Tchaikovsky: Romances

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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Romances
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano)

[ Onyx / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 20 March 2009

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"Stotijn's charisma and her beautifully recorded altoish depth of tone is enough to hold me spellbound." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 - Vocal WINNER

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 - Vocal WINNER

"The two best-known songs open proceedings: "At the Ball", with its reminiscence of unrequited passion to the lilt of a sad waltz, and then "None but the lonely heart". Everyone conceivable from Rosa Ponselle to Frank Sinatra has recorded this, but Stotijn loses nothing in comparison with ghosts from the past. Her voice is a full-blooded mezzo but steady and true, without a hint of that vibrato that can often disturb the line in Slavonic singers... The piano parts are superbly done: in every sense these songs are duets. Tchaikovsky's songs are not nearly well enough known and this superb recital should encourage more interest in them." Gramophone Magazine, March 2009

"…Christianne Stotijn is that artist in a thousand whose personality shines through everything she does. Her Russian characterisations and folk inflections seem spot-on in the vivid narratives of 'Had I known', 'The Bride's Lament' and 'The Cuckoo'. Here, too, as in their often wonderful Mahler recital together, Julius Drake's focused narratives make us want to hear even more from him... But Stotijn's charisma and her beautifully recorded altoish depth of tone is enough to hold me spellbound." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 *****

Tracks:

In the midst of the ball, Op. 38 No. 3
None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6
I never spoke to her, Op. 25, No. 5
My genius, my angel, my friend (Moy geni, moy angel, moy drug) (Fet) c1855-60
Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1
Reconciliation, Op. 25, No. 1
Zakatilos solntse (The sun has set)
The Fearful Minute Op. 28 No. 6
The mild stars shone for us
If only I had known, Op.47, No.1
The lights were being dimmed, Op. 63, No. 5
Not a word, O my friend, Op. 6 No. 2
Why? Op 6 No. 5
Song: 'Was I not a blade of grass?' Op. 47 No. 7
The gypsy song, Op. 60, No. 7
Do not believe, my friend Op. 6 No. 1
It happened in the early Spring Op. 38 No. 2
The Cuckoo, Op. 54 No. 8
Does the day reign?, Op. 47 No 6
Solitude Op. 73 No. 6