Sviridov
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Special offer. The Bells of Dawn
Russian Sacred and Folk Songs
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
The Grand Choir ‘Masters of Choral Singing’, Lev Kontorovich
The singing here...is more sophisticated than you might expect to hear in your average Russian church on a Sunday morning but Hvorostovsky does not over-egg it. In the characteristically lush... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Conspirare’s reading of these pieces is passionate without being perfumed. A lovely recording, in immaculate sound. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Choral Performance
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Bringing them all to life is Hvorostovsky's performance - passionate, brooding or forceful with Pushkin's flowing lines, in a manner which might be a bit overpowering in less emotional music,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, Disc of the month
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a rich bass section helps anchor the Russian music, grounding it not only harmonically but also stylistically in the Russian Orthodox choral tradition...There's nothing naive or folk-innocent... —
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Gyorgy Sviridov: The Snowstorm, Pushkin's Garland & Three Choruses
The USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra, Leningrad M. Glinka Choir, Novosibirsk Chamber Choir, Moscow Chamber Choir, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vladislav Chernushenko, Boris Pevzner, Vladimir Minin
The Snow-Storm is represented by a meaty suite in nine gem-like episodes. Its saturated romance is delivered full-on but is all very tasteful and bursting with telling ideas...The basses are... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Sviridov: Cast Off Russia
RecommendedDmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Style of Five Ensemble, Constantine Orbelian
Yesenin’s deceptively plain language and imagery are sensitively echoed in Sviridov’s austere, intensely lyrical vocal lines, with constant echoes of religious chant. The composer’s friend Dmitri... —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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