Romances and scenes from operas after works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Alexander Pushkin

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

“Mignon’s Song” on poem by Fyodor Tyutchev after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, op. 25 No 3
Maria Lobanova (soprano)

“None but the Lonely Heart” on poem by Lev Mey after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, op. 6 No 6
Ilya Kutyukhin (baritone)

Franz Schubert

“Rastlose Liebe”, D.138
Ruslana Koval (soprano)

“Erlkönig”, D.328
Alexander Kireyev (baritone)

Lied der Mignon: “Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt”, D.877
Ruslana Koval (soprano)

Gesänge des Harfners aus “Wilhelm Meister”, D.478
Daniil Chesnokov (bass)

“Gretchen am Spinnrade”, D.118
Ekaterina Morozova (soprano)

Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele’s aria “Son lo spirito”
Oleg Tsybulko (bass)

Charles Gounod
From “Faust”:

Marguerite’s aria “Ah, je ris de me voir”
Anna Nalbandyants (soprano)

Faust’s cavatina “Salut! demeure chaste et pure”
Pavel Valuzhin(tenor)

Valentin’s cavatina “Avant de quitter ces lieux”
Andrei Jilihovschi(baritone)

Mephistopheles’couplets “Le veau d’or est toujours debout”
Oleg Tsybulko (bass)

Alexander Pushkin

Sergei Rachmaninov

“Do Not Sing, My Beauty”, op. 4 No 4
Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano)

The Young Gypsy’s romance from “Aleko”
Pavel Valuzhin (tenor)

Alexander Borodin
“For the shores of the distant fatherland”
Alexander Kireyev (baritone)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
“The Nightingale”, op. 60 No 4
Arseny Yakovlev (tenor)

Mikhail Glinka
“I remember the wonderful moment”
Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano)

Georgy Sviridov

“The crimson forest sheds its attire”
Maria Lobanova (soprano)

“Coming to Izhory”
Pavel Valuzhin (tenor)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

From “Eugene Onegin”:

Onegin’s aria “Vy mne pisali”
Ilya Kutyukhin (baritone)

Gremin’s aria “Lyubvi vse vozrasty pokorny”
Daniil Chesnokov (bass)

From “The Queen of Spades”:

Eletsky’s aria “Ya vas lyublyu”
Alexander Kireyev (baritone)

Scene 6
Liza’a arioso " Ah, istomilas’ ya gorem"
Duet of Liza and Herman
Maria Lobanova (soprano)
Arseny Yakovlev (tenor)

Piano part: Semyon Skigin, Elena Burova, Elizaveta Dmitrieva, Sergei Konstantinov

Coach: Semyon Skigin, professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin