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Vladimir Ashkenazy, Elisabeth Soderstrom
Rachmaninov: Songs
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (86) - Disc #1
1. Op. 4-4 Oh, Do Not Sing To Me
2. Op. 4-5 The Harvest Of Sorrow
3. Op. 21-7 How Beatiful It Is There
4. Op. 38-1 In My Garden At Night
5. Op. 38-2 To Her
6. Op. 38-3 Daisies
7. Op. 38-4 The Pied Piper
8. Op. 38-5 Sleep
9. Op. 38-6 A-Oo (The Quest)
10. Op. 34-1 Th Muse
11. Op. 34-3 The Storm
12. Op. 34-9 The Poet
13. Op. 34-10 The Morning Of Life
14. Op. 34-12 What Happiness
15. Op. 34-13 Dissonance
16. Op. 34-14 Vocalise
17. Op. 4-3 In The Mysterious Silence Of The Night
18. Op. 4-6 How Long, My Friend
19. Op. 8-4 The Soldier'swife
20. Op. 8-5 A Dream
21. Op. 14-1 I Am Waiting For You
22. Op. 14-2 The Isle
23. Op. 14-5 These Summer Nights
24. Op. 14-6 Everyone Loves You So
25. Op. 14-7 Do Not Belive Me
26. Op. 14-11 Spring Waters
27. Op. 21-1 Fate
28. Op. 34-4 A Passing Breeze
29. Op. 34-5 Arion
30. Op. 34-6 The Raising Of Lazarus
31. Op. 34-7 It Cannot Be!
32. Op. 34-8 Music
33. Op. 21-2 Beside A New Grave
34. Op. 21-3 Twilight
35. Op. 21-4 The Answer
36. Op. 21-5 Lilacs
37. Op. 21-6 Loneliness (Fragment From De Musset)
38. Op. 21-8 On The Death Of A Linnet
39. Op. 21-9 Melody
40. Op. 21-10 Before The Icon
41. Op. 21-11 I Am No Prophet
42. Op. 21-12 How My Heart Aches
43. Op. 26-7 To The Children
44. Op. 26-10 Before My Window
45. Op. 26-11 The Fountain
46. Op. 26-12 The Night Is Mournful
47. Op. 26-14 The Ring
48. Op. - Powdered Paint - Folksong
49. Op. - I Shall Tell You Nothing
50. Op. - Again You Leapt, My Heart
51. Op. - April! A Festive Spring Day
52. Op. - Twilight Has Fallen
53. Op. 4-1 Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!
54. Op. 4-2 Morning
55. Op. 8-1 The Waterlily
56. Op. 8-2 Child, You Are Like A Flower
57. Op. 8-3 Brooding
58. Op. 8-6 A Prayer
59. Op. 14-3 How Few The Joys
60. Op. 14-4 I Came To Her
61. Op. 26-1 The Heart's Secret
62. Op. 26-2 Vengeful God Has Taken Everything
63. Op. 26-3 We Shal Rest
64. Op. 26-4 Two Partings (John Shirley-Quirk, Bariton)
65. Op. 26-5 My Love, Let Us Escape
66. Op. 26-5 My Love, Let Us Escape
67. Op. 38-3 Daisies
68. Op. 14-8 Oh, Do Not Grieve!
69. Op. 14-9 She Is As Fair As The Noon
70. Op. 14-10 Within My Heart
71. Op. 14-12 It Is Time!
72. Op. 26-8 I Pray For Mercy!
73. Op. 26-9 I Am Alone Again
74. Op. 26-13 We Met Yesterday
75. Op. 26-15 All Things Pass Away
76. Op. 34-2 The Soul's Concealment
77. Op. 34-11 With Holy Banner Firmly Held
78. Op. - By The Gates Of The Holy Dwelling
79. Op. - Song Of Disappointment
80. Op. - A Flower Fell
81. Op. - Do You Remember That Evening-
82. Op. - Did You Hiccup-
83. Op. - Night
84. Op. - Letter To Konstantin Stanislavsky
85. Op. - From St John's Gospel
86. Op. 21-5 Lilacs

CD Details

All Artists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Elisabeth Soderstrom
Title: Rachmaninov: Songs
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: London Import
Original Release Date: 1/1/1993
Re-Release Date: 11/8/1993
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 028943692021

Synopsis

Album Details

This is the Premier Recording of Sergei Rachmaninov's Complete Songs Originally Released by Decca Throughout the 1970's. Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy and Soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom Are Perfect Together Here, Delivering Highly Poetic, Radiant, Complimentary Performances Throughout that Fully Do Justice to These Sadly Much Neglected Gems. Decca's Sound is Remarkably Good with Exceptional Detail and Presence. A Must for Fans of the Composer Regardless of their Interest in Vocal Music.

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CD Reviews

Outstanding gems masterfully played, sung and recorded

Alexander Z. Damyanovich | Flesherton, Ontario, Canada | 08/01/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Now that I've finally gotten around to hearing some more of this recording, I have to amend my initial review to as follows:

Can one possibly go wrong with a package that features an opulent recording, the beautiful and highly-poetic playing of Ashkenazy (he plays these pieces so beautifully and with such poetry, matching the poetry of the original texts chosen by RakhmáÑinov for setting to music - truly, an accompanist 'to the manor born!!!'), the radiant yet versatile singing of Söderström AND such lovely music 'per se'?? Gems like "O ñe grustí", "Vchjerá mï vstrjétiljisj" and - for good measure, the Vocalise - just come off effortlessly and yet with searing passion.

[An added bonus is that a number (admittedly not all - enough would just have simply been too low for all but a real contralto or bass, period!) of those songs not originally written for high-voice still do get to be done in their original keys in spite of their not being best-suited to a soprano voice (several settings are for a mezzo or alto - not to mention those intended for a male singer); that Ms. Söderström did record many of these wonderful pieces as notated by Sjergjéy Vasíljevich (Rakhmáñinov's given name & patronymic, used here, are also how one would formally address a Russian) in the keys chosen by him speaks extra-highly for her!]

This CD-package is an absolute classic that deserves to be in the collection of any and every music-lover - it just so transcends not only the boundaries of lieder but also of all classical music, period! Yes, it may be expensive but it's worth every last penny! Original keys or not, the quality of the artistry and the obvious devotion of the performers to every aspect of these glorious songs is so magisterial as to make most competition to be redundant (only singers like Vishñévskaja or Khvorostóvskiy can really consistently match Söderström in every last one of these lieder!!). Do not hesitate to GET IT at almost any cost!!!"