ANATOLI ORFENOV
Romances and Operatic Arias

A. Gurilev
1. The little bell (wds. Makarov)
A. Dargomyzhsky
2. What is my name to you (wds. Pushkin)
А. Dargomyzhsky
3. I died of happiness (from Uhland)
S. Rachmaninov
4. In my garden at night, Op. 38 No. 1 (wds. Blok from Isaakyan)
S. Taneyev
5. Mask, Op. 34 No. 3 (wds. Polonsky)
N. Cherepnin
6. The last love, Op. 16 No. 2 (wds. Tyutchev)
N. Rimsky-Korsakov
7. Berendey’s Cavatina (The Snow Maiden, Act 2)
P. Tchaikovsky
8. Lensky’s Aria (Eugene Onegin, Act 2)
S. Rachmaninov
9. Young Gypsy’s Romance (Aleko)
R. Gliere
10. Kerib’s Aria (Shah Senem, Act 1)
B. Smetana
11. Vasek’s Arioso (The Bartered Bride, Act 2)
R. Leoncavallo
12. Harlequin’s Serenade (I Pagliacci, Act 2)
G. Donizetti
13. Edgar’s Aria (Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3)
A. Thomas
14. Wilhelm’s Aria (Mignon, Act 2)
G. Rossini
15. Don Ramiro’s Aria (La Cenerentola, Act 2)
D. Auber
16. Fra Diavolo’s Barcarolle (Fra Diavolo, Act 2)
J. Massenet
17. Werther’s Arioso (Werther, Act 3)
J. Massenet
18. Werther’s Aria (Werther, Act 1)

Total playing time 66:30

David Galkin, piano (1 - 6)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductors: Evgeni Svetlanov (7, 12, 18); Kirill Kondrashin (8, 11)
All-Union Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Nikolai Golovanov (9); Grigori Stolyarov (10); Onisim Bron (13 - 17)
Recorded in Moscow, 1947 - 1960

Melodiya, 2001. MEL CD 10 00691