The Bells of Dawn: Russian Sacred and Folk Songs
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The Bells of Dawn: Russian Sacred and Folk Songs
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) / The Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing', Lev Kontorovich
[ Ondine / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 25 November 2014
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This is Ondine's third release with the Russian star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and is devoted to sacred works by Russian composers and Russian folk songs. Hvorostovsky is recognized as one of the leading baritones of today and is an international presence in famous opera houses throughout the world.
The title song of the album, Georgy Sviridov's Bells of Dawn, is an atmospheric work creating an otherworldly and remote landscape. The music for this disc has been especially chosen to entice the listener into the beauty of traditional Russian music as well as the skill and craft of contemporary composers in maintaining this tradition for the future.
Hvorostovsky is accompanied by the prestigious Russian Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing', a choir which showcases the best traditions of Russian choral singing, under the direction of Lev Kontorovich.
"The singing here...is more sophisticated than you might expect to hear in your average Russian church on a Sunday morning but Hvorostovsky does not over-egg it. In the characteristically lush harmonies of Pavel Chesnokov's anthems, Hvorostovsky strikes a note of artless sincerity...[in the Varlamov song] he is equally in his element" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, November 2014
'This richly beautiful music, little known in the West, suits Hvorostovsky's bass-baritone to a T, its dark creamy texture and plush legato still well preserved, and he delivers the solos with an appropriately un-operatic authority and intensity of feeling.' BBC Music Choral & Song Choice.
Tracks:
1.Praise the name of the Lord (Khvalite imya Gospodne)
2. Blessed is the man (Blazhen muzh)
3. Pre-eternal counsel (Sovet prevechnïy)
4. Hear my prayer (Da ispravitsya molitva moya)
5. From my youth (Ot yunosti moyeya)
6. The wise thief (Razboynika blagorazumnago)
7. Symbol of faith (Simvol verï)
8. A snowstorm sweeps the street (Vdol' po ulitse metelitsa metyot)
9. The do not let Masha... (Ne velyat Mashe za rechen 'ku khodit')
10. There is not one path through the fild (Ne odna vo pole dorozhka)
11. The lonely coach bell (Odnozvuchno gremit kolokol' chik)
12. Farewell, my joy (Proshchay, radost')
13. The fog has fallen onto the field (Uzh kak pal tuman)
14. I walk my path alone (Vïkhozhu odin ya na dorogu)
15. Oh, night (Akh tï, nochen'ka)
16. The bells of dawn (Zoryu b'yut)
