DIGIPACK 1 CD
ELENA OBRAZTSOVA
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DECEMBER ‘14
Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1. Joan’s Aria from the opera The Maid of Orleans Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 2. Kascheyevna’s aria from the opera Kashchey the Deathless Modest Mussorgsky 3. Marfa’s Divination from the opera Khovanshchina Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 4. Lyubasha’s Song from the opera The Tsar’s Bride Modest Mussorgsky 5. Marina’s Aria from the opera Boris Godunov Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 6. Lel’s Third Song from the opera The Snow Maiden MEL CD Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 10 02299 7. Lubava’s Scene and Aria from the opera Sadko Pyotr Tchaikovsky 8. Pauline’s romance from the opera Firma Melodiya presents a jubilee release of one The Queen of Spades of the most distinguished singers of modern Pyotr Tchaikovsky times Elena Obraztsova. 9. Countess’ Scene and Romance She has sung at the world’s best opera and concert from the opera The Queen of Spades houses. Her operatic heroines are known and loved by millions of listeners on different continents. Gaetano Donizetti She has worked with the greatest opera directors, 10. Leonora’s Aria from the opera conductors and soloists. However, the singer still The Favorite considers the Bolshoi Theatre her principal operatic Camille Saint-Saëns home where she debuted as Marina Mniszech 11. Dalila’s Aria “Mon coeur s’ouvre in Boris Godunov more than fifty years ago. That was the time of the Bolshoi’s golden cohort when a ta voix” from the opera Samson Obraztsova’s voice and dramatic gift shone among and Dalilah the other outstanding representatives of Soviet music Giuseppe Verdi art. That was an era of the Bolshoi’s first international 12. Eboli’s aria from the opera triumphs when the young singer, along with the other Don Carlos new soloists of the troupe, was receiving rousing welcomes during the tours of Italy and the United Giuseppe Verdi States. That was an era when the perennial traditions 13. Azucena’s song from the opera existed in harmony with the spirit of newness Il trovatore introduced by the younger artists and the experience Jules Massenet shared with foreign peers. 14. Charlotte’s aria from the opera The release features fragments of Russian and foreign operas which make up just a portion of Elena Werther Obraztsova’s extensive repertoire numbering over Georges Bizet eighty parts. Still, they largely convey the main 15. Carmen’s Habanera from the opera features of her performing individuality, her mastery Carmen of musical dramatic transformation making us recognize the singer’s voice on recordings of different Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, years. The music by Donizetti, Verdi, Saint-Saens, conductor – B. Khaikin (1–4); Bizet, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov conductor – M. Ermler (5–9, 14); and Mussorgsky is performed to the accompaniment of the USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra conducted conductor – О. Dimitriadi (10–12); by the outstanding maestros Boris Khaikin, Odyssey conductor – A. Juraitis (13, 15). Dimitriadi, Algis Žiūraitis and Mark Ermler. Recorded in 1965 (1–3, 10–12); 1966 (4); 1968 (5–7); 1970 (9); 1987 (13, 15)