Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Russian Songs (vaimusic.com)

[Laivakarkki]

Aika lipevä kaveri

[RoseTheFanGirl]

...i think i'm in love...

[XMissNidiX]

I'm in love with this man, he is handsome and his voice is wonderfull <3

[GunaMalaysia]

is it okay to say, i just fell in love with the girl at 0:41. and the footnote, GREAT SONG, BY A MAESTRO.

[sxCeMxs]

This is so nice! This voice fits so good to this song, and then his smiles to the crowd, i love it!

[thiagobedin]

his voice is amazing but in this concert he give to much omg i´m so awesome smiles to the crowd

[danjollie]

I would like to EAT him!!!!!Beautiful voice,beautiful man!!!!Jummmmy!!!!

[Bosenko]

davay davay katusha zajigay! from israel

[Elsoldador]

I'm officially a fan of this guy.

[sonnavi]

perfect

[heathiele]

What a voice!!! What a handsom face!!!

[devilmaylaugh2]

i like his hair,hahhaa,I have heard this music many times since I was a small kid,but I never knew it was russian and what it was about.but I have always liked it.russian songs are all so passionate and beautiful

[PSYTECH91]

Привет из Сербии с любовью

[criolla10]

He is fantastic a feast for eyes and ears, as we say in Spanish Un bombon!

[eurydike]

@criolla10  bonbon ripe for unwrapping:-)

[lyubovkoroteyeva]

he is ugly but he got beautiful voice

[jonedelleman]

@lyubovkoroteyeva Ugly ? Are you insane ?

[po1212Po]

All that he touchs- he turns to gold.

[humboldt777]

He looks very tartar!

[muscleboi4use]

I sing baritone professionally, and he is spectacular. His voice is an inspiration, to all. Fantastic! There aren't enough superlatives really!

[manricoxx]

superba interpretazione

[TheAnnacb]

Does anyone know where i can find sheets (music notes ) of this song ?????? please,help!

[olddino2005]

@TheAnnacb russianplanet(point)ru/music/p­opular/katyusha(point)pdf

[JOELSNARVAL990]

!!!!wow maravilloso¡¡

[hax0rman1337]

cool I always thought Russians were really cool.

[marcelmdvl]

FANTASTICOOOOOOO!! ♪

[vesterico]

I love the expressions on the faces of the ladies... 1:23. They are really enjoying the performance. Wish I be there.

[enkbeba]

EXSTRA!!!! beautiful song and womens. :-) SERBIAN from Bosnia end hercegovina +++

[levmila]

@enkbeba 

[05jess1]

does anybody know what this song is about? i have heard its about soldiers or something but as i dont speak russian iam not to sure

[Kyesukemaru]

Its about a Young girl whose love has gone off to fight in war.. Its a love song called Katyusha...

[hemnl]

@05jess1 it is about a girl, name Katjusha, who waits for her boyfriend from the army.

[threecardmontegirl]

that was beautiful!

[Borat911]

Дмитрий Хворостовский вдохновение

[mtdewramen]

Makes me proud to have rusky in me. Then again I am norwegian too!

[PeacefullNative]

lol what else have you had in you

[temenapa]

A beatutuful Russian voice and backround sounds (just ) missing the ambience like a CHOIR

[Yesamuel]

oy kak harasho!

[marlyharris]

He thrills my Slavic soul.

[new75be]

a true russian voice

[ArturoAlejandroS]

He would be amazing singing The Volga Song

[Izabellkus]

Wow! All the ladies in the audience seem to be absolutely bewitched by himand I can see why!

[musicdivinemusic]

What a voice, and what a handsome, charming guy! Just look at his smile at 0:38. Irresistible.

[fatooomalesious]

all the women the young and old are looking at him with an awe and admiring facees :D

[evilsushix]

And the guys are like, "dammit..."

[solopruebas]

@fatooomalesious

So do I.

[bedri76]

awesome

[Sesshomaru61230]

it is always wanderful to hear such a song like this one.

