Pyotr Il039yich Tchaikovsky Ljubo Orfenova Ljuba Kazarnovskaya - Tchaikovsky Complete Songs Vol 3 (21 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Ljubo Orfenova, Ljuba Kazarnovskaya
Tchaikovsky: Complete Songs, Vol. 3
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Both Painfully And Sweetly, Op. 6, No. 3
2. My Genius, My Angel, Op. 6, No. 3
3. Only You Alone, Op. 57, No. 6
4. Do Not Ask, Op. 57, No. 3
5. Death, Op. 57, No. 5
6. No, Only He Who Has Known, Op. 6, No. 6
7. Why? Op. 6, No. 5
8. the First Meeting, Op. 63, No. 4
9. Not A Word, O My Friend, Op. 6, No. 2
10. Pimpinella, Op. 38, No. 6
11. Sleep, Poor Friend, Op. 47, No. 4
12. I Opened The Window, Op. 63, No. 2
13. The Fires In The Room Were Already Out, Op. 63, No. 5
14. Serenade, Op. 63, No. 6
15. Why Did I Dream Of You? Op. 28, No. 3
16. I Do Not Please You, Op. 63, No. 3
17. Do Not Believe, My Friend, Op. 6, No. 1
18. The Fearful Minute, Op. 28, No. 6
19. Sleep, Op. 57, No. 4
20. I Did Not Love You At First, Op. 63, No. 1
21. On The Golden Cornfields, Op. 57, No. 2

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All Artists: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Ljubo Orfenova, Ljuba Kazarnovskaya
Title: Tchaikovsky: Complete Songs, Vol. 3
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Label: Naxos
Release Date: 5/15/2001
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 747313537129

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Sahan Arzruni | New York, NY United States | 08/17/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"With few exceptions, Tchaikovsky's romances are not his best material. Nevertheless, an integral recording of his more than one-hundred songs is a welcome development. Soprano Ljuba Kazarnovskaya renders them quite nicely-though on occasion her vocal production is less than ideal, and a number of her high notes are strained. Pianist Ljuba Orfenova's performance is idiomatic-although regrettably, the recording technique displaces the piano sound to the background, making her an "accompanist" in the old-fashioned sense.

The production values on this recording are less than desirable. The liner notes are skimpy and uninformative. Poor editing is all too prevalent. A track titled "The terrible minute" on the front cover, becomes "The fearful minute" on the back; "Fall asleep, my sad friend," is elsewhere rendered "Sleep, poor friend." The sequence of the repertoire is also questionable: I would have preferred to have all the songs under a single opus number together. On this disc, however, everything is jumbled up, for no logical reason.

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