Title from disc label. The 1st work is a song cycle on poems by Sergei Esenin originally for tenor and piano, transposed and arranged for baritone, orchestra and ensemble; the 2nd work (bonus track) is an excerpt from Petersburg, a vocal poem on verses by Alexander Blok originally for baritone and piano, arranged for baritone, orchestra and ensemble. World premiere, orchestral version. Arranged by Evgeny Stetsyuk. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra ; Style of Five Ensemble ; Constantine Orbelian, conductor. Recorded 2016 July 15-20 House of Radio, St. Peterburg, Russia. Compact disc. Booklet with program notes by Maya Pritsker and biographical notes on the performers in English, and texts with English translations (19 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Petersburg, a vocal poem. The virgin in the city (4:15). I left my home behind (2:22) -- Open before me, O my guardian angel (3:23) -- Silver path (2:31) -- Russian cast adrift (2:00) -- Simon, Peter... where are you? Come to me (4:04) -- Where are you, O my Father's house? (2:46) -- Beyond the hills of the Milky Way (1:41) -- It sounds, it sounds, the fateful trumpet! (3:05) -- An owl cries in autumn (2:42) -- Oh, I believe, I believe in happiness! -- O my homeland, O joyful and eternal hour! (5:23) -- Bonus track: Petersburg, a vocal poem. The virgin in the city (4:15).
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