODIN:\u003cbr\u003eZdorov-li, Knaz? (Prince Igor)\u003cbr\u003eGreshno tait, ya skuki ne lyublya (Prince Igor)\u003cbr\u003eNICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: A skaly groznyje drab’atsa s r’ovem volny (Sadko)\u003cbr\u003eMODEST MUSSORGSKY: Smirenniy inok … Odnazhdy, v vecherniy chas (Boris Godunov)\u003cbr\u003ePYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni (Eugene Onegin)\u003cbr\u003eSERGEI RACHMANINOV: Ves’ tabar spit (Aleko)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eEdward Downes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD2\u003cbr\u003ePETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY:\u003cbr\u003eNyet, tolko tot, kto znal\u003cbr\u003eNi slova o drug moy\u003cbr\u003eSerenada Don-Zhuana\u003cbr\u003eTo bylo ranneyu vesnoï\u003cbr\u003eSryed shumnovo bala\u003cbr\u003eBlagoslavlyayu vas, lesa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER BORODIN: Dlya beregov otschizni dal’noi\u003cbr\u003eMIKHAIL GLINKA: Nochnoy smotr\u003cbr\u003eANTON RUBINSTEIN: Melodya\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER DARGOMIZHSKY:\u003cbr\u003eChervyak\u003cbr\u003eNochnoi defir stroont efir\u003cbr\u003eStarij Kapral\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZlatina Ghiaurov, piano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANONYMOUS\u003cbr\u003eUtyos\u003cbr\u003eEi, Ukhnyem\u003cbr\u003eDubinushka\u003cbr\u003eBandura\u003cbr\u003eStenka Razin\u003cbr\u003eVdolj po Peterskoy\u003cbr\u003eVtyomnon lesye\u003cbr\u003eOchi chornye\u003cbr\u003eNochenka\u003cbr\u003eDvenadsat’ razboynikov\u003cbr\u003eProshchai radost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaval Orchestra \u0026amp; Chorus\u003cbr\u003eAtanas Margaritov\u003cbr\u003eNicolai Ghiaurov, bass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32273981014103,"sku":"028948055579","price":20.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/2824602.jpg?v=1595881286","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/nicolai-ghiaurov-russian-songs-arias-import","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}