Liszt / Hvorostovsky, Dmitri / Ilja, Ivari: Shostakovich: Suite on Poems by Michelangelo - Liszt: Petrarca Sonnets { CD }

Title: Shostakovich: Suite on Poems by Michelangelo - Liszt: Petrarca Sonnets
Artist: Liszt / Hvorostovsky, Dmitri / Ilja, Ivari
Label: Ondine
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 761195127728
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2015-11-13
Number of Discs: 1

Dmitri Hvorostovsky's fourth release on Ondine features a program of rarely recorded sonnets by Dmitri Shostakovich and Franz Liszt. Hvorostovsky is accompanied by his longtime duo partner, the Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja. Shostakovich's sonnets, considered one of the achievements of contemporary Russian vocal music, were composed as his health worsened and are filled wtih ruminations on mortality. Liszt's sonnets are based on love poems by the Italian Renaissance write Petrarch. Both Hvorostovsky and Ilja brin great empathy to these compositions, matching the contemplative nature of both with quietly powerful and confident performances.

Tracks:
1.1 Istina
1.2 Utro
1.3 L'ubov'
1.4 Razluka
1.5 Gnev
1.6 Dante
1.7 Izgnanniku
1.8 Tvorchestvo
1.9 Noch
1.10 Smert'
1.11 Bessmertie
1.12 Pace Non Trovo (Sonetto 104)
1.13 Benedetto Sia Il Giorno (Sonetto 47)
1.14 I' Vidi in Terra Angelici Costumi (Sonetto 123)

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