Anna Netrebko
2006 RUSSIAN ALBUM
This is a deeply personal recording, made in the opera house where she first found stardom, St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, working with a conductor who has been her mentor and friend since he picked her for his opera company - Valery Gergiev. What a fantastic team to interpret the treasures of Russian opera for the world! Gergiev has often said he is happy to dedicate a large part of his life to doing just this, and Anna Netrebko is happy to be part of this mission.
Audiences can enjoy the fruits of their fantastic collaboration on this disc. Here is an aria from Anna's signature role, Natasha in Prokofiev's War and Peace, which launched her career in the West in 2002 with ecstatic reviews from critics. Gergiev says this role was made for her. "Even if she learns many more new parts, this will remain one of the chief roles in the life of Anna Netrebko. That's because this type of heroine perfectly fits her dramatic, vocal and musical possibilities. And she also corresponds ideally to the character's visual conception." Also included is Tatyana's heartrending Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Unlike many sopranos who tackle the role, Anna looks and sounds like the beautiful, passionate and naive young girl Tchaikovsky had in mind, although she hasn't yet sung Tatyana on stage. That is a treat still to come.
Anna Netrebko has waited many years to make this Russian Album, and is delighted with the end result. "It means so much to me to be able to record Russian music with this wonderful orchestra, and with Valery. And I'm really happy to have the honour of recording these wonderful soprano arias in my homeland. Some of them may not have been recorded for a very long time, and that also is a very great honour." (Amanda Holloway)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Iolanta Op.69
1) "Atchevo eta prezhde ne znala"[2:58]
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
2) Zdes' khorosho, Op.21, No.7 [2:24]
3)Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op.4, No.4 [5:04]
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Act 2
4) "Ty, tsarevich, moy spasitel" [3:27]
Anna Netrebko
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev
The Snow Maiden
Opera in four Acts with a Prologue
Prologue
5) "Au, au - Akh, bednaya Snegurochka, dikarka - S podruzhkami po yagodu khodit [4:28]
Anna Netrebko
Zlata Bulycheva
Ilya Bannik
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev
Act 4
6) "Velikiy car'! Sprosi menya sto raz" [5:31]
Anna Netrebko
Dmitry Voropaev
Vladimir Moroz
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
Nikolai Kornev
The Tsar's Bride
Act 4
7) Scene & Aria :Ivan Sergeich, khochesh'" [5:29]
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
8) Pimpinella, Op.38 No.6 [2:45]
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857)
A Life for the Tsar
Ivan Susanin (Gorodetsky)
Act 1
9) V pole, pole, cistoye glyazu [6:41]
Anna Netrebko
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
War and Peace, Op.91
10) "Chuda, kak harasha ana" [8:11]
Anna Netrebko
Zlata Bulycheva
Dmitry Voropaev
Alexander Morozov
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Francesca da Rimini op.25
11) "O ne rydai, mai Paolo" [3:16]
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Eugene Onegin, Op.24
Act 1
12) Letter scene. "Puskai pogibnu ya, no prezde" [13:02]
Anna Netrebko
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev
2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
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