Kristjan Järvi – Tchaikovsky: Snegurochka – The Snow Maiden (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Kristjan Järvi – Tchaikovsky: Snegurochka – The Snow Maiden (2015)
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Tchaikovsky’s incidental music to the play “The Snow Maiden” by Alexander Ostrovsky is undoubtedly his principal contribution to this genre. The composer and the poet were jointly commissioned to write the piece by the famous Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, which led to a close and very productive cooperation. In fact, Tchaikovsky completed the lavishly scored work within a matter of only three weeks. At the heart of the play is a popular Russian folk tale with a familiar fairytale motif: a mythical creature longs for a human soul and for the ability to feel love but is tragically destroyed by the irreconcilable differences between the human world and its mythical counterpart. Kristjan Järvi has been the principal conductor of the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra since the 2012 season. He is a unique musical personality pushing the classical music borders with new ideas, his charisma and extraordinary technical prowess. He has been hailed by The New York Times as “a kinetic force on the podium, like Leonard Bernstein reborn.” Järvi combines his classical music origins and his love for traditional repertoire with a powerful passion for original concert programs, that catapults concert halls and audiences around the world into the 21st century. Järvi has more than 30 albums to his credit and has received various awards, including the Swedish Grammy for Best Opera Performance, the German Record Critics Prize for Best Album and is a Grammy nominee.

Tracklist:
1-01. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 1, Introduction (04:13)
1-02. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 2, Dance and Chorus of the Birds (06:12)
1-03. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 3, Monologue of the Frost (03:22)
1-04. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 4, Carnival Procession (06:39)
1-05. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 5a, Melodrama (01:52)
1-06. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 5b, Entr’Acte (01:01)
1-07. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 6, Lehl’s First Song (02:50)
1-08. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 7, Lehl’s Second Song (01:18)
1-09. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 8, Entr’Acte (02:40)
1-10. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 9, Chant of the Blind Bards (04:22)
1-11. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 10, Melodrama (05:00)
1-12. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 11, Chorus of the People and the Courtiers (01:33)
1-13. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 12, Round of the Young Maidens (04:32)
1-14. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 13, Dance of the Tumblers (04:29)
1-15. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 14a, Lehl’s Third Song, Pt. 1 (05:37)
1-16. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 14b, Lehl’s Third Song, Pt. 2 (04:22)
1-17. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 15, Brusilla’s Song (01:59)
1-18. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 16, Appearance of the Forest Spirit and Aparition of the False Snow Maiden (00:41)
1-19. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 17a, Entr’Acte (01:40)
1-20. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 17b, Declamation of the Fairy of Spring (04:27)
1-21. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 18, Tsar Berendey’s March and Chorus (05:10)
1-22. Kristjan Järvi – The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, “Snegurochka”: No. 19, Finale (02:08)

Personnel:
Annely Peebo (mezzo-soprano)
Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor)
MDR Sinfonieorchester & MDR Chor
Kristian Järvi (conductor)

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