ŠOSTAKOVIČ,D. (Shostakovich) Romances: Song Cycles for Bass and Piano (CD)

Dmitri Shostakovich: Romances: Song Cycles for Bass and Piano

Four Romances on Poems by Pushkin Op.46
1 Rebirth 2’20
2 Sobbing Bitterly 1’35
3 Foreboding 3’44
4 Stanzas 6’21

Six Romances on Verses by British Poets Op.62
5 To His Son (Walter Raleigh) 4’27
6 In the Fields in Snow and Rain (Robert Burns) 3’01
7 Macpherson before His Execution (Robert Burns) 2’38
8 Jenny (Robert Burns) 2’04
9 Sonnet LXVI (William Shakespeare) 3’40
10 The King Goes to War (popular nursery rhyme) 1’08

Four Monologues on Verses by Pushkin Op.91
11 Fragment 6’21
12 What Does My Name Mean to You? 3’13
13 In the Depths of Siberian Mines 3’03
14 Farewell 2’12

Five Romances on Texts from ‘Krokodil’ Op.121
15 Manual Demonstration 4’54
16 A Difficult Request 1’42
17 A Reasonable Attitude 1’21
18 Irinka and the Cowherd 1’31
19 Excessive Enthusiasm 2’08

Four Verses by Captain Lebyadkin Op.146 on texts from Dostoevsky’s novel
The Devils
20 Captain Lebyadkin’s Love 5’00
21 The Cockroach 4’01
22 The Ball for the Benefit of Governesses 2’33
23 A Pure Soul 2’25

Total time: 71'29

Peter Gluboky, bass
Natalia Rassudova, piano