Mussorgsky: Songs And Romances
Katherine Broderick (soprano) & Sergey Rybin (piano)
[Broderick] favours nuance and expression against raw dramatic power, enhanced by bright tone and diction clearer than many native singers. Sergey Rybin's accompaniments, strikingly fluent and...
Mussorgsky: Songs And Romances
Katherine Broderick (soprano) & Sergey Rybin (piano)
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[Broderick] favours nuance and expression against raw dramatic power, enhanced by bright tone and diction clearer than many native singers. Sergey Rybin's accompaniments, strikingly fluent and...
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A thrilling recital of songs by Mussorgsky including his famous cycles “Songs And Dances of Death” and “Sunless” together with some rarely-heard but equally-ravishing gems. Pianist Sergey Rybin, an expert in the field of Russian song, joins prize-winning soprano Katherine Broderick, and together they provide performances that are simply ravishing. For anyone with an interest in Russian music, or art song in general, this is essential listening.
Contents and tracklist
Work length4:15
Mussorgsky:
Po grii (Gathering Mushrooms)
Work length1:33
Work length2:48
Mussorgsky:
Svetik Savishna (Darling Savishna)
Work length1:40
Work length2:56
Mussorgsky:
Otchego, skazhi (Tell me why)
Work length2:32
Work length2:25
Work length3:36
Work length16:27
No. 1. V chetiryokh stenakh (Within four walls)
Track length1:55
No. 2. Menya ti v tolpe ne uznala (You did not know me in the crowd)
Track length0:54
No. 3. Okonchen prazdniy, shumniy den' (The useless, noisy day is ended)
Track length3:32
No. 4. Skuchay (Be bored)
Track length2:07
No. 5. Elegiya (Elegy)
Track length4:10
No. 6. Nad rekoy (On the River)
Track length3:49
Work length19:51
No. 1. Lullaby
Track length4:37
No. 2. Serenade
Track length4:32
No. 3. Trepak
Track length4:40
No. 4. The Field-Marshal
Track length6:02
Awards and reviews
March 2016
[Broderick] favours nuance and expression against raw dramatic power, enhanced by bright tone and diction clearer than many native singers. Sergey Rybin's accompaniments, strikingly fluent and idiomatic, no doubt contribute to Broderick's apparent ease in Russian
