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The Slavonic contralto of Sementchuk's lower register comes into flamboyant play in the oriental romances of Glazunov and Grechaninov, while Taneyev's 'Stalactites' showcases the mesh of lighter... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Tchaikovsky: Romances
Muslim Magomayev, Boris Abramovich, Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass), Evgeny Shenderovich, Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Igor Guselnikov, Yuri Mazurok, Antonina Afanasieva, Nina Fomina, Alexander Pokrovsky, Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Vazha Chachava, Sergey Lemeshev, Berta Kozel
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Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart
Selected Romances
Nadia Krasteva (mezzo-soprano) & Dora Deliyska (piano)
Krasteva has a ripe, smoky mezzo, sounding not unlike Olga Borodina, and she doesn't pull her vocal punches…with booklet texts in Cyrillic, German and English, this is a worthwhile Tchaikovsky... —
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin
I have to hand it to Yannick Nezet-Seguin: this is without question one of the finest Pathetiques to have come my way in the last 30 or so years. Proof of credentials appears fairly early on. —
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With her mezzo still steady and her diction a model, she is able to convey the varied repertoire here with admirable focus and expressivity, ideally supported by expert accompanist Simon Lepper. —
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Petrova has a cleanly produced voice with a wonderful legato, fine instincts for expressive phrase shaping and ample tone for shading the music that never grows unwieldy in some of Tchaikovsky’s... —
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