MARIUSZ KWIECIEŃ Slavic Heroes - Arie kompozytorów słowiańskich

1. PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) 4’48
Yevgeniy Onegin / Eugene Onegin Op.24 (1879)
Vy mne pisali... Kogda by zhizn / You wrote to me... Had I wished to be bound
libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Modest Tchaikovsky, after Aleksandr Pushkin 1837
2. PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY 2’21
Iolanta Op. 69 (1892)
Robert’s aria: Kto mozhet sravnitsa s Matil’daj majej
Who can compare with my Mathilde
libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky
3. SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) 6’17
Aleko TN ii/70 (1892)
Ves’ tabar spit / The camp is asleep
and cavatina: Kak nezhna priklan’as’ka mne / How tenderly she caressed
libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, after Aleksandr Pushkin 1827
4. BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824-1884) 4’00
Čertova stěna JB 1:122 (1882)
Vok’s aria: Jen Jediana / The Devil’s Wall
libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská
5. STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO (1819-1872) 2’49
Halka (1847-57)
Janusz’s aria: Pewna, jak wiatr wzdycha / As sure as the wind sighs
libretto by Włodzimierz Wolski (after K Wójcicki)
6. PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY 5’04
Маzеppа (1881-3)
Mazeppa’s arioso: O Mariya, Mariya! / Oh Maria, Maria!
libretto by Victor Burenin after Aleksandr Pushkin
7. ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) 4’19
Šelma sedlák / The Cunning Peasant B. 67 Op. 37 (1877)
Prince’s aria: Kdo jest, jenž slovy vypoví / Who can express in words
Libretto by Josef Otakar Veselý
8. STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO 3’17
Straszny Dwór / The Haunted Manor (1861-4)
Miecznik’s aria Act 2: Kto z mych dziewek serce której / Who of my maidens whose heart…
libretto by Jan Chęciński
9. NIKOLAI ANDREYEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) 4’43
Sadko (1896)
Song of the Venetian guest: Gorod kamennyi, gorodam vsem mat?
City of stone, mother of all cities
libretto by the composer, with assistance from Vladimir Belsky, Vladimir V. Stasov
10. PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY 2’42
Yevgeniy Onegin / Eugene Onegin Op.24 (1879)
Uzhel’ ta samaya Tatyana / Can it be the same Tatyana?
11. STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO 1’49
Verbum Nobile / The word of a nobleman (1860)
Nakaż niech ożywcze słonko / Come, let envigorating sun
libretto by Jan Chęciński
12. ALEKSANDR BORODIN (1833-87) 7’52
Knyaz’ Igor’ / Prince Igor (1890)
Ni sna, ni otdyha izmuchennaj dushe / No sleep, no rest…
completed by Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov
libretto by the composer after Vladimir V. Stassov
13. KAROL SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937) 3’56
Król Roger / King Roger Op.46 (1918-24)
Final scene, hymn to Apollo
libretto by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980)

Mariusz Kwiecień - baryton
Polska Radiowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna, Łukasz Borowicz

wydawca: Harmonia Mundi 2012
nr kat. HMV 906101
nośnik: CD, digipack