Anna Netrebko - In the Still of the Night (Songs by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky)CD - DDD
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8867, released 2010
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus, 17 August 2009
It was a "dream on a summer's night", to take a cue from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Accompanied by Daniel Barenboim, Anna Netrebko invited her audience to an intimate musical soirée "in the still of night" in Salzburg on 17 August 2009. Her recital was devoted to the songs of her Russian homeland and featured romances by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. In the western world this type of repertory is still regarded as highly exotic, but following the success of her Russian Album with its highlights and rarities from the worlds of opera and orchestral songs, this seemed a logical step for the singer to take. After all, Anna Netrebko brings to these works the natural authority of a native speaker, and at her Salzburg recital she had the support of an extremely sensitive accompanist in the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim. The omens were good for an outstanding concert, and so it proved. The present live recording of the recital in Salzburg's Großes Festspielhaus is a happy reminder of that occasion for all who were unable to attend the concert in person.
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