Rimsky-Korsakov / Rimskiy-Korsakov - May Night / Mayskaya Noch - Nikolai Golovanoff (2 CDs)
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$20.98
- SKU: 35117
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- Label(s): Aquarius
- Year of release: 2003
- 2 CD Set
- Conductor Nikolay Golovanov
- Performer Mariya Maksakova, Zara Dolukhanova, Елизавета Шумская, Sergey Krasovsky
- Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- 1 Overture
- 2 Sowing millet
- 3 The sun is sinking already
- 4 You are not asleep, proud girl!
- 5 Long ago a Lieutenant lined in that house with his pretty daughter
- 6 That, my Gala, is the story that old people tell
- 7 Gop! Gop! Gop!
- 8 Hanna! Who can that be knocking at Anna’s door such an hour?
- 9 Hi, fellows! I told you to go to bed; but now I have another think.
- 10 Are you thinking of setting up the distillery soon?
- 11 Eh that was the devil of a long way home!
- 12 Ah! What the devil of a din is that? Ah! That is nice music
- 13 Is it here? Yes stop! Stop Satana
- 14 How still and cool it is! And how the lake sparkles! Sleep, my beauty, sleep sweetly!
- 15 Luring young man by our singing, frightening the old by our laughter
- 16 Some my sisters, come my beauties
- 17 Gentle youth, find her for me, find my cruel stepmother! I will reward you
- 18 Ho! How light my heart feels now, how happy, my brave Cossack
- 19 No, no, I wasn’t asleep
- 20 Don’t be afraid! Take a good hold of him!
- 21 Lievko, Lievko, my darling
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
May Night
Opera in three acts after Gogol
CD 1
1. 1. Overture
Act I
Round of the millet
2. Sowing millet
Scene and song of Lievko
3. The sun is sinking already
Duo Lievko-Hanna
4. You are not asleep, proud girl!
Narration of Lievko about the Panotchka
5. Long ago a Lieutenant lined in that house with his pretty daughter
Recitativo and song of Pentecost
6. That, my Gala, is the story that old people tell
Entrance of Kalienik and Gopak dance
7. Gop! Gop! Gop!
Trio Golova, Hanna, Lievko
8. Hanna! Who can that be knocking at Anna’s door such an hour?
Recitativo and Mayor song
9. Hi, fellows! I told you to go to bed; but now I have another think.
CD 2
Act II
Trio Golova, the sister-in-law, the distiller
1. Are you thinking of setting up the distillery soon?
Kalienik scene and sistiller recitativo
2. Eh that was the devil of a long way home!
Scene and trio
3. Ah! What the devil of a din is that? Ah! That is nice music
Final
4. Is it here? Yes stop! Stop Satana
Act III
Russalkis scene, Lievko song
5. How still and cool it is! And how the lake sparkles! Sleep, my beauty, sleep sweetly!
Appearance of the russalkis
6. Luring young man by our singing, frightening the old by our laughter
Round of the russalkis
7. Some my sisters, come my beauties
Dances and games of the russalkis
8. Gentle youth, find her for me, find my cruel stepmother! I will reward you
Duo Panotchka, Lievko
9. Ho! How light my heart feels now, how happy, my brave Cossack
Sunrise
10. No, no, I wasn’t asleep
Scene and ritual songs
11. Don’t be afraid! Take a good hold of him!
Final
12. Lievko, Lievko, my darling
Golova, the mayor – Sergei Krasovsky
Lievko, the mayor’s son – Piotr Malyutenko
Hanna – Maria Maksakova
The Panotchka – Elisaveta Tchumskaya
Kalienik, the drunk of the village – Danyil Demianov
The distiller – Sergei Streltzov
The Mayor’s sister-in-law – Elisavetta Antonova
The Chancellor – George Abramov
Nassiedka – G. Pavlova
Voron – Zara Dolukhanova
Matchekha – L. Khananina
Moscow Radio Choir and Orchestra Nikolai Golovanov, conductor