Sings French & Russian Arias & Songs

~ Release by Nicolai Gedda (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1La Dame Blanche : « Viens, gentille Dame »
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
orchestra:
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Jean Fournet (conductor)
François‐Adrien Boïeldieu7:58
2Faust : « Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre! » … « Salut ! demeure chaste et pure »
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Colon di Beunos Aires
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor)
recording of:
Faust : Acte III. « Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre ! » … No. 12 Cavatine « Salut ! demeure chaste et pure » (Faust)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1859)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Faust : Acte III
Charles‐François Gounod6:17
3Romeo et Juliette : « Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil »
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
orchestra:
Swedish Radio Orchestra (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Roméo et Juliette : Acte II. No. 7 Cavatine « L’amour ! l’amour ! » … « Ah ! lève‐toi, soleil ! » (Roméo)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1867)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
publisher:
Choudens
part of:
Roméo et Juliette: Acte II
Charles‐François Gounod4:50
4Les Huguenots : « Non loin des vieilles tours » … « Plus blanche que la blanche hermine »
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
conductor:
Ernst Märzendorfer (conductor)
recording of:
Les Huguenots : Acte I. Romance « Plus blanche que la blanche hermine »
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
part of:
Les Huguenots: Acte I, Scène II
Giacomo Meyerbeer5:00
5Carmen : « La fleur que tu m'avais jetée »
choir vocals:
Wiener Singverein
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 17 Duo : « La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée » (Carmen, Don José) (Flower Song)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) (in 1875) and Henri Meilhac (in 1875)
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet3:52
6Lakmé : « Prendre le dessin » … « Fantaisie aux divins mensonges »
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
recording of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 4 Air « Prendre le dessin d’un bijou » … « Fantaisie aux divins mensonges » (Gérald)
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
part of:
Lakmé : Acte I
Léo Delibes5:35
7La Damnation de Faust : « Merci, doux crépuscule ! »
choir vocals:
Coro di Roma della RAI
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (conductor)
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Troisième Partie : Scène 9. Air de Faust « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (composer)
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Troisième Partie
Hector Berlioz5:02
8Les Troyens : « Inutiles regrets ! » … « Ah! quand viendra l'instant des suprêmes adieux »
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (conductor)
recording of:
Les Troyens : Acte V, no. 41. Récitatif mesuré et air « Inutiles regrets » … « Ah ! quand viendra » (Enée)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (composer) (from 1856 until 1858)
librettist:
Hector Berlioz (composer)
part of:
Les Troyens : Acte V
Hector Berlioz5:40
9Prince Igor: Is it thou, Vladimir (in Russian)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Kerstin Meyer (on 1952-12-18)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1952-12-18)
orchestra:
Swedish Radio Orchestra (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) (on 1952-12-18)
conductor:
Stig Rybrant (on 1952-12-18)
Alexander Borodin4:24
10Jevgeny Onegin: Kuda, kuda, kida vi udalilis! Where, Oh Where Have You Gone
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
recording of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие II, картина 2, no. 17. Интродукция и сцена "Ну, что же" (Introduction and Scene "Nu, chto zhe")
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие второе (Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act II)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:59
11Where Art Thou, Little Star?
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
recording of:
Где ты, звездочка? (for voice and piano, 1st version) (on 1971-11-21)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (in 1857)
librettist:
Николай Греков (Nikolay Grekov, XIX century Russian poet and translator)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky3:23
12The Garden by the Don
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky1:34
13The He-Goat
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky2:25
14In This Moonlit Night
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:52
15At the Ball
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
recording of:
At the Ball (orch. by Stokowski) (on 1971-11-21)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
orchestration of:
6 Romances, op. 38: No. 3. Amid the Din of the Ball (Средь шумного бала)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:11
16Legend
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:17
17Don Juan's Serenade
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
recording of:
6 Romances, op. 38: No. 1. Don Juan's Serenade (Серенада Дон-Жуана) (on 1971-11-21)
lyricist:
Алексей К. Толстой (Aleksey Tolstoy, Russian 19th century writer)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1878)
part of:
Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 246)
part of:
6 Romances, op. 38
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:55
18The Song of the Young Gyspy
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
Sergei Rachmaninov1:42
19How Fair is This Spot or Hill is Beauty
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1971-11-21)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (on 1971-11-21)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-11-21)
recording of:
12 Romances, op. 21: no. 7 “How Fair This Spot” (on 1971-11-21)
lyricist:
Галина Галина (Galina Galina)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1902)
part of:
12 Romances, op. 21
Sergei Rachmaninov2:07