Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Rachmaninov's Cease thy singing maiden

[tlgreenhalgh17]

he rocks



[ecabrera2]

Ne poj krasavica pri mne Op. 4 No.4

[po1212Po]

Me too

[micky9321]

suis en admiration devant sa voix et son interprétation, c'est magique .

[loveismydestruction]

...and he's good looking too! lol

[paulostroff99]

Superb!

[thomasmoredamian]

Terrific: to hear this man sing Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky is heaven...

[kingjonnyvii]

where did this concert take place?

[bodiloto]

la musica di Rachmaninov e immensa come l `oceano,la barca di hvorostovky e  troppo piccola !

[passerabianca]

che altre barche proponi tra i modelli ancora in vendita? Perchè la sua barca sarà forse piccola, ma è piena di optional! La sua dizione per esempio, bisognerebbe sapere il russo e coglierne le assonanze per goderne a pieno.

[bodiloto]

@passerabainca porta la fortuna la passera bianca lo sa?Lei non mi conosce e tanto meglio,sono ex pugile ...

i mie amici italiani mi adorano appunto per qesto ...Rachmaninov =Mussorgsky=Verdi cioe ci vuole la voce ,la voce,la voce !l'emozione giusta dipende dal artista,confermo la barca di hvorostovsky e troppo piccola.

[passerabianca]

Non ha risposto alla mia domanda. Rachmaninov = Mussorgsky = Verdi?!?!?!?

[giadafi00]

@bodiloto secondo me la barca del tuo cervello è troppo piccola.Hvorostovskij è un grande e probabilmente tu sei un baritono frustrato di qualche coro parrocchiale.

[bodiloto]

@giadafi00io sono ex pugile,ero campione tre volte,io frustrato non direi,se non mi credi ti invito à Parigi mi vedrai con il naso rotto,senza orecchie hahaha,dopo51 anni passati nel teatro adesso prendo lezioni da voi giovani volentieri,imparate mi la vita,una cosa soltanto il mio cervello hà ascoltato cantanti fuori la sua immaginazione,e poi ragazzi viva la buona educazione,la vostra per esempio...dal vivo Vinay,Bonisolli,Nikolov,Giacom­ini avevano voci piu scure di hvorostovsky ...Ciao.

[giadafi00]

@bodiloto Un ex pugile di fama mondiale non passa certo il tempo a criticare gli artisti su youtube.non è il colore scuro a fare la bellezza e la potenza della voce e quest'aria di Rachmaninov la cantano anche i soprani lirico leggeri.Hvorostovsy è un grandissimo cantante.studia un pò prima di parlare...

[bodiloto]

@giadafi amico,ti ho lasciato un messaggio sul tuo canale...grazie per il consiglio ma sono troppo vecchio per studiare,sono sordo gia,sai che cosa mi diceva il mio nonno ?Mi diceva : mio caro oggi cantanti come Fleta non esistono piu ! Era l'anno 1966 ti lascio con le tue orecchie e you tube io non ho tempo hà perdere ! Ti rispetto molto,c'é un problema solo fra noi c'é un mezzo secolo di diferenza,capisco bene la tua educazione mi hà fatto tantissimo piacere di conoscertI ,ciao .

[bodiloto]

@giadafi00 io baritono frustrato ?hahaha,sono ex pugile .Mnie hvorostovsky nie nravitsq,vot i vsio,hvorostovsky bolshoi artist ?hahaha,ego proiznoshenie mne nie nravitsa,goloss toje nie nravitsa,rqdam s artistov kak Popov,Petrov i t.d. on tenor,esli nie ponimaiete po russkii skajite mne .Avete sentito dal vivo i cantanti negli anni 50 -60 -70 -80? Una registrazione non ha nessun valore artistico per me.Dal vivo la voce di d.h. é troppo piccola per questo repertorio é limitata.ciao

[svjatazarov]

@bodiloto ты прав..ну ничё не поделать...

[evita010]

@bodiloto io credo que dici cose molto stupide.Hvorostovsky e bravisimo

[us9999991]

I'm a Rachmaninov fan and this guy has a great voice, no exagarations, totally fits and understads the meaning, gives pleasure to my ears. his look as well is magical !

[Bigman240]

This is a true free and beautiful voice, equal throughout its range. What makes it even more exciting, is that he's singing in his mother tongue, and that this song by Rachmaninoff is particularly touching. BRAVO!!!!!

[antequem]

Que voilà un superbe baryton! voix égale sur toute son étendue, timbre rare et non "métallique" , défaut de la plupart de ses compatriotes....interprétation inspirée, . un vrai grand artiste!..

[forgetmenot1937]

This was the piece of music in which I 'discovered' him. It promptly went into my favourites and have not stopped being grateful since for all the videos he is in on YT. Apart from his entrancing voice - well I heard him say in an interview that he was 'taught to feel not to sing', and I for one am grateful for this. Oh! to be lucky and see this man in concert. And the Russian music he sings affects me greatly.

