Eugene Belov Pyotr Il039yich Tchaikovsky Boris Khaikin - Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin (25 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Eugene Belov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Boris Khaikin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Introduction
2. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Duet and Quartet. Have you not heard
3. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Peasants' chorus and dance. My swift little feet...
4. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Scene and Aria of Olga. How I love to dream when I hear these songs
5. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Scene. Well, my frolicsome one
6. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Scene and Quartet. Mesdames! I've taken the liberty
7. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Scene and Arioso of Lensky. How happy, how happy I am!
8. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 1. Closing scene. Ah, there you are!
9. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 2. Introduction and Scene. Well, I've let my tongue run on!
10. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 2. Letter scene. Let me perish
11. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 2. Scene and Duet. Ah, night is past
12. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 3. Servant girl's chorus. Pretty maidens, dear companions
13. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 1. Scene 3. Scene and Aria of Onegin. He's here! He's here, Eugene!
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Scene 1. Entr'acte and Waltz with chorus. Well, what a surprise!
2. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Scene 1. Scene and Couplets of Triquet. Have I deserved such ridicule from you?
3. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Scene 1. Mazurka and Scene. Ladies and gentleman, take your places, please
4. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Scene 1. Finale. In your house!
5. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Scene 2. Introduction and Scene. What's this?
6. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Scene 2. Aria of Lensky. Where, oh where have you gone, golden days
7. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Scene 2. Duel scene. Ah, here they are!
8. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 3. Scene 1. Polonaise
9. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 3. Scene 1. Scene. I'm bored here too
10. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 3. Scene 1. Aria of Prince Gremin. Love is no respecter of age
11. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 3. Scene 1. Scene and Arioso of Onegin. So come, I'll present you to her
12. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 3. Scene 2. Closing scene. O, how distressed I am!

CD Details

All Artists: Eugene Belov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Boris Khaikin, Evgenia Verbizakaya, Valentina Petrova, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, Galina Vishnevskaya, Andrei Sokolov, Sergei Lemeshev
Title: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Preiser Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 5/6/2008
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 717281200516

CD Reviews

Same great Melodiya recording used by d'Oro

Rosomax | Boulder, CO United States | 02/05/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Amazon still has in stock the Opera D'Oro release of this recording. D'Oro, it seems, simply transferred the LPs to CD, rather than using the master tapes. Does anyone know if this Preiser recording suffers from the same quality issues as d'Oro's?

D'Oro's sound quality issues aside, this is probably the best Eugeny Onegin recording available. Although, whoever happens to have the 1934 (?) one with Nortsov in the title role will probably argue. As much as I enjoyed Philips release under Semyon Bychkov, it does not have the Tatiana this 1956 recordings has. The great Bolshoi soprano Galina Vishnevskaya was at the height of her powers when this studio recording was made, and man, she truly IS Tatiana, probably exactly how Tchaikovsky imagined her. Her ability to convey the appropriate age of her heroine as she transforms from a dreamy impulsive girl to wise and noble woman is a revelation. The only one, in my humble opinion, who was able to accomplish this feat is Renee Fleming (the DVD of her singing Tatiana and Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing Onegin is currently available).

On this recording, Evgeny Belov is singing the title role, and his relatively high lyric instrument is very good, but does not have the sonorous admonishing quality needed for the "sermon" scene. I particularly enjoyed Irina Archipova's Olga and Sergei Lemeshev's Lensky: these singers were of the highest caliber, portraying their characters with gorgeous singing and vivid characterization. We are very fortunate indeed to be able to hear Lemeshev singing Lensky on record, as at the time of this recording he was approaching 60 and was beginning to doubt if the powers that be would ever let him record one of his favorite roles. Boris Khaikin is a conductor of Melik-Pashaev's school -- his support of the singers is amazingly sensitive and worthy of highest praise. Anyway, the question of sound quality stands: did Preiser get a hold of the master tapes, or did it get by with a simple LP transfer?"