Georgy Vasiliev, Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Andrei Popov, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museum, Sebastian Weigle, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester – Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Live) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Georgy Vasiliev, Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Andrei Popov, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museum, Sebastian Weigle, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester – Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Live) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:26:50 minutes | 2,66 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve, based on a short story by Gogol, centres on the love of the blacksmith Vakula for the rich farmer’s daughter Oksana, who mockingly requires him to obtain for her the Tsarina’s shoes in order to win her hand in marriage. However, evil spirits are on the rampage imperilling their love – a witch on her broomstick gathers the stars and the devil steals the moon. Rimsky-Korsakov blends Christian and pagan elements, Ukrainian folk songs and carols, and atmospheric orchestral interludes in this vivacious and fantastical village romance. This is the disc version of the audiovisual release on 2.110738 and NBD0154V: ‘Sebastian Weigle leads the excellent Frankfurt orchestra and chorus in a spellbinding account of Rimsky-Korsakov’s score’, wrote MusicWeb International. It also won the German Record Critics Award for Quarterly Critics Choice and was a Musicweb International ‘Recommended’ release.

Tracklist:
1-01. Sebastian Weigle – Christmas Eve, Act I Tableau 1: Introduction “Christmas Eve” (Live) (03:16)
1-02. Enkelejda Shkoza – Christmas Eve, Act I Tableau 1 Scene 1: Urodilas’ Kolyada nakanune Rozhdestva (Live) (05:59)
1-03. Anthony Robin Schneider – Christmas Eve, Act I Tableau 1 Scene 2: Ege! Chtob mne pusto bylo, yesli ne sam syn vrazhiy satana (Live) (04:22)
1-04. Georgy Vasiliev – Christmas Eve, Act I Tableau 1 Scene 3: Ona odna, i v khate svet (Live) (08:16)
1-05. Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh – Christmas Eve, Act I Tableau 2 Scene 1: Chto lyudyam vzdumalos’ rasslavit’, chto khorosha ya? (Live) (07:47)
1-06. Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh – Christmas Eve, Act I Tableau 2 Scene 2: Ay! Ay! Zachem prishol syuda? (Live) (04:48)
1-07. Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh – Christmas Eve, Act I Tableau 2 Scene 3: Na lugu krasna kalina stoit (Live) (06:33)
1-08. Enkelejda Shkoza – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 3 Scene 1: Urodilas’ Kolyada nakanune Rozhdestva (Live) (04:26)
1-09. Enkelejda Shkoza – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 3 Scene 2: Zdravstvuy, milaya Solokha (Live) (02:29)
1-10. Enkelejda Shkoza – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 3 Scene 3: Divnaya, velikolepnaya Solokha, zdrav’ya zhelayem vam! (Live) (07:26)
1-11. Alexey Tikhomirov – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 3 Scene 4: Solokha, zdravstvuy! (Live) (02:07)
1-12. Alexey Tikhomirov – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 3 Scene 4: Hey, chumache, chumache, hey (Live) (05:17)
1-13. Georgy Vasiliev – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 3 Scene 5: Zachem stoyat eti meshki? (Live) (01:59)
1-14. Georgy Vasiliev – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 3 Scene 5: Gde ty, sila moya molodetskaya? (Live) (03:53)
1-15. Georgy Vasiliev – Christmas Eve, Act II Tableau 4 Scene 1: Ostavlyu zdes’ u kuznitsy meshki (Live) (18:59)
1-16. Georgy Vasiliev – Christmas Eve, Act III Tableau 5 Scene 1: Vareniki-to sami skachut v rot! (Live) (06:39)
1-17. Sebastian Weigle – Christmas Eve, Act III Tableau 6: Introduction (Live) (02:32)
1-18. Sebastian Weigle – Christmas Eve, Act III Tableau 6 Scene 1: Igry i plyaski zvozd (Live) (05:37)
1-19. Thomas Faulkner – Christmas Eve, Act III Tableau 6 Scene 1: Sobiraytesya, kolduny, veduny (Live) (05:50)
1-20. Frankfurt Opera Chorus – Christmas Eve, Act III Tableau 7 Scene 1: Slavʹ, truba, timpan, cevnica (Live) (04:59)
1-21. Bianca Andrew – Christmas Eve, Act III Tableau 7 Scene 1: Svetleyshiy obeshchal menya segodnya (Live) (07:14)
1-22. Georgy Vasiliev – Christmas Eve, Act III Tableau 8 Scene 1: Vperod, vperod, moy kon’! (Live) (08:00)
1-23. Sebastian Weigle – Christmas Eve, Act IV Tableau 9: Introduction (Live) (01:28)
1-24. Enkelejda Shkoza – Christmas Eve, Act IV Tableau 9 Scene 1: Zdorovo, kum Kornyy! (Live) (02:07)
1-25. Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh – Christmas Eve, Act IV Tableau 9 Scene 2: Propal kuznets. Nigde yego ne vidno (Live) (06:29)
1-26. Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh – Christmas Eve, Act IV Tableau 9 Scene 3: Akh! Vakula! Eto on! (Live) (04:16)
1-27. Frankfurt Opera Chorus – Christmas Eve, Act IV Tableau 9 Scene 4: Kuznets vernulsya zhiv i zdrav! (Live) (01:08)
1-28. Georgy Vasiliev – Christmas Eve, Act IV Tableau 9 Scene 4: Byl il’ ne byl u tsaritsy, ne skazhu ya vam, devitsy (Live) (02:41)

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