[Phaidra69]

Besides i want to add that those users who rated this video with less than five stars , don' t know what they do and i wonder how many of them know the russian language and understand what Dmitry sings ...................A Big Thanks Dear Gabba02 for all videos you upload with Hvorostovsky . We can learn a lot from him .

[lamsalgado]

What a fitting comment! This performance is nothing less than stunnning! Dmitri is the Fischer-Dieskau of russian lieder! As for Arkadiev, what a fabulous acompanist!!! Thanks a lot Gabbai for ths wonderful upload (BTW you have the same surname of one of my two great friends in my life!)

[thomasmoredamian]

Your comparison to Fischer-Dieskau is apt: both men lift lieder into the stratosphere...there is much more out there than only arias, music lovers! Dmitri H. is terrific: introduce his work to your friends....they'll be grateful...

[thomasmoredamian]

Three months later I'm listening to this again, and he remains, for me, one of the greatest male singers I've ever heard: ANYONE who can sing the Toreodor's aria from "Carmen", and kick ass with lieder as well, is something special. Those who've never heard this man sing are missing something quite special...

[forgetmenot1937]

What does it matter what language it was in, it and his singing were entrancing.

[sopranoms]

Beautiful voice, I am Russian-born, though don't like Russian closed-box technique,

I hope my former teacher doesn't read it=),

she'll be mad.

[ElliePearl]

Oh, I cannot stop listening to his voice! It is just so beautiful.

[jr1463]

If I didn't know any better, I would say he sounds a bit sick in this video.... maybe the flu?

Some of his chest seems to be "forcefully scooped" and either he's sick, or he didn't practice this song very much, is what I think....

[BernardProfitendieu]

hope I sound like that next time I have the flu.

[jesterimb]

he has a sexy voice

[sopranoms]

As far as I know, all operas in Russia were supposed to be in Russian during Communist regime, so sometimes Russian singers brought up during this regime, would lack knowledge of other languages. I know that they get critisized for not singing right in other languages, though their technique in Russian is the same as Italian.

As for my voice, this song is going to be in my repertoire, I don't find any good teachers able to help me with Russian songs, since I need the one who knows the language.

[Phaidra69]

Dear sopranoms , with all my respect to you , i am not a teacher but a soprano , like you ..if you need help in the russian repertoire , i can give it to you , since i know very well the russian classical repertoire from A - Z .

i would advice you to listen to Hvorostovsky ' s recordings . This man knows very well what he does !!!! This singer writes history ......with his unrivalled way !

[LJBSasha]

It's not absolutely necessary to know the language, though it most certainly helps and is very strongly to be encouraged!!! The really important thing is to know each individual syllable (not to mention words!), with the exact pronunciation as well as meaning(s) - it all HAS TO MATCH. A painstaking job is a must!!! [Also of importance is whether to use the Muscovite or the - for me preferred! - St.Petersburg dialect of pronunciation.] One can learn a terrific deal from struggling with it!!

[maestradelcoro]

"Different technique"? There are inherent differences in the vowel sounds of the language. But rather than different technique, isn't it more about the type of sound that diverse schools tend to cultivate? Russians have big hearts and big voices. I saw the soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre (Elena Obratsova, Eugene Nesterenko etc) on tour in Italy back in 1981 and OMG, what voices! What emotion! I knew only a few words of Russian but kept getting goose bumps. Wow!

[jetsetjordan]

I think that different schools have differences in technique. The Italians love a very exposed open sound with head connection, the Germans cover more often and have a sound that is not as far forward...the Russians have their own thing; the sound is big but very dark and far back. This is true of most of the great Russian Singers...and I like it. I was able to hear the Kirov Ring at Lincoln Center this last summer. They were wonderful. I agree: Wow!

[sopranoms]

I think that people that don't understand Russian language should not be experts on Russian music.

[jetsetjordan]

I don't claim to be an expert on Russian. I'm just one of the people who fills the opera house and buys albums from people like Hvorostovsky. I also understand basic vocal technique and can see and hear differences between Russian singers and Western sings.

[maestradelcoro]

We are certainly on the same page, jetsetjordan. A vi, sopranoms, ponimaete pa russky? What did we say that made you think we were pretending to be "experts"? It is not our mother tongue, so what?

[sopranoms]

I am from St.Petersburg, Russia and technique taught there is supposed to be the same as in the rest of Europe. But Americans think that Russian is in Asia, right?

[maestradelcoro]

That is what I thought too, about technique. I think we were disagreeing on the terms "technique" vs."schooling". However, the rest of your comment -- "Americans think that Russia is in Asia" implies that Americans are horribly ignorant. Or that all Americans think Russia is a third-world county? And what makes you so sure you're speaking with Americans? Anyway, it is obvious that you are filled with negativity, and I will no longer reply to your comments. Pity, maybe you have a nice voice.

[jetsetjordan]

The technique is different in different parts of Europe. They all have the same goals and want a good sound, but they all have different ways of getting there. To pretend that Birgit Nilsson's approach to making a good sound is exactly the same as that of Renata Scotto is just silly. It's alright that there are different schools of technique. Sopranoms needs to do some study so that she knows that there are different schools.

[Solecit00]

What song is this? I dont understand anything about russian :S can someone tell me what the song is about? If the traduction is in spanish is better :P. I want to know because it seems to be an intense song! I really like it !

[jetsetjordan]

The singer says, "Don't sing to me those sad songs of Georgia. They remind me of my other life on the distant shore. Your cruel melodies remind me of the fields and the moon at night. The remind me of the lost girl.

This true and sweet vision I had forgotten, but you sing and agian I think of her image." Or somehting like that...

[Solecit00]

ohhh!! thanks n_n

[maestradelcoro]

Basic translation (closer than the one in my Dover edition): Don't sing to me, fair maiden those sad songs of Georgia. They remind me of long forgotten days, & far off lands. Alas, your harsh songs remind me of the steppe, the night, the dim vision of the girl... wrapped in the quiet light of moon. When I see you, this vision disappears But when you sing it is revived again. Don't sing to me, fair maiden, those sad songs of Georgia - they remind me of long forgotten days And far off lands.

[sopranoms]

I think his interpretation is perfect, he is a good actor too....still handsome as he was in 20s and 30s.

[maestradelcoro]

Except for the grey hair, he looks young. How old is he in this video?

[jetsetjordan]

He isn't very old. His hair turned white as it does with many people at an early age.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

How that pianist playing the rhythms so different at the opening? He does some nice things once Dimitri starts singing.

[ado3000]

A genius musician...but he never learned to connect the chest with the head raisonator...would have been a much richier voice...probably to his russian origines...

[sopranoms]

it's due to the fact he's been under pressure from a hard traveling schedules most stars have to do. They have to make money as much as we do.

Russian technique has been pretty good so far,

I do not think Americans should critisize that...you are still a New World, and Europeans have been there longer.

[jetsetjordan]

Oh come on...that's like saying French technique is better than Russian technique because they've been singing opera longer. It's just silly and not the fact. The Russian technique is good, I like it and I'm American. But many Western Europeans and Americans don't care for it. Dmitri is a great singer and I too find this comment silly, but sopranoms is off base here.

[maestradelcoro]

Ah, so you are American, jetsetjordan? From a new world country according to soprano ms. You better make sure your diapers are fastened tightly and just listen rather than speak intelligently because the real critics and experts will try to grab away your lollipop!

[sopranoms]

I have impression that non-Russians don't know the language, so they try to make "intelligent comments" to mask their lack of knowledge of Russian repertoire. If your comment were very positive, so would be mine.

[Webarton]

Lol i speak Russian and I still cant understand a damn word he's saying lmao...

[lamezzoenfrancais]

Dmitri is amazing, that's why he gets cast. =] He's got one of the most brilliant Baritone voices that I've ever heard and I think other people hear that as well.

[THEMAN200711]

I love the sound of Dmitri's voice, but there are so many other Verdi baritones who have bigger voices and sound just as good. However, for some reason, Dimi gets cast so often. Listen to Mark Rucker here in Youtube. The Met didn't engage him this season. What's going on?

[operarts]

Sublime! It cannot be sung any better!

[RealRussiansOnly]

Rachmaninov was Holy.

[pianotalent]

In Russian those words have more meanings!! The Voice is Great, The Song is Great!! The Interpretation is not the way Rachmaninov meant it to be...

[huhas1]

Last line is "As far off lands"

This is wonderful little poem by Pushkin.

[oopperahullu]

Thank you so much for the translation! Dmitri's interpretation is perfect for such sublime sadness.

Seeing bits of the Met production of Evgeni Onegin and other songs sung in Russian by Dmitry finally made me get myself a teach yourself Russian book. It seems very difficult, but what inspiration, right here! Thank you once more!

[oopperahullu]

Thank you for posting these vidoes, Gabba!! For those of us who get to see Dmitri mostly only on Youtube, this is a wonderful addition to the Youtube Hvorostovsky Collection: The Rachmaninov series is a fine demonstration of the range of his voice and interpretive ability. Once more, thank you so much for your recent Dmitri additions!

P.S. Any chance of a translation, anyone?

[huhas1]

Don't sing to me, my belle Those sad songs of Georgia They remind me of long forgotten days, And far off lands. Alas, your harsh songs Remind me of the steppe, the dark, The dim vision of the girl. Wrapped in the quiet light of moon. When I see you, This vision disappears But when you sing It is revived again. Don't sing to me, my belle Those sad songs of Georgia They remind me of long forgotten days And fsr off lands..