TCHAIKOVSKY

Romances

 

1 At the Ball op.38 no.3   2.33

2 None but the lonely Heart op.6 no.6   3.30

3 Over burning ashes op.25 no.5  1.47

4 My genius, my angel, my friend!  1.55      

5 Lullaby op.16 no.1   3.16

6 Reconciliation op. 25 no.1  5.17

7 The sun has set op.73 no.4  1.41

8 The fearful moment op.28 no.6   3.35

9 Mild stars looked down op.60 no.12  3.26

10 Had I only known op. 47 no.1   4.00

11 The lights were being dimmed op.63 no.5 2.46

12 Not a word, my friend op.6 no.2  3.06

13 Why? op 6, no.5  2.56

14 The Bride’s Lament  op.47 no.7 5.47

15 The gypsy song op.60 no.7  2.39

16 Do not believe, my friend op.6 no.1   3.57

17 It was in early spring op.38 no.2   2.38

18 Cuckoo op.54 no.8  2.31

19 Can it be day?  op.47 no.6  3.19

20 Again, as before, alone op.73 no.6  2.15

                         

Total timing: 63.16

 

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)

Julius Drake (piano)

 

Third release on ONYX from young Dutch mezzo and rising star Christianne Stotijn

 

Beautiful collection of 20 Tchaikovsky songs representing the whole range of his creative life from his first performed composition “My Genius, My angel, my friend,” written when we was 16, through to the last published song from the year of his death “Again, as before, alone”. Includes favourites such as “None but the Lonely Heart” and “Why?” but also rarely heard songs such as “Mild Stars Looked down”, “The Cuckoo” and “The Gypsy Song”

 

Christianne learnt Russian especially for this recording and toured it widely before recording it with her superb pianist Julius Drake. This recording should do much to re-evaluate Tchaikovsky as one of the greatest composers of song and not just a writer of pretty tunes.

 

Both Christianne’s previous recitals earned rave reviews: “a really exciting event” (Gramophone)

Vocal Recording of the Month ***** (BBC Music Magazine) (ONYX4009)

“One of my recordings of the year” (Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph) (ONYX4014)

 

Onyx ONYX4034