Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) - Gergiev (DVD)
Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame - Gergiev (DVD9)
Ripped with DVD Shrink 3.2 | VIDEO_TS | 1 DVD Uncompressed | no cover | Philips 1992 | RS | 7.8 GB
Ripped with DVD Shrink 3.2 | VIDEO_TS | 1 DVD Uncompressed | no cover | Philips 1992 | RS | 7.8 GB
In terms of vocal power, lyrical beauty, and idiomatic authenticity, the casting for this 1992 live recording of the Kirov production of Pique Dame ("The Queen of Spades") could hardly be bettered. Gegam Grigorian (Herman) hits his fearsome, anguished high notes with the accuracy of a laser, and Maria Gulegina (Liza) has a huge voice but uses it with great subtlety--her opening duet with Pauline floats like gossamer, and her declarations of love for Herman at the end of Act 1 are spine tingling. Kirov superstars Sergei Leiferkus (Tomsky) and the rich-toned Olga Borodina (Pauline) also sound divine. In the pit Valery Gergiev renders every nuance of Tchaikovsky's score with clarity and drives the strings to produce an almost unbearably tense atmosphere of foreboding.
Product Details
Actors: Gegam Grigorian, Sergei Leiferkus, Olga Borodina, Valery Gergiev
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Audio: DTS Digital 5.1 Surround, AC3
Language Menu Screens: English
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese
Region Code: all regions
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Number of discs: 1
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Philips
Run Time: 179 minutes