Liederabend - Hvorostovsky

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s recital delights the Staatsoper audience

Chanda VanderHart, 26th March

At the cloakroom, it was already clear that this evening was not going to be standard fare at the Staatsoper. Russian was in the air, and Russians had bought their fair share of the tickets to this completely sold out event: wearing extravagant gowns, sporting elegant hairstyles and reserving bottles of champagne for the interval. There was plenty of Russian fare on the programme too.

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Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893)	Na son gryadushchiy (At bedtime), Op. 27 no. 1
Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893)	Nochi bezumnie (Frenzied nights) Op.60 no. 6
Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893)	Solovey (The Nightingale), Op.60 no. 4
Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893)	Blagoslovlyayu vas, lesa (I bless you, forests), Op.47 no. 5
Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893)	Sérénade de Don juan, Op.38 no. 1
Medtner, Nikolaï (1880-1951)	Gone are My Heart's Desires (Ya perezhil svoi zhelania) Op. 2 no. 2
Medtner, Nikolaï (1880-1951)	The Wanderer's Night Song (Nochnaja pesn strannika) Op. 6 no. 1
Medtner, Nikolaï (1880-1951)	To a Dreamer (Mechtatelju) Op. 32 no. 6
Medtner, Nikolaï (1880-1951)	Winter's Evening (Zimnij vecher) Op. 13 no. 1
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	3 Sonetti del Petrarca: Pace non trovo, S 270
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)	3 Sonetti del Petrarca: I' vidi en terra angelici costumi, S 270
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	The raising of Lazarus, Op.34 no.6
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	Les Lilas, Op.21 no.5
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	Do not believe me, friend (Ne ver'mne drug), Op.14 no.7
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	Do not sing, my beauty (Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne), Op.4 no.4
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	I await you, (Ja zhdu tebja) Op.14 no.1
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)	Otello: Credo in un Dio crudel

Dmitri Hvorostovsky	Baryton
Ivari Ilja	Piano