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Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden

Sofiya Jankovic (Snow Maiden), Militza Miladinovich (Lel), Valeria Heybalova (Kupava), Dushan Popovich (Mizgir), Drago Dimitrievich (Leshiy), Biserka Cvejic (Spring), Valeria Heybalova (Kupava), Miroslav Changalovich (King Frost)

Belgrade National Opera, Kresimir Baranovich

Release Date: 15th Feb 2019
Catalogue No: ELQ4826913
Label: Eloquence
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

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Rimsky Korsakov: Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden)

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Miro Changalovich (bass), Sofiya Jankovich (soprano), Ivan Murgashki (bass), Militza Miladinovich (mezzo-soprano), Valeria Heybalova (soprano), Drago Dimitrievich (tenor), Ilya Gligorievich (bass), Bogolub Grubach (bass), Bireska Tzveych (mezzo-soprano), Lubitza Versaykoun (mezzo-soprano), Anita Yelinek (mezzo-soprano), Krsta Krstich (tenor), Biserka Cvejic (mezzo-soprano), Dushan Popovich (baritone), Stepan Andrashevich (tenor), Nikola Janchich (tenor)
Belgrade National Opera Orchestra, Belgrade National Opera Chorus
Kreshimir Baranovich
Recorded: 1955-09-26
Recording Venue: House of Culture, Belgrade

Introduction - "Konyets zimye; propyeli petukhi"

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"V urochni chas obichnoi cheredoyu"

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"Ne to vstrechnayu ya v dolinakh yuzhnikh stran"

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"Tovarischi; soroki-belobobki"

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"Sbiralis ptitsi, sbiralis pyevchi"

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"Po bogatim posadskim doman kolotit po uglam"

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"Ne durno ti popiroval, pora bi y v put tebye na syever"

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"A-oo, a-oo! Akh, byednaya Snegurochka, dikarka"

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"S podruzhami po yagoda khodit"

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"Mama, slikhala ya, slikhala"

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"Slishih? Tayesh!"

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"Ranim-rano kuri zapyeli, pro vesnu obvestili"

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"Minuyet lyeto krasnoye, sgoryat ogni kupalskiye"

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"Domoi idi! Postoite! Kak zhe eto?"

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Introduction

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"Za laskovi priyom, za tyopli ugol"

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"Zemlyanichka-yagodka pod kustochkom virosla"

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"Kak po lyesu lyes shumit"

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"Kak bolno zdyes, kak syerdtsu tyuzahko stalo!"

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"Snegurochka, odna stoyit, bednyazhka!"

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"Golubushki, golubushki-devitsi"

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"Podruzhenki! Vesyoluyu syerdtsa"

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"Golubushki-podruzhki, poglyadite!"

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Introduction ..."Vyeshchiye, zvonkiye struni rokochut"

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"Veliki tsar shchastlivkh berendyeyev"

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"Batyushka, svyetli tsar!"

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"Gosudarevi lyudi"

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Ceremonial Procession

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"Privyet tebye, premudri, veliki Berendyei"

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"Spasibo vam! V privode l vinovati?"

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"Polna, polna chudyes moguchaya priroda!"

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"Snegurochka, prishla tvoya pora"

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"Da zdravstvuyet premudri"

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"Ai, vo pole, ai, vo pole"

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"Ukhodit dyen vesyoli"

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Dance of the Tumblers

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"Tucha so gromom sgovarivalas"

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"Spasibo, Lyel! Devitsi, ne stidites!"

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"Prigozhi Lyel, uzhel tebye ne zhalko"

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"Zavyal venok; na utro nado zhalko"

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"Na tyoplom sinem more"

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"Brodi vsyu noch za prizrakom begushchim!"

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"Kuda ona devalas, zapropala?"

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Introduction Act 4

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"Rodimaya, v slezakh toski i gorya"

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"Snegurochka, o chom"

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"Izvol, ditya"

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"Akh, mama, mama, shto tepyer so mnoi?"

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"Postoi, postoi, Snegurochka"

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"A mi proso, syeyali, syeyali"

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"Da budyet vash soyuz blagosloven"

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"Kak vyeshni snyeg rasstayala ona"

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"Svyet i sila, bog Yarilo"

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A first release on CD for the first recording in stereo of Rimsky-Korsakov’s enchanting springtime love-story. With this and six companion issues, Eloquence makes available for the first time on CD the seven complete

Russian operas recorded in 1955 by Decca with the company of the Belgrade Opera, conducted by Kresimir Baranovic.

Fresh from a successful tour of Boris Godunov in Switzerland the previous year, the Belgrade Opera in 1955 was keen to make an impression on an international public. At the same time, the Decca company perceived a cost-effective but artistically assured opportunity to expand both its small but rapidly growing stereo catalogue and its opera discography with classics of the Russian opera repertoire in the original language.

Composed in 1882, The Snow Maiden was Rimsky-Korsakov’s third opera, and he would go on to write another twelve, but even late in life he thought it his finest. It brings nature to life with magical representations of the forest, of frost and spring and even a Shrovetide doll, alongside the villagers who come across the maiden and adopt her. The score is rich in flower songs, shepherds’ piping and even a restrained deployment of Wagnerian leitmotifs associated with the Snow Maiden, the trouser-role shepherd Lel and Mizgir, the merchant who is doomed never to take the Snow Maiden as his bride with the final arrival of spring.

Recorded in both mono and stereo but originally issued only in mono, the stereo versions were finally released in the 1960s, by which time the Belgrade Opera had acquired an international reputation for excellence. The original stereo tapes have been remastered for the first time, and they are demonstration-quality examples of the renowned early Decca sound.

The booklet for this newly remastered release prints both a synopsis and an essay by Peter Quantrill giving full historical context to the Belgrade opera recordings.

‘The performance conveys a great sense of enjoyment ... Sofiya Jankovic’s Snow Maiden is charmingly sung ... she characterises the part very well and is most touching in her death scene ... The smaller parts are all well cast ... Baranovic and his company have secured a very vivid and engaging interpretation of this lovely score.’ - Gramophone, February 1957

‘The sound is amazingly smooth and clear, and the stereo spread even in those experimental days is really first rate.’ - Opera magazine, August 1974

Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden

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