Name: Vocalise by Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov
Brand: Mischa Maisky
SKU: 028947757436
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (175 reviews)

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In this continuation of his successful series of ‘songs without words' -- songs for voice and piano transcribed for cello and piano -- Mischa Maisky left the Austro-Germanic repertoire he had previously explored behind and turned to the songs of his motherland in this disc of Russian songs called "Vocalise." For fans of Maisky's earlier discs of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms, no more needed to be said: the same sweetly singing tone, the same warm-hearted phrasing, the same vibrato, portamento and glissando that distinguished Maisky's those discs was fully present here. From Glinka's lighthearted "The Lark" to Tchaikovsky's aching "None but the Lonely Heart" to Glazunov's yearning "Desire" to Rachmaninoff's melancholic "Sing Not to Me, Beautiful Maiden," Maisky was as wholly committed to these songs as he was to those of Schubert and his performances with pianist Pavel Gililov were as convincing as could be imagined. While this might not work for those who prefer their songs with words or their cello music abstract, for lovers of cello music who wish the 19th century repertoire contained more short but affecting works by Russian composers, Maisky's disc will be just the thing.

Deutsche Grammophon's sound is focused and direct but somewhat lacking in atmosphere.

1. Applause (I)

by Audience Applause

Primary Artist: Audience Applause; Main Performer
Composer: Not Applicable
Various Artists; Composer
Lyricist: Not Applicable; Composer
Balance Engineer: Stephan Flock; Production
Editor: Gernot Von Schultzendorff
Ingmar Haas; Production
Executive Producer: Ewald Markl; Production
Producer: Ewald Markl
Sid Mclauchlan; Production
Recording: Stephan Flock; Production
Recording Producer: Sid Mclauchlan; Production
Studio Personnel: Ingmar Haas
Stephan Flock
Gernot Von Schultzendorff; Production
Composer Lyricist: Not Applicable; Other

Vocalise

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1. Applause (I)

2. Glinka: The Lark

3. Glinka: Kak sladko s toboju mne byt' (How sweet to be with you)

4. Glinka: Ne iskushay menya bez nuzhdi / Do not tempt me needlessly

5. Glinka: I remember the wonderful moment [Ya pommyu chudnoye mgnovene]

6. Tchaikovsky: Lullaby, Op.16, No.1 (Kolybelnaya pyesyen)

7. Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op.6, No.6 (Nyet, tolko tot, kto znal)

8. Tchaikovsky: Nights of Delirium, Op.60, No.6

9. Tchaikovsky: Noch' (Night), Op. 60 No. 9

10. Tchaikovsky: It was in early spring, Op.38, No.2 [To bylo ranneyu vesnoï]

11. Dargomizhsky: Mne grustno (I am sad)

12. Mussorgsky: Une Larme (Slejsa)

13. Rubinstein: Night (Noch'), Op. 48 No.8

14. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Clouds Begin to Scatter, Op.42, No.3

15. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Nymph (Nimfa), op. 56 No.1

16. Rimsky-Korsakov: Captivated by the Rose (The Nightingale), Op.2, No.2 [Plenivshis rozoï soloveï]

17. Arensky: Do not kindle the fire! (Ne zazhigaj ognja! ), op.38 No.3

18. Cui: The Burned Letter (Sozhzhjonnoje pis'mo), op. 33 No.4

19. Glazunov: 6 Melodies, Op. 60 - Zhelanie ("Desire"), Op. 60 No.2

20. Rachmaninov: Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op.4, No.4

21. Rachmaninov: Zdes' khorosho, Op.21, No.7

22. Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 - Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 - Version Cello And Piano

23. Gurilyov: I skuchno i grustno (I am Weary and Sad)

24. Anonymous: Ja vstretil vas (When I Met you)

25. Applause (II)

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