Alexander Dargomizhsky II
Today, you hear the second and last episode on the Russian composer Alexander Dargomizhsky, who lived from 1813 to 1869.
For the greater part of his life, Dargomizhsky lived in St Petersburg. One of the series of works in which he expressed his love for this city, are the serenades for Chorus, which you hear in this broadcast. Besides, you hear two orchestral fantasies, and a few songs, sung by Sergei Leiferkus.
Playlist
- Alexander Dargomizhsky: St Petersburg Serenades. Radio and television Choir of Leningrad conducted by Grigory Sandler
- Alexander Dargomizhsky: Baba-yaga, ‘From the Volga to Riga’. USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yevgeni Svetlanov
- Alexander Dargomizhsky: 7 Songs (‘I remember’; ‘I’m in love, my girl, my beauty’; ‘It is unpleasant and sad’; ‘Lullaby’; ‘To me it’s all the same’; ‘Eastern romance’; ‘The miller’). Sergei Leiferkus, baritone; Semion Skigin, piano
- Alexander Dargomizhsky: Bolero. USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yevgeni Svetlanov
- Alexander Dargomizhsky: Tarantella for Piano Fourhanded ‘Slavonic’. Elena Sorokina and Alexander Bakhchiev, piano
- Alexander Dargomizhsky: ‘I’m sad’ (arrangement for trombone and piano). Stefan Schulz, bass trombone; Saori Tomidokoro, piano
