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Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff - Romances

Piotr Beczala (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)

Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff - Romances

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Many of the songs here make formidable technical demands on the pianist as well as the singer, and I mean absolutely no disrespect to Beczała when I say that Deutsch’s playing would be worth...

Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 25th August 2023

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Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff - Romances

Piotr Beczala (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)

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Many of the songs here make formidable technical demands on the pianist as well as the singer, and I mean absolutely no disrespect to Beczała when I say that Deutsch’s playing would be worth...

Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 25th August 2023

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RACHMANINOFF AND TCHAIKOVSKY ROMANCES, SUNG WITH ITALIANITA

Star tenor Piotr Beczala presents a selection of romances by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, together with the acclaimed lied accompanist Helmut Deutsch. The romance was the most popular musical genre in nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Russia, practised by professionals as well as amateurs. Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff both enriched this genre with their lyricism and melodic invention.

Elevated by Deutsch's splendid accompaniment, Beczala delivers these songs with a great sense for the Slavic idiom and meaning of the words, combined with colourful lyricism and italianita, perfectly fitting the Russian and cosmopolitan musical language of these two masters.

Piotr Beczala is one of the most sought-after tenors of his age, both on the opera and

concert stage. His Pentatone debut album Vincero! Has been one of the most successful and critically acclaimed opera recital albums of the last few years. During the 2021 Opus Klassik Awards, Piotr Beczala was crowned as Singer of the Year for this exceptional recording. Pianist Helmut Deutsch is a first-class song accompanist,

working together with the greatest vocalists of today. He makes his Pentatone debut.

  • Release date: 25th Aug 2023
  • Label: Pentatone
  • Catalogue number: PTC5186866
  • Length: 80 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Rachmaninoff: They replied, Op. 21 No. 4
Work length1:48
Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
Work length2:00
Rachmaninoff: How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7
Work length2:12
Rachmaninoff: Songs (6), Op. 4
Work length17:38
No. 1, Oh No, I Beg You, Forsake Me Not!
Track length2:10
No. 2, Morning
Track length2:07
No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night
Track length2:52
No. 4, Do Not Sing, My Beauty
Track length4:34
No. 5, Oh You, my Field
Track length3:53
No. 6, How Long, my Friend
Track length2:02
Rachmaninoff: I await you, Op.14 No. 1
Work length1:52
Rachmaninoff: Do not believe me, friend, Op. 14 No. 7
Work length1:51
Rachmaninoff: Spring torrents, Op. 14 No.11
Work length2:19
Tchaikovsky: Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6
Work length3:28
Tchaikovsky: The mild stars shone for us, Op. 60 No. 12
Work length3:07
Tchaikovsky: The lights were being dimmed, Op. 63, No. 5
Work length2:49
Tchaikovsky: O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6
Work length3:25
Tchaikovsky: Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5
Work length2:48
Tchaikovsky: None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6
Work length2:50
Tchaikovsky: Qu'importe, Op. 16 No. 5
Work length3:06
Tchaikovsky: Na son gryadushchiy (Before sleep), Op. 27 No. 1
Work length3:22
Tchaikovsky: Why did I dream of you?, Op. 28 No. 3
Work length2:37
Tchaikovsky: To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2
Work length3:01
Tchaikovsky: Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3
Work length2:15
Tchaikovsky: Six lieder on poems by Daniel Rathaus, Op. 73
Work length13:45
No. 1, We Sat Together
Track length2:27
No. 2, Night
Track length3:24
No. 3, In This Moonlit Night
Track length1:53
No. 4, The Sun Has Set
Track length1:52
No. 5, Amid Sombre Days
Track length1:51
No. 6, Again, As Before, Alone
Track length2:18
Tchaikovsky: Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)
Work length3:07
Rachmaninoff: A dream, Op. 8 No. 5
Work length1:27

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Awards and reviews

  • Presto Recording of the Week
    25th August 2023

25th August 2023

Many of the songs here make formidable technical demands on the pianist as well as the singer, and I mean absolutely no disrespect to Beczała when I say that Deutsch’s playing would be worth the price of the album on its own...recent excursions into heftier operatic territory haven’t dimmed the sunshine in Beczala's voice, and high notes – whether delivered with full-throated ardour or pianissimo delicacy – are unfailingly steady and supported.
Katherine Cooper
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