Wait For Me: Classic Russian Songs from the War Years

 
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Wait For Me: Classic Russian Songs from the War Years
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Constantine Orbelian, Ministry of Internal Affairs Chorus, Novaya Opera Orchestra, Style of Five

[ Delos / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 10 March 2015

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"Dmitri Hvorostovsky's ongoing collaboration with Delos has explored many worthwhile sides of the Siberian baritone's far-reaching musical interests." -Opera News

A nostalgia-inspiring survey drawn from the extensive body of popular Russian WWII-era songs, this album is the sequel to two all-time favorite Delos titles: Where Are You, My Brothers and Moscow Nights. These sentimental, melancholic, and passionate songs have a strong global appeal, expressing as they do the universal themes and feelings common to soldiers the world over.

Operatic superstar baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky delivers these musical mainstays of Russian culture with relaxed classical technique and the kind of refined, yet soulful and deeply affecting emotional impact that have made his concerts of these pieces wildly popular all across Russia and around the world.

Constantine Orbelian leads the superb Novaya Opera Orchestra and the renowned Ministry of Internal Affairs Chorus - with flavorful idiomatic touches from the unique Style of Five Ensemble of authentic Russian folk instruments.

Tracks:

Goryachii sneg • Hot Snow (3:26)
Music: A. Pakhmutova; Lyrics: M. Lvov

Zhdi menya • Wait for Me (4:53)
Music: M. Blanter; Lyrics by K. Simonov

Mother's Arioso from the Cantata
Nam Nuzhen Mir • We Need Peace (3:11)
Music: A. Petrov; Lyrics: G. Roublev

Kak sluzhil soldat • The Soldier Served (5:17)
Music: M. Blanter; Lyrics: K. Simonov

Maya lubimaya • My Beloved Girl (2:02)
Music: M. Blanter; Lyrics: Y. Dolmatovsky

Alyosha (4:16)
Music: E. Kolmanovsky; Lyrics: E. Vashenkin

Minuti tishiny • Moments of Silence (2:53)
Music: A. Petrov; Lyrics: M. Matusovsky

Dunai Goluboi • The Danube is Blue (3:59)
Music: A. Dolukhanyan; Lyrics: S. Smirnov

Ballada o soldate • Ballad of a Soldier (5:24)
Music: V. Solovyov-Sedoy; Lyrics: M. Matusovsky

Zhdi menya • Wait for Me (3:19)
Music: N. Gorbenko; Lyrics: K. Simonov

Chernoglazaya kazachka • Dark-eyed Cossack Girl (3:03)
Music: M. Blanter; Lyrics: I. Selvinsky

Oganyok • Glowing Little Light (4:21)
Composer unknown; Lyrics: M. Isakovsky

Solovyi • Nightingales (6:37)
Music: V. Solovyov-Sedoy; Lyrics: A Fatyanov

Pushki molchat dalnoboinye • Longrange Cannons are Silent (2:47)
Music: M. Blanter; Lyrics: M. Matusovsky

V lesu prifrontovom • In the Woods Near the Front (4:53)
Music: M. Blanter; Lyrics: M. Isakovsky

Ekhal ya iz Berlina • On My Way from Berlin (2:21)
Music: I. Dunaevsky; Lyrics: L. Oshanin