Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. La Traviata, opera: Di Provenza il mar (Who erased from your heart the sea and soil of Provence?)
2. Il Trovatore, opera: Il balen del suo sorriso (The lightning flash of her smile)
3. Don Carlo, opera: Per mi giunto...O Carlo, ascolta (This is my last and greatest day...Carlos, listen)
4. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Largo al factotum (Make way for factotum)
5. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Com Paride vezzoso (As Paris, that charming man)
6. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Cruda, funesta smania (Cruel, deadly frenzy)
7. I Puritani, opera: Or dove fuggo...Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei (Now where shall I flee?...Ah! Forever are you lost to
8. Don Pasquale, opera: Bella siccome un angelo (Beautiful as an angel)
9. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Vy mne pisali...Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom (You wrote to me...Had I wished to be bound by dome
10. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana (Can this really be the same Tatyana)
11. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68: Vy tak pechalny, dorogaya (You are so sad, my dearest)
12. Iolanta, opera, Op. 69: Kto mozhet sravnitsa s Matildoyu moyei (Who can compare with my own darling Matilda)
13. The Demon (Der Dämon), opera: Na vozdushnom okeane (On the ocean of the air)
14. Sadko, opera in 3 (or 5) acts: Gorod kamennyi (Towne of stone)
15. The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya nevesta), opera in 4 acts: S uma neidyot krasavitsa! (Still the beauty haunts my mind!)
16. The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya nevesta), opera in 4 acts: Zachem ty? (What do you want?)

Disc 2:

1. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fu (Tender and lovely leaves...Never was shade more sweet)
2. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Che farò senza Euridice? (What shall I do without Eurydice?)
3. Tito Manlio (I), opera in 3 acts, RV 738: Se il cor guerriero (If a warlike heart)
4. La Costanza in amor, opera: Selve amiche (Friendly woods)
5. Caro mio ben
6. Georgian Song ('Do not Sing, My Beauty'), for voice & piano, Op. 4/4
7. In the silence of the secret night, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/3
8. None but the lonely heart, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/6
9. O, if only you could for a moment, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/4
10. Solitude (Again, as before, alone), song for voice & piano, Op. 73/6
11. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & orchestra, orchestration by Shostakovich: I. Kolybelnaya
12. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & orchestra, orchestration by Shostakovich: II. Serenada (S
13. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & orchestra, orchestration by Shostakovich: III. Trepak
14. Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & orchestra, orchestration by Shostakovich: IV. Polkovodets
15. Larmes (Tears - Russia's War), for choir & orchestra: Tränen (Blood Upon The Snow)
16. O the Little Box Is Full, folk song (a.k.a. 'Karabejinki')
17. Kagda, dusha, folk song (a.k.a. 'Elegia')
18. Dark eyes ('Ochi chornye,' 'Black Eyes'), folk song
19. Kalinka (Little Snowfall), folk song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61191 in Music
• Released on: 2006-05-16
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

Mesmerizing.
I love this dual CD to death.
So surprising that so few have reviewed this gem of recordings of DH.
The collection, to say the least, is so superb. There simply isn't one song that I do not love already. And to have them ALL SUNG by DH! This is luxury to the utmost.
This CD set demonstrates the singer's versatility, artistry, sensitivity, beautiful timbre, intelligent interpretation, breadth of repertoire.
The cream of the cream is surely reserved for the Russian songs. They really move one to tears: the Little Box is Full, Dark Eyes, Kalinga...these songs are too well known, yet so few could sing it to such a level as DH. The War Songs are another jewel.
OK, DH has moved his emphasis to Russian works in recent years. This is unsurprising, but this dual CD comes as a timely reminder that he is MORE THAN just another great Russian baritone around, but a full-fledged operatic star of the highest calibre!

The only Hvorostovsky solo album needed!
I'm definitely a fan of Dmitri Hvorostovsky....and if you're looking at buying recordings of his solo performance, search no further and purchase this CD. I've borrowed/listened to a number of his previous solo CD's and 85% of those pieces can be found here. So to save anyone the trouble, just purchase this CD first...then for additional Arias which you may be interested in by Hvorostovsky, go to youtube and buy them individually, as it will save you from purchasing a majority of cd's which basically have the same collection of pieces. Just a suggestion.

Great buy!
You get to have 2 CDs for this price, just buy it.
Don't even think about it.
Dmitri's best of bests are in here.
I love his beautiful voice and heavenly singing.
He makes me very happy, I can't thank him enough.