[alrewyrn]

Anyone else think he's beautiful?

[weddingdecorations]

absolutely beautiful !!!! :)  I adore him :)

[heathiele]

@alrewyrn That smile at 2:04 says it all...

[alrewyrn]

@heathiele Yes, it does.

[Gabry9242]

@alrewyrn I'm sure most of us think he's quite attractive...and an outstanding baritone of course!

[cscottmusic10]

@alrewyrn Pretty darn nice.

[CJbouzouki]

I love this song!!!!! Katyusha!!!!!

[aliusxxi]

Long live Mother Russia!

[buffongianluigi]

Check 1:07 - 1:15 his expression makes me melt, as well as his manly voice :D

[buffongianluigi]

he is sooooooo russiaaan love him.....

[WhiteFlower1981]

awesome!

[30bzamini]

prekrasno!

[Dmitridash]

zamechatelniy golos

[gogol54]

la classe jusqu'au bout des chaussettes

[t5b]

what great voice! what class!!

[livesrbija]

Одлично! Кад би јадни американци имали бар једну овакву, или бар једну традиционалну, народну песму старију од 50 година, клели би се у њу. Косово је Србија! Живела православна братска Русија! Poor US

[harmonicana80]

Amerikanci imaju pesme starije od 50 godina, zar moras da spandes na prostu laz da bi naduvala Srbiju? Da si bar nesto pametno rekao/la moglo bi da me ne bude blam za ovakvu nacionalisticku glupost.

[Carlpovoa]

Krassiva

[chizeng4]

Anyway... Hvorostovsky is probably the most amazing opera singer ever, not just in Russia, but in all of opera history.

[chizeng4]

That was Dan Zeng. Sorry.

[banzeng4]

poop

[ClassicA111]

what?!

[ullahelena]

5.000 russian women can´t be wrong :-)

[Babs22h]

he is f---able....easily shag him anytime...

[ClassicA111]

What? Speak enlish please)

[Babs22h]

i said he is very fuckable and i would do him...HARD!!!!!!!

[ClassicA111]

Is he married? I would be surprised if he wasn't. And what would his wife think of you? And then it would get out to the media....and he would lose popularity-I think. So how about NO?))))

[Babs22h]

who cares what his wife thinks j/k just a little fantsy of mine...him singing me russian lullabys as we make the music of the night!

[LittleBaritone]

Yeah......I'm not sure about the sephiroth thing, maybe if you gave him masamune...........

[ArtMusicPeace]

Ummm he is so weird.....no I'm just kidding he's a great singer

[Lyssenk0]

I think his facial expressions are really comical.

[flawlesscanadian]

Is he? But... most importantly, don't you think he's talentuous? I think he is.

[Lyssenk0]

Oh, of course!

[flawlesscanadian]

I like his hair too

[sutterbean1]

talentuous? wow...props for the new word!

[THEMAN200711]

Did anyone see Dima at Carnegie Hall yesterday? What did you think?

[anti0monkey0culture]

Russian opera singers were always the best, and hardly any Italian made them competition maybe just Pavarotti,....This guys name Hvarastovski

[AduneStormwind]

Given treat for the ears with an amazing voice and performance. And what people talk about is the size of the chap's head. The gene pool needs a backwash I think.

[BibleMaggot]

Verily.

[ClassicA111]

explain what you mean by backwash?

[ratofirniliev]

you also agree that he has a big head?

i think that the singer's head his superhuman large. He should've become a mathematician or physicist. Imagine that brainpower.

[ClassicA111]

Its all good! You just need to accept that he sings beautifully and not try to find anything wrong with him, or something to make fun of.

[ratofirniliev]

why does

the singer have such a big head?

I wish my head was that big, so that i could put math/physics equations in there.

[Spanguolle]

r u ok ? :D firstable his head isnt extremely big and firstable i think that the size of your head doesnt make influence for your brains =D

[ratofirniliev]

I still need the storage space.

