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Monk Samara Meyerbeer Moreschi Marconi Caruso Gounod Mariinsky Theatre Bolshoi Theatre Zimin Opera 1863 1881 1892 1901 1902 1908 1912 1916 1920 1923 1937
David Kristoforovitch Yuzhin +••.••(...)) was a Russian tenor of Greek heritage. Born David Pindekost (some sources give his real name as Pistiko) in Ekaterinoslav, he sang in his hometown church choir and aspired to become a monk in his youth. Brutal criticism from a conservatory professor in St. Petersburg drove Yuzhin to the verge of suicide, causing him to abandon the idea of ever singing again. However, a much needed second opinion convinced the young tenor that there was a future for him on the opera stage. After a period of further study, he auditioned for the Mariinsky Theatre and was accepted into the chorus in 1892. After two years as a chorister, Yuzhin made his debut as a principal artist at the Kazansk-Saratovsk Opera. The young tenor spent the rest of the 1890s appearing throughout Russia, singing in the theaters of Samara, Kharkov, Odessa, Perm, Tiflis, Kazan, Saratov, Odessa, Yalta, Baku and Kiev. In 1901, Yuzhin made his debut at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre as Raoul in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots. He remained with the company for the next seven seasons, singing a variety of roles. During his tenure at the Bolshoi, Yuzhin met the woman who was to become his wife, soprano Natalya Ermolenko +••.••(...)). The two went on to become frequent singing partners and remained married until the tenor’s death. Yuzhin was a member of Sergei Zimin’s Opera in Moscow from 1908 to 1912 and also appeared in Italy, Belgium and South America during the first decade of the 20th Century. The busy tenor also organized his own touring company (something that seems to have been popular with Russian tenors of that period) to bring operatic productions to the Russian provinces. Yuzhin’s repertoire of some thirty roles included the tenor leads in such operas as Boris Godunov, The Snow Maiden, Pique Dame, Fra Diavolo, La Traviata, Aïda, Il Trovatore, Don Carlo, Rigoletto, La Gioconda, Pagliacci, Mefistofele, Faust, La Juive and Roméo et Juliette. At the age of only 50, Yuzhin began to curtail his stage performances and began concentrating on concerts and recitals. His final performance seems to have been a gala concert in Tsaritsyn (now Volgograd) in 1916. The reasons for his relatively early retirement are not known. Perhaps it was the wear and tear on his voice after two decades of singing some very strenuous repertoire. It might have been to leave more time to dedicate to his touring company. Others have pointed to the possibility that the tenor’s health was failing and that he no longer possessed the physical stamina to perform complete operatic roles. Regardless of the reason, by 1916, Yuzhin’s performing career was over and he concentrated on producing operas on tour to showcase the talents of his wife. By 1920, however, the grueling schedule proved too much for the aging artist. Yuzhin retired to Moscow, where, following a lengthy illness, he died on December 28, 1923 at the age of 60. David Yuzhin left a fairly impressive legacy of about 60 discs, made for G&T, Pathé and the Gramophone Company between 1901 and 1908. One hears a well produced lirico-spinto voice of decent size and range. One also hears unbelievably shoddy musicianship, particularly in his early piano accompanied discs for G&T. Singer and pianist are rarely in synch. Yuzhin blows through rests, constantly forcing his accompanist to jump ahead or quickly change tempo to accommodate the tenor’s rhythmic eccentricities. These blunders may have been the result of nerves due to uncertainty in his first recording sessions (Moreschi, Marconi and even Caruso made similar gaffs in their early recordings), for one notices these types of errors far less in the tenor’s later recordings. Mistakes or not, Yuzhin’s discs give us a priceless glimpse into the art of a lesser known working tenor from Imperialist Russia. In this recording, Yuzhin sings a Russian translation of "Salut, demeure chaste et pure" (complete with a ringing top C) from Gounod's Faust. This was recorded in Moscow for G&T in January of 1902.
