A Vocal Portrait

~ Release by Feodor Chaliapin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Acoustic Recordings
2▼CD: Electric Recordings
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1Il barbiere di Siviglia: “La calunnia”
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1927-03-18)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°6a. “La calunnia è un venticello” (Basilio)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I
Rossini4:38
2La sonnambula: “Il mulino, il fonte” … “Vi ravviso”
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1927-03-18)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer)
partial recording of:
La sonnambula: Atto I
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur)
part of:
La sonnambula
Bellini3:06
3Faust : « Un rat, plus poltron » … « Le veau d’or est toujours debout »
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1930-02-27)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Paris Opera
conductor:
Henri Büsser (French composer, organist, conductor)
partial recording of:
Faust : Acte II
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Faust
Gounod3:33
4Faust : « Vous qui faites l’endormie »
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1930-02-27)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Paris Opera
conductor:
Henri Büsser (French composer, organist, conductor)
recording of:
Faust : Acte IV. No. 24 Sérénade « Vous qui faites l’endormie » (Méphistophélès)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Faust : Acte IV
Gounod3:18
5Mefistofele: “Ave signor!”
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Vincenzo Bellezza (conductor)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1926-05-31)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Prologo. "Ave Signor" (Mefistofele)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Prologo
Boito4:03
6Mefistofele: “Son lo spirito”
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Vincenzo Bellezza (conductor)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1926-05-31)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Atto I, Scena IIb. “Son lo Spirito che nega sempre” (Mefistofele)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto I
Boito3:14
7Don Quichotte : « Oh, mon maître » … « Oui ! Je fus le chef »
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Olive Kline
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1927-04-07)
recording of:
Don Quichotte : Acte V. « Ô mon maître ! » (Sancho, Don Quichotte)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
librettist:
Henri Caïn (librettist)
part of:
Don Quichotte : Acte V
recording of:
Don Quichotte : Acte V. « Oui ! Je fus le chef » (Don Quichotte, Sancho)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
librettist:
Henri Caïn (librettist)
part of:
Don Quichotte : Acte V
Massenet8:57
8Ruslan & Ludmila: “O Joy!” … “The Hour of My Triumph” (Farlaf’s Rondo)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Max Steinmann (conductor) (on 1931-06-08)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Действие 2 - Рондо. Близок уж час торжества моего (ФАРЛАФ) (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Act II - Rondo. The hour of my triumph is at hand (Farlaf))
composer:
Михаил Иванович Глинка (Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила: Действие 2 (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Act II)
Glinka3:03
9Sadko: “Against The Cruel Crags” (Merchant’s Song)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1927-10-20)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Albert Coates (conductor)
partial recording of:
Sadko
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Владимир Бельский (Vladimir Belski, Russian poet), Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) and Владимир Васильевич Стасов (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
premiered at:
[premiere of Sadko (opera) by Rismky-Korsakov] (1898-01-07)
publisher:
Musikverlag M. P. Belaieff (in 1897)
Rimsky-Korsakov3:38
10Boris Godunov: “In the Town of Kazan” (Varlaam’s Song)
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1927-03-16)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer)
recording of:
Boris Godunov: Act I. "So it was in the city of Kazan" (Varlaam)
lyricist and composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
part of:
Борис Годунов: Act I (1872 version)
Mussorgsky2:27
11Boris Godunov: Boris’s Farewell And Death Scene
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Vincenzo Bellezza (conductor)
recorded at:
Royal Opera House (“Covent Garden”) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1928-07-04)
recording of:
Boris Godunov: Act IV. "Farewell, my son, I am dying" (Boris)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
part of:
Борис Годунов: Act IV (1872 version)
Mussorgsky12:11
12Aleko: “All the Gypsy Camp Is Sleeping”
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1929-11-11)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Lawrance Collingwood
partial recording of:
Aleko, TN ii/70
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1892)
librettist:
Владимир Немирович-Данченко (Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director)
premiered at:
Большой театр (Bolshoi Theatre) in Moscow, Russia (on 1893-05-09)
part of:
A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff (number: TN ii/70)
Rachmaninov4:49
13Songs and Dances of Death: Trepak
recorded in:
Hayes, Hillingdon, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1924-10-08)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Lawrance Collingwood
recording of:
Songs and Dances of Death: III. Trepak (for Russian folk instruments, Boyashev)
lyricist:
Арсений Аркадьевич Голенищев-Кутузов
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (in 1875)
arranger:
Владимир Терентьевич Бояшов
arrangement of:
Песни и пляски смерти: III. Трепак (Songs and Dances of Death: III. Trepak)
part of:
Songs and Dances of Death (for Russian folk instruments, Boyashev)
Mussorgsky4:23
14Persian Love Song, op. 34, no. 9
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1931-05-13)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Lawrance Collingwood
recording of:
Кубится волною, op. 34 no. 9
composer:
Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн (Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer) (in 1851)
translator:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1869-12)
part of:
Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 641)
translated version of:
Gelb rollt mir zu Füssen, op. 34 no. 9
part of:
12 Persian Songs, op. 34
Rubinstein4:45
15Down the Petersky (Folk‐Song)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1929-06-13)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
Trad.2:04
16Black Eyes (Gypsy Folk‐Song)
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1927-09-27)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
A. A. Scriabin (orchestra leader)
Trad.3:33
17The Song of the Flea
recorded in:
Tokyo, Japan
piano:
George de Godzinsky (Finnish composer and conductor)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
recording of:
Песня о блохе (Song of the Flea, «Жил-был король когда-то, при нём блоха жила…») (on 1936-02-06)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (in 1879)
translator:
Александр Струговщиков
Mussorgsky3:05
18Song of the Volga Boatmen (Folk‐Song)
recorded in:
Tokyo, Japan (on 1936-02-06)
piano:
George de Godzinsky (Finnish composer and conductor)
bass vocals:
Feodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
recording of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Русские народные песни (Russian traditional songs)
Trad.3:28