Songs and arias.

Recordings from the collection of Vladimir Gurvich.

Compact disc.

Originally issued on 78 rpm discs, except the Oct. 1907 unpublished sides.

Program notes by Joseph Darsky & Mark Zaltsberg, including discographical details, & transliterated texts with English translations inserted in container.

Sung pricipally in Russian.

[Moscow G&T sessions, 1902]. When the king went to war / Koeneman (3:17)

Ah, thou red sun, op. 10 no. 1 / Slonov (2:33)

Elegy / Korganov (2:15)

Faust. Act 2: Le veau d'or / Gounod (1:50)

The nightingale, op. 60 no 4 / Tchaikovsky (2:53)

Nochenka (folk song) (2:43)

A life for the tsar. Act 4: My dawn will come / Glinka (3:28)

Disenchantment, op. 65 no 2 / Tchaikovsky (2:16)

[Petersburg sessions, 1907 ; with orch, Seidler-Winkler, cond]. Song of the needy pilgrim / Manykin-Nevstruev (3:30)

When the king went to war, op. 7 no 6 / Koeneman (3:23)

Mefistofele. Prologue: Ave Signor / Boito (3:24)

Faust. Act 4: Serenade / Gounod (2:53)

The song of the flea / Mussorgsky (3:16)

Faust. Act 2: Le veau d'or / Gounod (1:55)

[Milan, Oct. 1907 ; unpublished Gramophone tests]. Eh, Vanka (folk song) (3:01)

Nochenka (folk song) (3:32)

Luchinushka (folk song) (3:31)

[Paris session, Jun 1908 ; with orch, I.P. Arkadiev, cond.]. Ruslan & Ludmila. Act 2: Farlaf's rondo / Glinka (3:22)

Barbiere di Siviglia. Act 1: La calunnia / Rossini (4:10)

A life for the tsar. Act 4: They guess the truth ; My dawn will come / Glinka (4:12)

Lakme. Act 2: Lakme, ton doux regard / Delibes (3:39)

Ruslan & Ludmila. Act 2: From the dark shroud of eternity / Glinka (3:01)

Dubinushka (folk song arr. Slonov) (3:01)

Arise, fair sun (folk song) (4:06).

Operas > Excerpts.