MELCD1002556

Various Artists

Melodiya (Russia)

CD 1
Diary of a Madman, mono-opera for baritone and orchestra in two acts with a prologue and epilogue
(1964), libretto by Juri Butsko based on the Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol

Sergey Yakovenko, baritone
Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor – Arnold Kats

CD 2
1. Lacrimosa for string orchestra (1982)
2. The Canon to the Menacing Angel, the Commander and Guardian. A Creation of Parthenius, the Fool for Christ’s Sake on text by Ivan IV the Terrible, the Despot
of Russia for choir, soloists, two pianos, celesta, pipe organ and percussion (2009)

Track 1:
Chamber Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory
Conductor – Gennady Cherkasov
The Moscow Conservatory Choir
Conductor – Stanislav Kalinin

Track 2:
Sergei Spiridonov, tenor
Anton Zarayev, bass
Marianna Vysotskaya, piano
Alexander Kulikov, piano
Yulia Tikhonova, celesta
Margarita Koroleva, pipe organ
Alexey Orlov, percussion
Nikolai Andriychuk, percussion
Kirill Yakovenko, percussion

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