Tchaikovsky / Gritsova / Prinz - Russian Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The songs on this album are not as well known as other works by these three composers, but this more intimate form of expression often goes straight to the heart and soul of their work. Tchaikovsky wrote songs throughout his life, and it is easy to find autobiographical parallels in his chosen themes of love and longing. Rimsky-Korsakov's songs are characterized by tender lyricism, while Rachmaninov's wordless Vocalise has become one of his most famous melodies. Margarita Gritskova was born in 1987 in St. Petersburg. She is a prizewinner of the Luciano Pavarotti Competition in Modena, and the Concurso Internacional de Canto 'Villa de Colmenar Viejo' in 2010. She has performed in Carmen under the direction of Mariss Jansons in St. Petersburg, and appeared at world renowned festivals across the globe. Album Tracks 1. I Wish I Could Take All My Sadness 2. Those Were the First Few Days of Spring 3. And Was I Not Once a Little Blade of Grass 4. Lullaby 5. By Chance at a Ball I Did See You 6. If I'd Only Guessed 7. No, Only He Who Knew 8. Not One Word, Not One Sigh, Oh My Friend 9. My Genius, My Angel, My Friend 10. 'Twas Not the Wind That Lightly Brushed 11. The Flying Wisps of Clouds Are Thinning, Scattering Far 12. In the West the Pale Rose Sunset's Darkening 13. A Rose Has Charmed a Nightingale (An Eastern Romance) 14. Upon the Georgian Hills There Lies the Haze of Night 15. I Wait for You 16. Oh, I Fell in Love, to My Own Despair 17. Oh Beauty, Do Not Sing to Me 18. How Good 'Tis Here 19. Vocalise 20. The Waters of Spring