"Slavic Heroes", opera arias by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Smetana, Dvořák, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, etc.
Mariusz Kwiecień, Orchestre symphonique de la Radio Polonaise, Lukasz Borowicz
0h55
Digital
HMW906101
Apple Music
Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecień has won over audiences in many of the world’s greatest opera houses with his powerful interpretations. For his first solo recital he employs his mellifluous and burnished voice to great effect in Polish, Russian and Czech arias which are very close to his heart. A collection of operatic gems, familiar and rare. OPERA MAGAZINE DISC OF THE MONTH
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY [1840-1893] · Yevgeniy Onegin Op. 24 / Eugene Onegin [1879] Vy mne pisali... Kogda by zhizn / You wrote to me... Had I wished to be bound by domestic life (4'48) · Iolanta Op. 69 [1892] Robert's aria: Kto mozhet sravnitsa s Matil'daj majej/ Who can compare with my Mathilde (2'21) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] · Aleko TN ii/70 [1892] Ves' tabar spit / The camp is asleep and cavatina: Kak nezhna priklan'as'ka mne / How tenderly she caressed (6'17) BEDRICH SMETANA · Certova stena / The Devil's Wall JB 1:122 [1882] Vok's aria: Jen Jediana (4'00) STANISłAW MONIUSZKO [1819-1872] · Halka[1847-57] Janusz's aria: Pewna, jak wiatr wzdycha / As sure as the wind sighs (2'49) PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY [1840-1893] · Mazeppa [1881-3] Mazeppa's Arioso: O Mariya, Mariya! (5'04) ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK [1841-1904] · Selma sedlák / The Cunning Peasant B. 67 Op. 37 [1877] Prince's aria (4'19) STANISłAW MONIUSZKO [1819-1872] · Straszny Dwór / TheHaunted Manor [1861-4] Miecznik's aria Act 2: Kto z mych dziewek serce której / Who of my maidens whose heart. (3'17) NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV [1844-1908] · Sadko [1896] Song of the Venetian guest: Gorod kamennyi, gorodam vsem mat? (4'43) PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY [1840-1893] · Yevgeniy Onegin Op. 24 / Eugene Onegin Uzhel' ta samaya Tatyana / Can it be the same Tatyana? (2'42) STANISłAW MONIUSZKO [1819-1872] · Verbum Nobile / The word of a nobleman [1860] Nakaz niech ozywcze slonko / Come, let envigorating sun.. (1'49) ALEKSANDR BORODIN [1833-1887] · Knyaz' Igor' / Prince Igor [1890] Ni sna, ni otdyha izmuchennaj dushe / No sleep, no rest. (7'52) KAROL SZYMANOWSKI [1882-1937] · Król Roger / King Roger Op.46 [1918-24] Final scene, hymn to Apollo (3'56)
