Rachmaninov: Songs - Julia Sitkovetsky, Roger Vignoles

Rachmaninov’s songs all date from the first half of his artistic life, before he left post-revolutionary Russia. They are exquisite, and this recital from Julia Sitkovetsky and Roger Vignoles includes some of the finest, culminating with the much-loved Vocalise.

6 Songs Op 38[15'21]
1
Noch'yu v sadu u menya 'In my garden at night'[1'44]
2
K ney 'To her'  Travï odetï perlami 'Pearls adorn the grass'[2'38]
3
Margaritki 'Daisies'  O, posmotri! kak mnogo margaritok 'Oh, see how many daisies'[2'12]
4
Krïsolov 'Pied piper'  Ya na dudochke igrayu 'I play a reed-pipe'[2'58]
5
Son 'A dream'  V mire net nichego 'There is nothing'[3'24]
6
A-u!  Tvoy nezhnïy smekh 'Your tender laughter'[2'25]
7
Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne 'Do not sing to me, fair maiden'  (No 4 of 6 Songs, Op 4)[4'23]
8
Uzh tï, niva moya 'O you, my grain-field'  (No 5 of 6 Songs, Op 4)[3'54]
9
Davno-l', moy drug 'How long, my friend'  (No 6 of 6 Songs, Op 4)[2'05]
10
Duma 'Brooding'  Prokhodyat dni 'The days pass'  (No 3 of 6 Songs, Op 8)[3'26]
11
Son 'A dream'  I u menya bïl kray rodnoy 'And I had a homeland'  (No 5 of 6 Songs, Op 8)[1'18]
12
Molitva 'Prayer'  O, Bozhe moy! 'Oh, my God!'  (No 6 of 6 Songs, Op 8)[3'15]
13
Vesenniye vodï 'Spring waters'  Yeshchyo v polyakh beleyet sneg 'The fields are still whitened with snow'  (No 11 of 12 Songs, Op 14)[2'14]
14
Sumerki 'Twilight'  Ona zadumalas’ 'Lost in dreams'  (No 3 of 12 Songs, Op 21)[1'52]
15
Siren' 'Lilacs'  Po utru, na zare 'In the morning, at daybreak'  (No 5 of 12 Songs, Op 21)[1'48]
16
Zdes' khorosho 'Here it is good'  (No 7 of 12 Songs, Op 21)[1'53]
17
Kak mne bol'no 'How painful this is'  (No 12 of 12 Songs, Op 21)[2'00]
18
U moyego okna 'Before my window'  (No 10 of 15 Songs, Op 26)[1'53]
19
Muza 'The muse'  V mladenchestve moyom ona menya lyubila 'When I was a child she loved me'  (No 1 of 14 Songs, Op 34)[4'09]
20
Kakoye schast'ye 'What happiness'  (No 12 of 14 Songs, Op 34)[2'27]
21
Vocalise  (No 14 of 14 Songs, Op 34)[6'10]