Russian Settings of Robert Burns

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Release Date: 8th Dec 2008
Catalogue No: TOCC0039
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 81 minutes

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Sviridov: Burns Songs

Work length31:55

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

No. 1, Davno li tsvel zeleniy dol (the Winter of Life)

Track length5:19

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No. 2, Vozvrascheniye soldata (the Return of the Soldier)

Track length3:11

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No. 3, John Anderson

Track length4:19

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No. 4, Robin

Track length1:42

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No. 5, Gorsky paren (Highland Laddie)

Track length2:37

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No. 6, Findlay

Track length3:20

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No. 7, Vsiu zemliu tmoy zavoloklo (There Is Darkness Over All the Land)

Track length3:51

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No. 8, Proschchay (Farewell)

Track length3:45

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No. 9, Chestnaya bednost (Honest Poverty)

Track length3:51

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Denisov: 5 pesen (5 Songs)

Work length3:21

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

No. 1, Malen'kaya ballada [a Little Ballad]

Track length2:02

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No. 2, Jenny

Track length1:19

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Shostakovich: 6 Romances, Op. 62 (text by R. Burns)

Work length14:29

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

No. 2, V polyakh, pod snegom i dozhdyom [Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast]

Track length3:13

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No. 3, McPherson pered kazn'yu [Macpherson's Farewell]

Track length11:16

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Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 20

Work length8:26

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

II. Adagio

Track length8:26

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Levitin: Song-Cycle to Verses by Robert Burns, Op. 51

Work length18:06

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

No. 1, Lyubov (Love)

Track length7:46

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No. 2, John Anderson

Track length7:15

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No. 3, Shelagh O'Neil

Track length2:02

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No. 4, Gde-to v peshchere (Some in a cave)

Track length1:03

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Levitin: Theme and Variations, Op. 29

Work length2:02

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

Variation 2

Track length0:53

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Variation 3

Track length1:09

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Khrennikov: 5 Songs to Verses by Robert Burns

Work length2:20

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

No. 2, Luchshy paren (the Bonniest Lad)

Track length2:20

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Khrennikov: Theme and Variations, Op. 29

Work length0:44

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Vassily Savenko, Alexander Blok

Variation 5

Track length0:44

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In an extraordinary twist of literary history, Robert Burns, the world-renowned 18th-century Scottish poet, became the ‘people’s poet’ of Russia.

In Imperial times the Russian aristocracy were so out of touch with the peasantry that Burns, translated into Russian, became a symbol for the ordinary Russian people. In Soviet Russia Burns was elevated as the archetypical poet of the people – not least since the Soviet regime slaughtered and silenced its own poets.

A new translation of Burns, begun in 1924 by the Jewish writer Samuel Marshak (1887– 1964), proved enormously popular, selling over 600,000 copies.

This CD contains settings of some of Burns’ best-loved poems, including ‘Comin thro’ the Rye’, ‘MacPherson’s Farewell’, ‘Comin thro’ the Rye’, ‘My love is like a red, red rose’, ‘John Anderson, my Jo’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

Vassily Savenko and Alexander Blok (a relative of the poet) are renowned for their recordings of Russian songs.

The booklet notes are by Burns authority Andrew Noble, editor of the authoritative The Canongate Burns, and Russian-music expert Stuart Campbell.

Full Russian song-texts with English translations by renowned Russian translator Anthony Phillips.

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