Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight

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CHAN 10264

Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight

Running Time: 60:24

CD UPC: 0095115126424

Release Date: November 2004
Originally recorded in 2003

Composer (1873-1943)
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Solo bass - The Baron
Mikhail Guzhov

Solo tenor - Albert
Vsevolod Grivnov

Solo baritone - The Duke
Andrei Baturkin

Solo tenor - The Jewish Moneylender
Borislav Molchanov

Solo bass - Servant
Vitaly Efanov

Orchestra
Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Valeri Kuzmich Polyansky

Venue
Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory

Producer
Valeri Polyansky

Engineer
Igor Veprintsev

Genre:
Opera
Russian

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Opera - The Miserly Knight

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

(1873-1943)

The Miserly Knight, Op. 24

60:30

An opera in three scenes

Libretto from the 'Little Tragedy' by Alexander Pushkin

Prelude

7:43

Scene 1. In the Tower

17:33

Albert: 'Whatever happens, I shall appear at the tournament'

Scene 2. In the Cellar

22:56

Baron: 'Like the young libertine awaiting a meeting with some wily harlot'

4.

Scene 3. At the Palace

12:12

Albert: 'Believe me, Sire, I have long suffered the shame of bitter poverty'

Solo: Mikhail Guzhov bass - The Baron

Solo: Vsevolod Grivnov tenor - Albert

Solo: Andrei Baturkin baritone - The Duke

Solo: Borislav Molchanov tenor - The Jewish Moneylender

Solo: Vitaly Efanov bass - Servant

Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Valeri Kuzmich Polyansky

October 2003

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'It has long been available on disc, but this new one outshines predecessors in the sharpness of the orchestral playing and the quality of the singing… highly recommended.'

The Telegraph

Valeri Polyansky conducts an eloquent account of this odd, rather haunting work…

Gramophone on CHAN 10201 (Cui)

Valeri Polyansky is a doughty champion for Cuis music.

International Record Review on CHAN 10201 (Cui)

A highly accomplished reading of Rachmaninovs glorious Symphonic Dances …

Gramophone on CHAN 9759 (Rachmaninov: Symphonic Da

…all are performed with an intensity, vitality and conviction…

Classic FM Magazine on CHAN 10104 (Rachmaninov: Th

Rachmaninov’s darkly brooding score holds one’s interest better than the story does. The lush prelude deserves a life of its own, and the slithery orchestral comments on the Baron’s money-fondling are effective and chilling. The vocal writing is fairly accomplished in that the characters are well differentiated. The Chandos performances is a fine one, nonetheless, and it comes with a Russian libretto (in Cyrillic characters) and translations.

American Record Guide

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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

The Miserly Knight, Op. 24

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