Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin | Melodiya MELCD1002418

Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin

Label: Melodiya

Cat No: MELCD1002418

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 1st December 2017

Contents

Artists

Tatyana Tugarinova (soprano)
Tamara Milashkina (soprano)
Tamara Sinyavskaya (mezzo-soprano)
Larisa Avdeyeva (mezzo-soprano)
Yuri Mazurok (baritone)
Vladimir Atlantov (tenor)
Evgeny Nesterenko (bass)
Anton Djaparidze (baritone)
Valeri Yaroslavtsev (bass)
Lev Kuznetsov (tenor)
Choir & Orchestra of the USSR Bolshoi Theatre

Conductor

Mark Ermler

Works

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Eugene Onegin, op.24

Artists

Tatyana Tugarinova (soprano)
Tamara Milashkina (soprano)
Tamara Sinyavskaya (mezzo-soprano)
Larisa Avdeyeva (mezzo-soprano)
Yuri Mazurok (baritone)
Vladimir Atlantov (tenor)
Evgeny Nesterenko (bass)
Anton Djaparidze (baritone)
Valeri Yaroslavtsev (bass)
Lev Kuznetsov (tenor)
Choir & Orchestra of the USSR Bolshoi Theatre

Conductor

Mark Ermler

About

Melodiya presents a recording of the opera Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

When in 1877 the composer ventured to put Pushkin’s novel in verse to music, he did it with 'unbelievable enthusiasm and love'. Eugene Onegin remained one of Tchaikovsky’s favourite works until the end of his days, but he seriously feared for its stage fate considering its inconsistency with the operatic canons of the time and the lack of 'bombastic effects and outer lustre'. Tchaikovsky’s anxiety proved to be wrong. The opera has been performed on stage, in concert and record studios for more than 130 years now being one of the most frequently performed pieces of Russian music worldwide. The numerous recordings captured versions of the opera created by prominent performers of different generations. The featured recording was realized by the USSR Bolshoi Theatre in 1979 under the leadership of conductor Mark Ermler, one of the most prominent representatives of the Russian conducting tradition. The main part is performed by Yuri Mazurok whose noble rendition of Onegin was the Bolshoi’s 'trademark' for over two decades. Vladimir Atlantov, the best tenor of the Bolshoi’s opera company of the second half of the century, acts as Lensky. The recording also features other singers of the golden fund of the Russian vocal school such as Tamara Milashkina, Tamara Sinyavskaya and Evgeny Nesterenko.

Characters:
- Larina: Tatyana Tugarinova (soprano)
- Tatyana: Tamara Milashkina (soprano)
- Olga: Tamara Sinyavskaya (mezzo-soprano)
- Fillipyevna, a nanny: Larisa Avdeyeva (mezzo-soprano)
- Eugene Onegin: Yuri Mazurok (baritone)
- Lensky: Vladimir Atlantov (tenor)
- Prince Gremin: Evgeny Nesterenko (bass)
- Company Commander: Anton Djaparidze (baritone)
- Zaretsky: Valeri Yaroslavtsev (bass)
- Triquet, a Frenchman: Lev Kuznetsov (tenor)

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