Heroes and Villians
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Performer: Dmitri HvorostovskyPerformer: Dmitry Kuznetsov
Composer: Georges Bizet
Composer: Alexander Borodin
Composer: Umberto Giordano
Composer: Charles Gounod
Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Anton Rubinstein
Composer: Ambroise Thomas
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Richard Wagner
Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
Performer: Anastasia Chikaeva
Orchestra: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Florence Illi-Hvorostovsky
Performer: Marnie Breckenridge
Performer: Viktoria Smirnova
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Music Label: Delos Records
Free Music Notes for Heroes and Villians
Free Music Review: Mixed feelings...
Hit: 4 Stars
This latest album of Mr Hvorostovsky has been long awaited for.
In this diverse collection of what would most probably be the most demanding in the baritone repertoire, DH's vocal ambitions are self-evident.
For the listener, the focus is - how far, or rather, how well, has his ambition been realised?
There are roughly 4 groups of arias/scenes, ranging from Russian to German, Italian and French.
DH is well-known for his Russian and Italian repertoire. He has proven, on numerous occasions, that he is adept at those, especially the former. As for the latter, until recently, he has concentrated on the lighter roles. In the more recent years, he has dipped into the heavier and more dramatic Italian baritone repertoire.
As a dedicated DH fan, I would not hesitate to claim that the first part of this album is sheer marvel. While we may not have heard him singing Wagner, his Wolfram's aria from Tanhausser seems to suit him very well.
As for the Italian ones, they are very good, but it would be a bit over-stating to say that DH is able to surpass predecessors in this genre such as Pietro Cappucilli. In my own subjective opinion, his timbre has more of Fischer-Dieskau's dark alluring qualities than Cappucilli's smoky Italianate flavour.
The French arias are admittedly a bit uneven. Much as I admire DH's beautiful singing, I could not help feeling that in these tracks, neither his top register nor the low register resound with his usual well-known sparkle.
One wonders if at this stage of DH's great career, it really pays for him to venture into the unknown areas?
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