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Alexander Dargomyzhsky Songs and Romances Marina Philippova, soprano, and Ivan Mikhailov, piano

World-premiere recordings of many songs of Alexander Dargomyzhsky, one of 19th century Russia's most innovative and versatile composers. Marina Philippova's sparkling performance of works from archival editions and manuscripts sheds new light on the remarkable richness and diversity of Dargomyzhsky's vocal heritage.

 Sound sample:

• Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Yunosha i deva ("A maiden and a youth")
  [length=21 seconds,  file size=227KB,  format=11 kHz/8 bit/mono .WAV]

CD: 70950-11024-2-7
(total time: 62:26)

Album Contents:

• Svadba ("Wedding") (1835),
  words by A. Timofeyev  (4:24)**
• I skuchno, i grustno ("Feeling bored, feeling sad") (1845),
  words by M. Lermontov  (2:13)
• Ispanski romanc ("Spanish romance") (mid 1850's, pub. 1856)
  (later the first song of Laura from the opera The Stone Guest), words by A. Pushkin  (1:39)
• Bez uma, bez razuma ("Without mind, without reason") (early 1850's),
  words by A. Koltsov  (2:19)**
• Mne vsyo ravno ("It's all the same to me") (1859),
  words by F. Miller  (1:45)**
• Paladin (1859),
  words by V. Zhukovsky  (1:22)**
• Na razdoli nebes ("In spacious skies") (1865-66),
  words by N. Shcherbina  (2:31)**
• Vostochnyi romanc ("Eastern romance") (1852),
  words by A. Pushkin  (2:04)**
• Bushuy i volnuysya, glubokoye more ("Storm and rage, thou deep sea") (1850-51)
  (dedicated to A. I. Girs), words by E. Rastopchina  (1:49)**
• Charuy menya, charuy! ("Charm me, charm!") (1861),
  words by Y. Zhadovskaya  (1:09)**
• Nochnoy zefir ("The night breeze") (1862),
  words by A. Pushkin  (3:04)
• Moy suzhenyi, moy ryazhenyi ("My destined, my bethrothed") (mid 1830's),
  words by A. Delvig  (4:28)**
• Lezginskaya pesnya ("Lezgin song") (1837-38),
  words by D. Kropotkin  (2:02)**
• Ô, ma charmante! ("O, my charmer!") (1836),
  words by V. Hugo  (2:43)**
• Bog pomoch Vam! ("God will help you!") (1850-51),
  words by A. Pushkin  (1:13)**
• Kak prishyol muzh iz-pod gorok ("How the husband came from under the hills") (1860),
  words folk/traditional  (0:57)**
• Yunosha i deva ("A maiden and a youth") (early 1840's),
  words by A. Pushkin  (1:06)**
• Ya vsyo yeshyo yevo lyublyu! ("I love him still!") (1851),
  words by Y. Zhadovskaya  (2:26)**
• Shestnadtsat let ("Being sixteen") (early 1840's),
  words by M. Klaudius, translated by A. Delvig  (2:20)**
• Ne nazyvay yeyo nebesnoy ("Don't call her an angel") (1862),
  words by N. Pavlov  (4:16)**
• Likhoradushka ("Oh, you fever") (1849-50),
  words folk/traditional  (1:27)**
• Odelas tumanami Sierra-Nevada ("Sierra-Nevada was clothed in mists") (1839-40),
  words by V. Shirkov  (2:19)
• Ne skazhu nikomu ("I'll tell nobody") (1849-50),
  words by A. Koltsov  (0:24)**
• Yesho molitva ("One more prayer") (1857, 1861),
  words by Y. Zhadovskaya  (3:00)**
• Kak chasto slushayu … ("How often I listen …") (1857),
  words by Y. Zhadovskaya  (1:41)**
• La sincère ("Sincere confession") (1839),
  words by V. Debord-Valmont  (2:34)**
• Kak u nas na ulitse ("As on our street") (early 1850's),
  words by A. Dargomyzhsky  (2:52)**

• ** = world premiere recording

About Marina Philippova...
About Ivan Mikhailov...

The St. Petersburg Archives Collection:	Music for the Tsar   (Musica Petropolitana) Alexander Dargomyzhsky Songs & Romances   (Marina Philippova & Ivan Mikhailov) Upcoming releases: Tsarinas' Music: For Her Russian Majesty  (Marina Philippova & Vladimir Radchenkov) Glinka's Harp: Mikhail Glinka Songs for Harp & Other Soloists  (Irina Donskaya with Nelly Lee & others)
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