Ilya Kuzmin – Myaskovsky: Vocal Works, Vol. 2 (2023)
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Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881–1950) was given the sobriquet of ‘the conscience of Russian music’ thanks to his dignified bearing and quiet wisdom – qualities reflected in the unemphatic strength of his music. His orchestral, chamber and instrumental works are regaining the currency they once enjoyed, but his large corpus of songs, many of them understated masterpieces, has yet to attract systematic attention – a situation this series hopes to remedy. This second album presents his entire output of songs for baritone and piano, most of them early works responding to Russian lyric poetry with the calm dignity typical of his compositions – though there is the occasional flash of passion.
Tracklist:
01. Olga Solovieva – 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 1, A Full Moon Has Risen over the Meadow (03:52)
02. Olga Solovieva – 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 2, The Evenings’ Chill Is Dreadful (02:45)
03. Olga Solovieva – 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 3, Dear Friend! (02:01)
04. Olga Solovieva – 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 4, The Autumn Day Declines on Its Slow Course (03:11)
05. Olga Solovieva – 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 5, I Will Arise in the Foggy Morning (01:38)
06. Olga Solovieva – No. 6, In the Silent Night (04:29)
07. Dzambolat Dulaev – At the Close of the Day, Op. 21: No. 1, It Is Not Given to Us to Predict (00:57)
08. Dzambolat Dulaev – At the Close of the Day, Op. 21: No. 2, There Are No More Living Sparks (01:43)
09. Dzambolat Dulaev – At the Close of the Day, Op. 21: No. 3, No Matter How Hard the Last Hour Is (01:18)
10. Olga Solovieva – 3 Sketches, Op. 45: No. 1, The Flower (01:48)
11. Olga Solovieva – 3 Sketches, Op. 45: No. 2, The Little Birch Tree (02:39)
12. Olga Solovieva – 3 Sketches, Op. 45: No. 3, A Conversation (02:43)
13. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 1, Fair-Haired Wind (01:28)
14. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 2, At the Spring (01:39)
15. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 3, It Sometimes Seems to Me (01:40)
16. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 4, The Sunflower (01:10)
17. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 5, Superstitions (02:09)
18. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 6, To You (01:51)
19. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 7, It’s Easy, My Love, with You (01:03)
20. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 8, Mount Elbrus and the Aeroplane (01:52)
21. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 9, After Glancing at a Card (02:31)
22. Olga Solovieva – 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 10, By the Sea (02:38)
23. Dzambolat Dulaev – From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 1, Thus Yearns the Soul (01:37)
24. Dzambolat Dulaev – From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 6, Song of the Collectors (02:56)
25. Dzambolat Dulaev – From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 7, In the Struggle with a Heavy Fate (01:12)
26. Dzambolat Dulaev – From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 10, Sonnet of Michelangelo (01:46)
27. Dzambolat Dulaev – 3 Songs of the Polar Explorers, Op. 48a: No. 1, Song of Pride (04:57)
28. Dzambolat Dulaev – 3 Songs of the Polar Explorers, Op. 48a: No. 2, Song of the Polar Sailors (02:55)
