Shostakovich: Songs and Romances (2020)

Track Listing

1. Fables (2), for mezzo-soprano & orchestra, Op. 4: No. 1. Strekoza i Muravey (The Dragonfly and the Ant) - Allegro
2. Songs (6) on verses by Japanese poets, for tenor & orchestra, Op. 21: No. 2. Pered samoubiystvom (Before the Suicide) - Adagio
3. Songs (6) on verses by Japanese poets, for tenor & orchestra, Op. 21: No. 4 V perviy i posledniy raz (For the First and Last Time) - Andante
4. Romances (2) for voice & piano, Op. 84
5. Poems (6) of Marina Tsvetayeva, for alto & piano, Op. 143 (orchestrated as Op 143a): No. 2. Otkuda takaya nezhnost (Whence comes such tenderness?)

1. Fables (2), for mezzo-soprano & orchestra, Op. 4: No. 1. Strekoza i Muravey (The Dragonfly and the Ant) - Allegro
2. Songs (6) on verses by Japanese poets, for tenor & orchestra, Op. 21: No. 2. Pered samoubiystvom (Before the Suicide) - Adagio
3. Songs (6) on verses by Japanese poets, for tenor & orchestra, Op. 21: No. 4 V perviy i posledniy raz (For the First and Last Time) - Andante
4. Romances (2) for voice & piano, Op. 84
5. Poems (6) of Marina Tsvetayeva, for alto & piano, Op. 143 (orchestrated as Op 143a): No. 2. Otkuda takaya nezhnost (Whence comes such tenderness?)
6. Poems (6) of Marina Tsvetayeva, for alto & piano, Op. 143 (orchestrated as Op 143a): No. 5. Net, bil baraban... (No, the drum was beating)
7. Romances (4) on Poems by Pushkin, songs for voice and piano, Op. 46 (arr for harp & strings as Op 46a): No. 1. Vozrozhdeniye (Rebirth) - Moderato
8. Romances (6) to verses by English poets, for bass & piano, Op. 62 (orchestrated as Op62a): No. 5. Sonnet No. 66: Izmuchas' vsem, ya umeret' khochu (Tir'd with all these, for restful death I
9. Romances (6) to verses by English poets, for bass & piano, Op. 62 (orchestrated as Op62a): No. 6. Korolevskiy pochod (The King's Campaign) (The Grand Old Duke of York or The King of France W
10. From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a): No. 3. Kolybelnaya (Lullaby - Little son, my fairest) - Andante
11. From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a): No. 5. Predosterezheniye (Warning) - Allegretto
12. Greek Songs, for voice & piano: No. 2. Pentozalis
13. Greek Songs, for voice & piano: No. 3. Zolongo
14. Spanish Songs (6) for soprano & piano, Op. 100: No. 1. Protschay, Grenada (Farewell, Granada) - Largo
15. Spanish Songs (6) for soprano & piano, Op. 100: No. 2. Zvezdotschki (Mozuca) (Little Stars) - Allegro
16. Satires (5), for soprano & piano, Op. 109: No. 2. Probuzhdeniye vesni (Spring Awakening) - Moderato
17. Satires (5), for soprano & piano, Op. 109: No. 4. Nedorazumeniye (A Misunderstanding) - Moderato
18. Preface to the Complete Collection of My Work and Thoughts, song for bass & piano, Op. 123
19. Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, songs (11) for bass & piano, Op. 145 (orchestrated as Op 145a): XI. Bessmertie (Immortality) (Epitaph for Cecchino Bracci Fiorentino, 1528-1544, Epigrams 14 and 12