Friday, March 22, 2013
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Siberian Melancholy
Posted on 6:57 AM by Unknown
Rachmaninoff, Romances, D. Hvorostovsky, I. Ilja
(Ondine, 2012)
G. Sviridov, Petersburg: A Vocal Poem, D. Hvorostovsky, M. Arkadiev (Delos, 2004)
Two hours of depressing Russian songs -- broken hearts, cold winters, silent steppes, nostalgic pasts, crushing presents -- may not be everyone's cup of tea. When sung with exceptional diction, mesmerizing presence, and oozing musicality by Russian
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