Ilya Kuzmin, Dzambolat Dulaev & Olga Solovieva - Myaskovsky: Vocal Works, Vol. 2 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881–1950) was given the sobriquet of ‘the conscience of Russian music’ thanks to his dignified bearing and quiet wisdom – qualities reflected in the unemphatic strength of his music. His orchestral, chamber and instrumental works are regaining the currency they once enjoyed, but his large corpus of songs, many of them understated masterpieces, has yet to attract systematic attention – a situation this series hopes to remedy. This second album presents his entire output of songs for baritone and piano, most of them early works responding to Russian lyric poetry with the calm dignity typical of his compositions – though there is the occasional flash of passion.

Tracklist:
01. 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 1, A Full Moon Has Risen over the Meadow
02. 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 2, The Evenings' Chill Is Dreadful
03. 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 3, Dear Friend!
04. 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 4, The Autumn Day Declines on Its Slow Course
05. 6 Poems, Op. 20: No. 5, I Will Arise in the Foggy Morning
06. No. 6, In the Silent Night
07. At the Close of the Day, Op. 21: No. 1, It Is Not Given to Us to Predict
08. At the Close of the Day, Op. 21: No. 2, There Are No More Living Sparks
09. At the Close of the Day, Op. 21: No. 3, No Matter How Hard the Last Hour Is
10. 3 Sketches, Op. 45: No. 1, The Flower
11. 3 Sketches, Op. 45: No. 2, The Little Birch Tree
12. 3 Sketches, Op. 45: No. 3, A Conversation
13. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 1, Fair-Haired Wind
14. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 2, At the Spring
15. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 3, It Sometimes Seems to Me
16. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 4, The Sunflower
17. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 5, Superstitions
18. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 6, To You
19. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 7, It's Easy, My Love, with You
20. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 8, Mount Elbrus and the Aeroplane
21. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 9, After Glancing at a Card
22. 10 Romances, Op. 52: No. 10, By the Sea
23. From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 1, Thus Yearns the Soul
24. From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 6, Song of the Collectors
25. From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 7, In the Struggle with a Heavy Fate
26. From Many Years, Op. 87: No. 10, Sonnet of Michelangelo
27. 3 Songs of the Polar Explorers, Op. 48a: No. 1, Song of Pride
28. 3 Songs of the Polar Explorers, Op. 48a: No. 2, Song of the Polar Sailors


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