Anthology of Russian Classical Romances. Anton Rubinstein. Anton Arensky

PART I

Anton RUBINSTEIN

“Night” to lyrics by Alexander Pushkin
Ulyana Biryukova (mezzo-soprano)

From “Zwoelf Lieder des Mirsa Schaffi aus dem Persischen von Bodenstedt”, op. 34:

“Nicht mit Engeln im blauen Himmelszelt”
David Posulikhin (tenor)

“Die Weise guter Zecher ist”
Elmira Karakhanova (soprano)

“Gelb rollt mir zu Füssen”
Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone)

“Ballad” to lyrics by Ivan Turgenev
Alexei Kulagin (bass)

“Pandero” to lyrics by Alvaro Fernandez de Almeida,
translation by Emanuel Geibel, op.76 No 6
Ulyana Biryukova (mezzo-soprano)

“Yearnings” to lyrics by Mikhail Lermontov, op. 8 No 5
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

Scenes from opera The Demon:

The Demon’s First Romance “Do Not Weep, Child”
Rauf Timergazin (baritone)

The Demon’s Second Romance “On the Ocean of the Air”
Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone)

Duet by Tamara and Demon
Maria Motolygina (soprano)
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)


PART II

Anton ARENSKY

“The Garden is All in Bloom”
to lyrics by Afanasy Fet, op. 60 No 7
Elmira Karakhanova (soprano)

“Autumn”
to lyrics by Afanasy Fet, op. 27 No 2
Alexei Kulagin (bass)

“Long Since Beneath Enchanted Sounds”
to lyrics by Afanasy Fet, op. 49 No 5
David Posulikhin (tenor)

“Sometimes I Beheld”
to lyrics by Mikhail Lermontov, op. 38 No 6
Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone)

Aria of Zarema
from music to Pushkin’s poem “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai”, op. 46
Ulyana Biryukova (mezzo-soprano)

“Do Not Cry, My Friend”
to lyrics by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, op. 38 No 4
Alexei Kulagin (bass)

“The Broken Vase”
to lyrics by Alexei Apukhtin, op. 21 No 1
Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone)

“I Waited for You”
to lyrics by Alexei Apukhtin, op. 60 No 2
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

“Do Not Kindle the Fires”
to lyrics by Daniil Rathaus, op. 38 No 3
Elizaveta Narsia (soprano)

“What Are You Dreaming About?”
to lyrics by Daniil Rathaus, op. 38 No 5
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

“The Day Has Died”
to lyrics by unknown author, op. 49 No 1
Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone)

Piano part: Mikhail Korshunov, Vera Grigorieva, Tovuz Abbasova