Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. 1. Between Four Walls
2. 2. Thou Didst Not Know Me In The Crowd
3. 3. The Idle, Noisy Day Is Ended
4. 4. Ennui
5. 5. Elegy
6. 6. On The River
7. Where Art Thou, Little Star?
8. Hopak
9. Peasant's Lullaby
10. Darling Savishna
11. The Orphan
12. Eremushka's Lullaby
13. Lullaby - Galina Vishnevskaya
14. Serenade - Galina Vishnevskaya
15. Trepak - Galina Vishnevskaya
16. The Field-Marshal - Galina Vishnevskaya
17. Lullaby Of The Sea Princess (Act II) - Galina Vishnevskaya
18. Marfa's Scene And Aria (Act II) - Galina Vishnevskaya
19. Lyubasha's Aria (Act II) - Galina Vishnevskaya
20. Lel's Song - Galina Vishnevskaya

Disc 2:

1. In The Silence Of The Night Op. 40 No. 3
2. The Rose And The Nightingale Op. 2 No. 2
3. The Dying Glow Of The Sunset Op. 39 No. 2
4. The Heavy Clouds Disperse Op. 42 No. 3
5. More Sonorous Than The Lark's Singing Op. 43 No. 1
6. Not The Wind Blowing From The Heights Op. 43 No. 2
7. The Octave Op. 45 No. 3
8. The Nymph Op. 56 No. 1
9. Was I Not A Little Blade Of Grass? Op. 47 No. 7
10. Do Not Believe, My Friend Op. 6 No. 1
11. The Fearful Minute Op. 28 No. 6
12. Sleep, My Poor Friend Op. 47 No. 4
13. In This Moonlight Op. 73 No. 3
14. Cradle Song Op. 16 No. 1
15. Why? Op. 6 No. 5
16. Mid The Din Of The Ball Op. 38 No. 3
17. If Only I Had Known Op. 47 No. 1
18. It Was In The Early Spring Op. 38 No. 2
19. Again, As Before, Alone Op. 73 No. 6

Disc 3:

1. White Snowflakes
2. The Dream
3. The Monk
4. The Wedding Song
5. Katerina
6. Green Grove
7. 1. Song Of Ophelia
8. 2. Gamayun, Bird Of Prophecy
9. 3. We Were Together
10. 4. The City Sleeps
11. 5. The Storm - 6. Secret Signs - 7. Music
12. 1. To A Critic
13. 2. Taste Of Spring
14. 3. Progeny
15. 4. Misunderstanding
16. 5. Kreutzer Sonata

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #241520 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-04
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .41 pounds
• Running time: 201 minutes

Customer Reviews

Voice of a Great Diva
Diva is not a title to be used lightly. Galina Vishnevskaya has one of the greatest soprano voices of the 20th century. These 3 CDs show the range and variety of tone available. The purity and power of the voice is amazing.
One place to start listening might be Track 19 of CD 1. The unaccompanied voice is beautifully tuned in this Russian operatic masterpiece. Also on this CD the London Philharmonic accompanies her, giving a hint of the dramatic and operatic soprano. The Mussorgsky song-cycles demonstrate the different vocal colours of the different characters. On CD 2 songs of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky are lovingly accompanied by her husband Mstislav Rostropovich at the piano. The couple know and understand this repertoire intimately. On CD 3 Prokofiev is represented by Russian Folk Songs. Galina also sings Seven Romances on Verses by Alexandr Blok, by her friend Shostakovich, with Rostropovich accompanying on the cello. 'The City Sleeps' is a particular favourite of mine. The 1995 digital remastering of these recordings from the late 70s gives an appropriate setting for this great voice. These CDs are special.