Title from program booklet.

Compact discs.

Program notes about the singer by Larry Friedman (34 p. : port. ; no vocal texts) laid in container.

Recorded in Russia between 1948 & the early 1950's (only some recording dates are listed); originally issued, at least in part, on Melodiia analog discs: "many of the original recordings were transferred to tape decades ago and have since become afflicted with certain defects"--Caniell, Notes, p. 34.

Sung in Russian, except for the Falla (in Spanish), Verdi & Mozart K 165 (in Latin), Britten (in English) & Ravel (in Aramaic).

Russian legacy

[cd. 1]. Arie antiche [sung in Italian ; with orchestra ; no rec. date]: Vittoria mio core! / Carissimi ; Come raggio del [sic] sol / Caldara ; Quella fiamma che m'accende / Conti (prev. attrib. to Marcello) ; Se tu m'ami / Pergolesi [i.e, Parisotti] ; Caro mio ben / Giordani ; Pietà Signore / Louis Niedermeyer [i.e., Fétis ; prev. attrib. to Stradella or Rossini]

Ave Maria (1880) / Verdi [liturgical ; sung in Latin; no rec. date]

Exsultate, jubilate, K 165 [solo motet ; sung in Latin ; no rec. date] ; Ridente la calma, K 210a (152) [actually by Mysliveček] ; Komm, liebe Zither, K 351 [with mandolin ; no rec. date] ; Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K 520 [no rec. date] ; An Chloë, K 524 [rec. 1950] ; Così fan tutte. Oh, guarda sorella [duet ; rec. 1953 ; Anatoly Kovalyov, conductor] / Mozart [songs & aria sung in Russian]

Soirées musicales. No 9 : La regata veneziana ; No 10 : La pesca / Rossini [duets ; Anton Bernard, piano ; no rec. date ; sung in Russian]

Songs of various nationalities ("Neues Volksliederheft"), WoO 158a : 2 Russian [folk] songs : No 13 : In the little woods ; No 14 : Oh rivers, rivers / [arr.] Beethoven [sung in Russian]

Von der Tür, op. 28 no 2 / Brahms [duet ; rec. 1953 ; sung in Russian].

[cd. 2]. Frauenliebe und Leben, op. 42 [song cycle ; sung in Russian ; rec. 1953] / Schumann

Wiegenlied, D 498 ; Die Forelle, D 550 ; Du bist die Ruh', D 776 ; Die Schöne Müllerin, D 795. No 2 : Wohin? ; Ellens Gesang III : Ave Maria, D 839 ; Schwanengesang, D 957. No 9 : Ihr Bild / Schubert [sung in Russian ; rec. 1948-1952]

Gebet, G 331 ; Oh, quand je dors, G 282 ; Der Gluckliche, G 334 ; Lorely, G 273 / Liszt [sung in Russian ; rec. 1952, 1951]

Les contes d'Hoffmann. Vous me quittez? ... Malheureux! Tu ne comprends donc pas ... O dieu, de quelle ivresse / Offenbach [duet ; sung in Russian ; Samuel Samosud, conductor ; rec. 1952]

Bonjour, Suzon / Delibes [sung in Russian ; rec. 1950]

Douce mer / Bizet [sung in Russian ; rec. 1950]

Core' negato (Catari) / Salvatore Cardillo [with orch. ; sung in Russian ; no rec. date].

[cd. 3]. Deux mélodies Hébraïques. No 1 : Kaddish [sung in Aramaic ; no rec. date] / Ravel

Siete canciones populares españolas [sung in Spanish ; Svetlanova, piano ; no rec. date] / Falla

Mignon IV : Kennst du das Land ; Der Rattenfänger ; Verborgenheit ; Seltsam ist Juanas Weise ; Wenn du zu dem Blumen gehst / Hugo Wolf [sung in Russian ; rec. 1950s]

Allerseelen, op. 10 no 8 ; Cäcile, op. 27 no 2 ; Heimliche Aufforderung, op. 27 no 3 ; Morgen, op. 27 no 4 ; Traum durch die Dämmerung, op. 29 no 1 ; Ha gesagt

bleibt's nicht dabei, op. 36 no 3 / Richard Strauss [sung in Russian ; rec. 1950s]

A charm of lullabies, op. 41. No 5 : The nurse's song ; No 4 : A charm / Britten ]Svetlanova, piano ; sung in English ; no rec. date]

Fair maidens / Dargomyzhsky [duet ; rec. 1950]

Confidant, op. 57 no 8 ; Evening glow [no opus] ; Lilacs quickly fading here, op. 54 no 5 / Cui [rec. 1951, 1950s]

In the garden near the ford, op. 46 no 4 [duet] / Tchaikovsky [rec. 1950]

Let it sound no more, op. 17 no 3 / Taneiev [rec. 1947]

Six children's songs, op. 59. No 2 : Mutual guarantee / Arensky [with orch., Leonid Piatigorsky, conductor ; no rec. date]

Romance (ca. 1894) / Scriabin [rec. 1952]

Winteraband, op. 13 no 1 ; When roses fade, op. 36 no 3 ; Spanish romance, op. 36 no 4 / Medtner [texts, Pushkin ; rec. 1950s].

[cd. 4]. Take my heart away (1873) ; Not a word, o my friend, op. 6 no 2 ; Both painfully and sweetly, op. 6 no 3 ; The cloud, op. 27 no 2 ; Do not leave me, op. 27 no 3 ; It was in early spring, op. 38 no 2 ; Darkness fell on the Earth, op. 47 no 3 ; Sleep, unhappy friend, op. 47 no 4 ; Does the day reign, op. 47 no 6 ; Tell me what you are thinking, op. 57 no 1 ; Do not ask, op. 57 no 3 ; The first meeting, op. 63 no 4 ; The fires in the room were already extinguished, op. 63 no 5 ; Serenade, op. 63 no 6 ; Song of Zemifra : Mezza notte / Tchaikovsky [rec. 1948, except Mezza notte rec. 1948 ; Dolukhanian, piano ; all sung in Russian except Mezza notte in Italian]

Morning, op. 4 no 2 ; The water-lily, op. 8 no 1 ; Prayer, op. 8 no 6 ; Midsummer nights, op. 14 no 5 ; Do not regret me, op. 14 no 8 ; The answer, op. 21 no 4 ; Lilacs, op. 21 no 5 ; The muse, op. 34 no 1 ; A dream, op. 38 no 5 / Rachmaninoff [rec. 1948-1953].

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