Tchaikovsky Bury Modest Tchaikovsky Rimsky Korsakov Borne Raab Aleksandra Krutikova Nikolay Rubinstein Rubinstein 1872 1873 1874
Tchaikovsky: Six Romances Op. 16 (1873) V. So What? (Так что же?) Allegretto (F-sharp minor) Tchaikovsky's Six Romances (Шесть романсов), Op. 16 (TH 95 ; ČW 218-223), were written in Moscow in December 1872 and January 1873. Instrumentation: Scored for high voice (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6), or low voice (No. 3), with piano accompaniment. Movements: V. So What? (Так что же?) Allegretto (F-sharp minor) Your image is bright, angelic And day and night with me; And tears and dreams And terrible, terrible dreams, You fill everything with yourself! You fill everything with yourself! So what? What? What? Though torment, but love! I am the secret of destructive passion I bury deep; And you reproach, you sting with shame! You only torture me Ruthless, rude mockery, Ruthless, rude mockery! So what? What? What? Tear, love! I am faithful to you to the grave, But you every day, every hour Change the poison in the heart pour You poison my life! No, I will not bear this torment! No pity in your heart! So what? What? What? Kill but love! Kill, but love, kill, kill me! Kill! But love! "N.N." (= Tchaikovsky) Composition: The romances were composed by Tchaikovsky in Moscow, apparently soon after finishing work on his Second Symphony. On 2/14 November 1872 he wrote that: "... the symphony, which I'm finishing off, has engrossed me so deeply that I'm not able to do anything else". By 15/27 November the symphony was ready and copied out. In letters to his father of 22 November/4 December and 9/21 December. Tchaikovsky reported that he was going to relax after completing his symphony. and not write anything further. But on 10/22 December he told Modest Tchaikovsky: "Now I am forced to rest by the absence of any inspiration or inclination to compose; I did try to write some romances, but somehow they all came out badly, and I couldn't find words that I liked. If you aren't particularly busy, could you send me a list of suitable verses? I've filled a whole ream of paper with verses, but they are all so terrible that not one of them is suitable to set to music". It seems that in December, not having found an appropriate text, Tchaikovsky wrote the words himself for the romance So What? (No. 5). Modest Tchaikovsky understood that the Op. 16 romances were written in December 1872. This information is contained in a letter from Tchaikovsky to Vasily Bessel concerning the publication of the pieces: "During his stay in Saint Petersburg [in December 1872] Tchaikovsky often met with... members of the so-called "mighty-handful"... One evening at Rimsky-Korsakov's, Pyotr Ilyich played his new symphony on the piano, precipitating an enthusiastic response from all those present... Tchaikovsky then presented Bessel with his latest Six Romances, Op. 16, for publication. which had only just been composed". The author's opinion that the romance So What? (No. 5) was the best of the Op. 16 set is borne out in a letter to Vasily Bessel of 21 February/5 March 1873: "I recommended ... one of my new romances to Madame Raab, namely So What?". Performances: The romances O, Sing that Song (No. 4) and So What? (No. 5) were performed, seemingly for the first time, in December 1874 – the first by Aleksandra Krutikova, and the second by Mariya Kamenskaya. Publication: The Six Romances were published for the first time by Vasily Bessel in March 1873, along with the composer's piano arrangements of Nos. 1, 4 and 5. In letters of 4/16 March and 7/19 March 1873. Tchaikovsky wrote to Bessel: "I have only just received my romances and hurried to drop you this note to urge you to sequestrate them, i.e. to withdraw all copies of these romances, since they contain some appalling printing errors. I hurriedly checked through them and saw several musical mistakes, and one literary error, sufficient in itself to spoil the whole work. Indeed in the best romance (in my opinion), No. 5, on page 4 in place of the word korish (кориш) [you find fault] the word kutish (кутиш) [you get drunk] has been printed instead, which made me shudder. I implore you at once to gather together all copies and thoroughly examine the proofs, which if you want, I will do myself... The point is that I really expected No. 5 to be a success, but the word kutish has ruined any chance of that". Autographs: Tchaikovsky's manuscript scores of all six romances are now preserved in the Russian National Museum of Music in Moscow (ф. 88, No. 131). The same archive also holds the autograph of Tchaikovsky's arrangement of No. 5 for solo piano (ф. 88, No. 132). Dedication: Each of the Op. 16 romances is dedicated to a different person: V. So What? is dedicated to Nikolay Rubinstein.
Andersson Bach Lutosławski Beethoven Scottish Ensemble Australian Chamber Orchestra
Bach, Lutosławski, Beethoven. Order, Chaos, Adventure. Scottish Ensemble and Andersson Dance are thrilled to present the world premiere of their second collaboration, Prelude - skydiving from a dream. Musicians and dancers blur their roles and break the rules in this new co-production exploring the very human paradox at the root of three extraordinary pieces of music: our need to seek out order amongst disorder, and our urge to tear it all apart. From amongst the overwhelming precision of Bach’s Art of Fugue and the dark, wild chaos of Lutosławski’s Preludes emerges a piece that has been both celebrated and derided, lauded and dismissed: Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue. Combining dynamic choreography with razor-sharp live musical performance, Prelude – skydiving from a dream delves into the delicious contradictions of the subconscious mind, from the absurd to the logical, the irrational to the soothingly clear. Find out more: (http•••) THE COMPANIES anderssondance.com scottishensemble.co.uk THE TRAILER Music: Beethoven's Grosse Fugue Performed live by the Australian Chamber Orchestra Watch the full performance on Youtube: (http•••) Buy the recording here: (http•••) Footage: Nemo Stocklassa Hinders Video: Rosie Davies for Scottish Ensemble
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