The Russian word romans ("romance") denotes an art song whose lyrics usually - but not always! - deal with the subject of Romantic love. A counterpart to the German Lied or French romance, the Russian romans embarked on it's journey late in the 18th century. Predictably, the earliest romansy imitated the Western models and were set in French and Italian. As it happens time and again in Russian history, a Western innovation timidly arrived in Russia, steeped in the country's unique culture, and after years of evolution re-entered the West as something strikingly new, fresh, and... yes, indeed "Russian." When it comes to the genre in question, the West discovered the dramatic romansy by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff not so long ago. Our album L'histoire de la romance russe is designed to show what preceded these glorious masterpieces.

Tracklist:

The Maiden's Sorrow
The Sierra Nevada Was Covered With Mist
Waltz
The Nightingale (Arr. For Guitar)
The Red Sarafan
Don't Wake Her At Dawn
Little Ring
Talisman (Arr. For Guitar)
Granada Is Covered By Fog (Arr. For Voice & Guitar)
Cavatina
Spanish Bolero
Dusk
Angel
Music Within
Time Was, Time Was...
French Romance
The Night Zephyr
But Sylvia Is Not Here
Shall I Go Forth
The Sun Is Shining Over The Mountain
In The Memory Of Varlamov

UPC: 881488190090
Label: Profil - G Haenssler
Release Date: 1.18.19
Format: CD

Guriliov / Dashkova Ensemble - Continuidad & Deformacion (CD)