VVCD-00175
ADD 79.07

Zara Dolukhanova, mezzo soprano
Russian Romances
Zara Dolukhanova, mezzo soprano
Russian Romances

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
1. Ah, If I Could Have Known It Before                                         3.57
2. Barcarole                                                                                   2.54
Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869)      
3. I Still Love Him                                                                           2.45
4. Laura’s First Song ( from the opera Stone Guest)                                    1.43    
5. I Loved, I Love and I Will Love Forever                                     2.12
6. Beautiful Girls                                                                             1.49
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
7. Zuleika’s Song                                                                             2.10
8. When the Yellow Field is Swaying                                              3.46
9. In the Kingdom of Roses and Wine                                            2.36
10. The Quiet Blue Sea                                                                      1.07
11. To a Greek Woman                                                                     1.48
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
12. The Night                                                                                    3.05
13. The Singer                                                                                   3.05
14. The Loss                                                                                      2.27
15. Spanish Song, ор.76, № 3                                                           2.48
Mili Balakirev (1836-1910)
16. Among Flowers                                                                           1.42
17. I Loved Him                                                                                2.20
18. Cesar Cui (1835-1918). Lilacs Quickly Fade Away                               2.45
19. Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).
Not A Word, oh, My Friend, ор. 38, № 3                                  3.17
Sergei Taneyev (1856 – 1915)
20. People are Sleeping, ор.17, № 10                                                3.01
21. Menuet, ор.26, № 9                                                                     4.08
22. Alexander Glasunov (1865-1936). Fire of Desire Burns in My Blood   2.53 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
23.   They Answered                                                                         1.47
24.   River’s Lilly, ор. 8, № 1                                                            1.45
25.   Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951). Insomnia, ор. 37, № 1                         6.03
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935). Four Romances on the rhymes by Rabindranat Tagor, ор.68
26. № 1. And the Hands are Reaching Other Hands                          2.53
27. № 2. The Little Yellow Bird                                                        1.42
28. № 3. Don’t Go Without Saying Goodbye to Me                                      2.28
29. № 4. Oh, My Friend, Here’s the Flower                                       2.00
Total: 79.07

Rhymes by: I.Dmitriyev (1); N.Kukolnik (2); Yu.Zhadovskaya (3); unknown  author (4,5,9,22); A.Pushkin  (6,11-13); G.Byron (7); M.Lermontov (8); A.Maykov (10); E.Geibel,  P.Geise, translation by P.Tchaikovsky (14, 15); I.Axakov (16); A.Koltsov (17); Culli-Prudome (18); M.Gartman, translation by A.Plescheyev (19); A.Fet (20); S.D.Orias, translation byE.Ellis (21); L.Mey (23); H.Heine, translation by A. Plescheyev (24); F.Tyutchev (25)
Berta Kosel, piano (1,4, 6-13, 16-18,25); Berta Kosel, piano, Eduard Grach, violin (26-29); Alexander Dolukhanian, piano (2,5, 14,15,19-22); G.Sakharova, soprano (6)
Recorded: 1947 (14,15); 1949 (2,5,9-11,19-22); 1950 (1, 6,12,13,16,17); 1951 (8); 1952 (18,26-29); 1953 (3,4); 1956 (25); 1959 (7)
Sound Engineer: Sergei Kochetkov
Restoration: Vista Vera, 2008