Mikhail Glinka. The Italian in Russia

Part I

“The Gulf of Finland”
to lyrics by Platon Obodovsky
Albina Latipova (soprano)

“Mi sento il cor trafiggere…”
to lyrics by Pietro Metastasio translated by P. Tchaikovsky
Polina Shabunina (soprano)

“Tu sei figlia”
Russian text by P. Tchaikovsky
Polina Shabunina (soprano)

“Il desiderio”
to lyrics by Felice Romani translated by M. Glinka
Anastasia Sorokina (soprano)

“Piangendo ancora rinascer suole”
Russian text by Vs. Rozhdestvensky
Daniil Akimov (bass)

“Pensa chevguesto istante”
Russian text by Vs. Rozhdestvensky
Rodion Pauls (bass)

“Нo perduto il mio tesoro”
Russian text by P. Tchaikovsky
Anna Shapovalova (soprano)

Two Italian canzonettas:

1. “Аh, Rammenta, o bella Irene”
to lyrics by Pietro Metastasio translated by unknown author
Anastasia Sorokina (soprano)

2. “Аlla cetra”
to lyrics by Giovanni Fantoni
Bekhzod Davronov (tenor)

“Mio ben ricordati”
Russian text by P. Tchaikovsky
Rodion Pauls (bass)

“Pur nel sonno”
Russian text by P. Tchaikovsky
Albina Latipova (soprano)

“Venetian Night”
to lyrics by Ivan Kozlov
Albina Latipova (soprano)


Part II

Two Etudes for Voice and Piano
Vladislav Chizhov (baritone)

“Desire Burns in My Veins”
to lyrics by Alexander Pushkin
Alina Chertash (mezzo-soprano)

“I Recall a Wonderfull Moment”
to lyrics by Alexander Pushkin
Bekhzod Davronov (tenor)

Barcarola (“The Blue Ones Have Fallen Asleep”)
to lyrics by Nestor Kukolnik
Albina Latipova (soprano)

“Doubt”
to lyrics by Nestor Kukolnik
Daniil Akimov (bass)

“The Lark”
to lyrics by Nestor Kukolnik
Polina Shabunina (soprano)

“Don’t Tempt Me”
to lyrics by Evgeny Baratynsky
Bekhzod Davronov (tenor)
Alina Chertash (mezzo-soprano)

“How Sweet It Is To Be With You”
to lyrics by Pyotr Ryndin
Anna Shapovalova (soprano)

Bolero (“Oh My Lovely Maiden”)
to lyrics by Nestor Kukolnik
Vladislav Chizhov (baritone)

“Margaret’s Song”
to lyrics by Eduard Guber after Goethe
Anna Shapovalova (soprano)

“Don’t Tell Your Heart Hurt”
to lyrics by Nikolai Pavlov
Rodion Pauls (baritone)

“Oh, If I Had Known”
to lyrics by Ivan Dmitriev
Alina Chertash (mezzo-soprano)

“Travelling Song”
to lyrics by Nestor Kukolnik
Vladislav Chizhov (baritone)

Piano part: Semyon Skigin