Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / Vishnevskaya, Gedda, Petrov, LPO, Rostropovich
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Music CD Cover Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 1990-05-08 Music Label: Angel Records Soundtracks: Music CD 1
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| New | woodsboy | New Mint -(box in shrink wrap with Tower price sticker on front of plastic) -CDs and giant booklet all untouched and never played. Galina Vishnevskaya with Nicole Gedda and Dimiter Petkov, all under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovich with the London Philharmonic! It does not get any better! This is our only copy -- we will pack securely in a large box and ship with free expedited upgrade shipping in time for the holidays! All our CDs come from a private estate and have been treated like small gems. We guarantee your absolute satisfaction and will do whatever it takes to make sure you are happy! . We swap out cases if needed and upgrade to First Class shipping in the U.S.! Usually ships in 1-2 business days | $78.85 | |
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Hit: 5 Stars
Along with the great Mozart operas, Russian opera is where my passion lies. Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Glinka and Prokofiev- all great composers who wrote astounding operas that are too often neglected in the west, with perhaps the exception of Moussorgsky's 'Boris Godounov' and Tchaikovsky's 'Pique Dame' and 'Eugene Onegin.'What I love about Russian opera is it's not only Grand opera at its best, its history. The operas of Moussorgsky, Rimsky, Prokofiev, Borodin, Glinka, and Tchaikovsky (Mazeppa) are based on Russian history- they are truth. There's also the grand score, chorus', massive casts...Russian opera has it all...
Well I was suprised to find Shostakovich wrote opera. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk came highly recommended and because of my love of Russian opera, I purchased it.
At this point I want to say I entirely loath modern opera. So I stop on my walk home and pick up Lady Macbeth. (A friend wanted to purchase it too but I went to the only store that had it a store he didn't know about and I didn't tell him about as he got off work before me. Evil? I know- but it was my idea to get it first). Well after listening to the first act, I HATED IT! HUGELY! It was too modern and did not contain a huge amount of chorus and it was not based on Russian history. I immediately emailed my friend saying I hate it and he is welcome to buy it from me....I tend to be premature with things. Nothing is given a chance to grow on me, it makes and almost immediate impact or it isn't given much of a chance to do so.
Well after listening to the whole thing I was completely KNOCKED OUT! This opera is musically and dramatically utterly amazing. Pushing the gate Lady Macbeth has climbed my ranks and falls behind Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflote as my top favorite operas.
The score of Lady Macbeth is fast and loud in many parts and softly beautiful in others. The story is awesome; sex, adultery, murder, rape, poison, siberia, suicide, hauntings...what a story.
In the first act we meet Katerina. A bored housewife who cannot read. She is kept after by her father-in-law Boris, while her husband is frequently away. She meets Sergey and quickly the two are lovers. Boris catches them together and beats Sergey...then demands that Katerina bring him dinner. She poisons his mushrooms and Boris dies.
The end of Act Two is quite a treat. First the Ghost of Boris appears before her cursing her, then Zinoviy (her husband) comes home, catches her in bed with her lover, beats her, then is strangled by her and Sergey (her lover). Caught, Katerina and Sergey are exported to a prison camp in Siberia. There, Sergey leaves Katerina for Sonyetka. Sergey and Sonyetka mock Katerina. Well she has had it.... in the operas closing pages Katerina throws herself to her death in the freezing Volga river...but before she jumps she grabs Sonyetka and drags her down with her. Lastly, the opera challanges your morals. Do you really think under any circumstance murder is justifyable? I don't. I think she's nuts. My friend doesn't. He views Katerina as a heroine on the scale of Boheme's Mimi. You see Katerina is a prisoner at the hands of her husband and father-in-law... in short, she's bored with life. Well, she certainly found ways to make it unboring!
Truly a GREAT story with a firey score that is quite awesome...modern yet very melodic and it keeps well with Russian traditions while being bold, inspiring and inventive.
Cast wise this recording is simply phenomenal. Katarina is a HUGE role. She is literally barely NOT on stage. Galina Vishnevskaya is simply sensational... this woman KNOCKS YOUR SOCKS OFF with the power of her voice! When she reacts to seeing Boris' ghost- GOOSE BUMP CITY! The duet with his ghost immediately following is awesome as well. There is not a dull momemt here. Gedda is astounding as Sergey....as usual. The whole cast is brilliant, the conducting is brilliant, and the London Philharmonic will BLOW YOUR FRONT DOOR DOWN with it's power in much of the score! Nothing like putting this one in your discman, walking, and blowing your ear drums out...! I am serious- it gets so loud at points and I LOVE IT!
I cannot recommend this opera enough...It is an essential recording whether you are a fan of Russian opera or not. It is simply sensational... I could go on and on and on about this opera, and did!
A shear triumph...perhaps the greatest not well known gem out there. GET IT!