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Russian Album (Netrebko, Gergiev, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre)
by: Anna Netrebko Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947763840
Label: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release Date: October 30, 2006
Running Time: 63 minutes
Studio: Universal Classics
Sales Rank: 28422
MPN: 000815302

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- From Russia with Lovely Anna

The `Russian Album', released in 2006, is Anna Netrebko's debut solo recording with long friend, teacher and conductor of the Orchestra of the Mariinsky theatre, Valery Gergiev. It's also her solo debut album with the Deutsche Grammophon label.

Russian composers of opera have not enjoyed such popularity, in recent years at least, as those by the great Italians such as Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti and Rossini. Russian opera emerged during the early 1800's, at a time when the European composers completely dominated the field, and used elements of Russian folklore, traditions and native melodies to produce a distinctive sound.

So it's only natural that a Russian opera singer should feel compelled to celebrate and show ... Read More:

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- melting snowmaiden
I have to agree with those who love this album. I've not always enjoyed this singer in the Italian and French repertoire, and her bel canto is not always "bel".

But here, the engagement with the words, and the slavic richness suits these roles to perfection. How thrilling to hear these quite rare Rimsky-Korsakov arias sung so gloriously, shaded so touchingly. The mad scene from The Tsar's Bride is magnificent. True, Tchaikovsky's Tatyana suits her less well at her young age. I think she'll grow into it. she's already growing out of the snowmaiden - she's no glittering lightweight, but a full-bodies warm lyric soprano now. I hope she returns to some of her native repertoire one day, because she serves it so well. I think this is one ... Read More:

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- Russian womans are HOT!
I remember when I young teenage and the USSR was communists and the Eastern europe was communists and I use to see the Olympic Games and I remember I see the Russian womans and the Eastern europe womans. They do the Discus throwing and the javelin throwing and the 1500 metres and the shotputting and they all most incredible ugly. They got the hair arm pits and the moustache and ugly faces and I use to say, Is woman or man? I cannot for sure say if they woman and so incredible ugly and poor. I say to my frends, I so sorry for Russian mans when they got womans that look like man. Then in 1989 Berlin Wall fall over and a most amazing happens.There many hot womans from Russia and Eastern europe and they been hide there hot womans from Western world. ... Read More:

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- Overly cautious - still much room for improvement by star soprano
I would hesitate to say that this album suits Anna Netrebko to a T.
I have heard Anna on previous Russian repertoire with Gergiev. She actually sounded better then than with this DG recording.
Reasons? Not difficult to figure out.
The soprano's timbre has grown darker than before, but that is not the main problem. The truth is that there are around other recordings by top sopranos of some of these lyrical songs that are far more affecting than Ms Netrebko's reading, and Ms Netrebko's suffer by comparison for the reason stated below.
The 'Song of Georgia' for example, was sung to much greater pathos and passion by Galina Vishnevskaya (accompanied by Rostropovitch on the piano, of course). While Ms Netrebko has a beautiful ... Read More:

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- To a T
I can only echo what other reviewers on the US website have said about this CD. Netrebko has scored a great success and the repertoire suits her to a T. This disc is a sure winner for many an award and Netrebko will earn more loyal fans indeed!

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