AMR20011018 - How Fair This Place

Joanna Porackova, soprano; Dag Achatz, pianist

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Joanna Porackova - soprano, and Dag Achatz - piano, in Ms. Porackova's World Premiere Recording, featuring songs of Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Scriabin. Mr. Achatz, a world-acclaimed pianist, superbly accompanies Ms. Porackova in these beautiful evocative Russian songs. Even if you don't understand the words their interpretations leaves you with no doubt as to their meanings. This is a must have CD!

Total playing time: 52:09


Quicktime Sample:
Track 10: Rachmaninoff — The Floods of Spring - Time = 2:13 (393 KB)

Tracklist:

• Feuillet d’Album, Romance by Scriabin; Lilacs, Op. 21, No.5
• I Wait for You!, Op. 14, No. 1
• A Fragment of Alfred de Musset, Op. 21, No. 6
• Before My Window, Op. 26, No. 10
• Oh Never Sing to Me Again, My Beauty!, Op. 4, No. 4
• How Fair This Place, Op. 21, No 7
• In the Silence of the Secret Night, Op. 4, No. 3
• The Floods of Spring, Op. 14, No. 11 by Rachmaninoff
• Vocalise, Op. 35, No. 1, Andante
• Vocalise, Op. 35, No. 2, Lento, ma non troppo
• Vocalise, Op. 35, No. 3, Animato ma non allegro by Prokofiev
• Day and Night, Op. 24, No. 1
• Willow, Why Forever Bending?, Op. 24, No. 2
• Sea Swell and Memories, Op. 24, No. 3
• Twlight, Op. 24, No. 4
• When Roses Wither, Op. 36, No. 3
• The Beggar, Op. 3, No. 1
• The Waltz, Op. 32, No. 5 by Medtner