Sergei Rachmaninov - Romances (Ekaterina Lekhina; Peter Dmitriev)

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Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov

1. They Responded, Op. 21 No. 4
2. Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
3. The Isle, Op. 14 No. 2
4. Spring Waters, Op. 14 No. 11
5. I Have Grown Fond of Sorrow, Op. 8 No. 1
6. The Dream, Op. 8 No. 5
7. Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
8. Do Not Sing, My Beauty, Op. 4 No. 4
9. Child! Thou Art as Beautiful as a Flower, Op. 8 No. 2
10. Before My Window, Op. 26 No. 10
11. Night Is Mournful, Op. 26 No. 12
12. How Fair This Spot, Op. 21 No. 7
13. The Migrant Wind, Op. 34 No. 4
14. In My Garden at Night, Op. 38 No. 1
15. To Her, Op. 38 No. 2
16. Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3
17. The Pied Piper, Op. 38 No. 4
18. The Dream, Op. 38 No. 5
19. A-oo, Op. 38 No. 6
20. Prayer
21. Everything Wants to Sing

Ekaterina Lekhina, soprano

Peter Dmitriev, piano

Date: 2019

Label: Melodiya

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Sergei Rachmaninov (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. His music was influenced by Tchaikovsky, Arensky and Taneyev. Rachmaninov wrote five works for piano and orchestra: four concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. He also composed a number of works for orchestra alone, including three symphonies, the Symphonic Dances Op. 45, and four symphonic poems.

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Ekaterina Lekhina (born 15 April 1979 in Samara, Russia) graduated from the Academy of Choral Art in Moscow, where she obtained a postgraduate master's degree in opera singing. Lekhina is a First-prize winner of All-Russia competition (St. Petersburg, 2005) and Placido Domingo Operalia (Paris, 2007). She has worked with conductors such as Leopold Hager, Alfred Eschwé, David Stahl, Frédéric Chaslin, Louis Langrée and Antonio Pappano among others. Her recording of the opera L'amour de loin by Kaija Saariaho under the baton of Kent Nagano won the prestigious Diapason d'Or and a Grammy Award.

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