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Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Favourite Opera Arias and Folk Songs

Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Favourite Opera Arias and Folk Songs
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Track Listing

  1. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
  2. Il Trovatore: Il balen del suo sorriso
  3. I Puritani: Or dove fuggo... Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei
  4. Eugene Onegin: Vy mne pisali...Kagda by zhyzn
  5. Eugene Onegin: Uzhel' ta samaja Tat'jana
  6. Russian Folk Songs: (Dark Eyes)
  7. Russian Folk Songs: (The Little Box)
  8. Russian Folk Songs: (Elegia)
  9. Sadko: Gorat Kamennyi
  10. Pique Dame: Vy tak pichal'ny, daragaja
  11. Lucia di Lammermoor: Cruda funesta smania
  12. L'Elisir d'Amore: Comme Paride vezzoso
  13. Don Pasquale: Bella siccome un angelo
  14. La Traviata: Di Provenza il mar
  15. Don Carlo: Per me giunto, O Carlo, ascolta

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #15188 in Music
  • Released on: 1996-06-01
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .23 pounds
  • Running time: 66 minutes

Customer Reviews

a good Dmitri intro5
This compilation runs the gamut of many styles, from Donizetti to folk songs, recorded between '90 and '94, and sung by this extraordinary and versatile Siberian baritone. Though it doesn't include some of his finest work, the songs with solo piano accompaniment...my favorite being "Russian Romances" with music by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.

You've probably heard "Largo al Factotum" one too many times, and here it is again. It's kind of a yardstick for a singers technique, and he passes with flying colors. The folk songs ! You've probably heard "Ochi Chornyje" ("Dark Eyes") a million times too...but who can get enough of it ? And here it's sung with unbridled passion. The arias from "Eugene Onegin" and "Pique Dame" are a glory, the "Di Provenza il Mar" incredibly smooth, and the CD ends with a lovely "O Carlo, Ascolta".

There's a golden honey tone to his magnificent voice that makes one able to pick it out after 2 or 3 notes when heard at random. Once you're a Dmitri fan (doesn't take long), you'll want CDs that aren't as mixed in style, and this is one that you'll play the least...but it's a good intro to the voice and artistry of the one and only Dmitri...one of the greats of this or any other era.