Mussorgsky: The Nursery: Sunless; Songs and Dances of Death Boris Christoff

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  • Release Date: 04/08/2003
  • Sales Rank: 84,064
  • Label: EMI CLASSICS
  • UPC: 724356799721

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Mussorgsky: The Nursery: Sunless; Songs and Dances of Death

1LISTENWhere art thou, little St
2LISTENDarling Savishna (Svetik
3LISTENThe Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
4LISTENThe Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
5LISTENThe Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
6LISTENThe Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
7LISTENThe Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
8LISTENThe Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
9LISTENThe Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
10LISTENWork(s): Lullaby
11LISTENSunless (Bez solntsa; 6),
12LISTENSunless (Bez solntsa; 6),
13LISTENSunless (Bez solntsa; 6),
14LISTENSunless (Bez solntsa; 6),
15LISTENSunless (Bez solntsa; 6),
16LISTENSunless (Bez solntsa; 6),
17LISTENKing Saul (King Saul), fo
18LISTENGopak (Hopak), song for v
19LISTENThe Wild Winds Blow (Duyu
20LISTENSongs & Dances of Death (
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This is the greatest disc of the greatest Russian songs by the greatest Russian singer ever released. Mussorgsky's songs are the most original, the most dramatic, the most profound, the most hilarious, and the most suicidal ever composed by a Russian. The great Russian bass Boris Christoff recorded all of them in 1958 with pianist Alexandre Labinsky, conductor Georges Tzipine, and L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise. His performances are commonly agreed to be the most soulful, the most passionate, the most expressive, the most beautiful, the most fearful, and the most sublime recording of the songs ever recorded. From the inspired innocence of "The Nursery" songs to the loneliness and despair of the "Sunless" cycle to the horror and dread of the "Songs and Dances of Death" to the bitter and terrible the "Song of the Flea," Christoff's are the ideal interpretations of Mussorgsky's songs. Labinsky and Tzipine are sympathetic accompanists. EMI's early stereo sound is clean and honest and its 2003 digital re-mastering real and clear. Anyone who loves art songs will love this disc. James Leonard, All Music Guide

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