[Spanguolle]

me too

[efraingonzalez]

they need the vacum inside! you know the resonance...

[halmylaszlo]

matthewmanhorn:

Your script/spelling appears to be the Hungarian version. Is it?

[ratofirniliev]

why does he have such a big head?

I wish my head was that big, so that i could put math/physics equations in there.

[gmanlondon]

he didnt compose it, he jus sings it

[Robthehero]

he looks like he sould be a villian in a final fantasy game

[ratofirniliev]

you're right.

In chrono trigger, he'd be magus

In ff7, he'd be sephiroth

in ff10, he'd be seimore.

[Robthehero]

thank you for agreeing with me

[fuckyeahhh]

from berlin

very good/baik sekali/sehr gut

[Twistingtwirl]

He's awesome

[fairyofdew]

My dear connoisseur, you're as always correct. It IS a folk song, if you throw in a trash can the composer's name.

Wikipedia:

Matvei Isaakovich Blanter (1903 - 1990) was one of the most important composers of popular and film music in Russia.

Among many other songs, he wrote the immensely popular "Katyusha", and "Song about Shchors". He was active as a composer until 1975, producing more than two thousand songs.

[fairyofdew]

My dear connoisseur, you're as always correct. It IS a folk song, if you throw in a trash can the composer's name.

Wikipedia:

Matvei Isaakovich Blanter (1903 - 1990) was one of the most important composers of popular and film music in Russia.

Among many other songs, he wrote the immensely popular "Katyusha", and "Song about Shchors". He was active as a composer until 1975, producing more than two thousand songs.

[fan1892]

What is the song name?

[1donpizarro]

@fan1892 Katyusha

[chuckanders]

russiske klyse

[fairyofdew]

What a great shouting! A cheerful shouting. A feast for connoisseurs of pop culture. He is louder than Tito Gobbi and Gino Bechi together.I realy believe he is the loudest bariton I've heard so far.

If to this iron throat to add some culture, thinking, taste, we would have another singer.

What an incomparable shouter.

Enjoy until you listen to the real singers (see above)

Salute from Russia.

[sofiabp88]

Dmitri Hvorostovsky is one of the greatest opera singers That history has ever seen. He has one of the deepest and sweetest voices. His tuning is perfect and his technique is flawless. you wish you culd borrow his voice and talent just for a couple of seconds

[fairyofdew]

Hi Sofia, I applaud your 'Russian' patriotism you've acquired outside of Russia. Good for you. It is like the old man Krylov pointed out, if one have never heard a nightingale, a rooster would the best voice.

To keep staying with your 'genius' never listen to Bechi, Gobbi, Lisitsian, Ivanov, Battistini, Taddei, Guelfi or any other small singers.

Enjoy, my comrade.

[sofiabp88]

And how do you know I´m outside Russia?

I speak as a PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN, not an amateur of russian music. This man is a winner of one of the greatest international competitions (a competition that, by the way, is declared desert really often)

His name is written in golden letters in the history of opera.

[fairyofdew]

You've convinced me. I'm just wondering. If his name is written in GOLDEN letters and there's no named subject in the sentence (passive voice), that means it is you, my coquettish PROFESSIONAL MUCISIAN, who's done it. So, how about encrusting some diamonds into the crown?

By the way, my beautiful connoisseur, the capital letters are because you're the only in the world professional, don't you?

Glad to be your humble pupil. Enjoy THE golden glotka (Russian for throat).

[tatyana32]

Everytime I hear a Russian Folk song I get so homesick =( and really want to go back to Moscow, I love it there!

[fairyofdew]

Oh poor girl. Ask me, I'll advise you where to buy a one-way ticket to Moscow.

Bon voyage!

Enjoy the stay.

[fairyofdew]

Oh poor girl. Ask me, I'll advise you where to buy a one-way ticket to Moscow.

Bon voyage!

Enjoy the stay.

[NeoMalikov]

man, the way he took off that last note is just amazing, He's such a womanizer :P

[danirussia]

Nice!!!!!!!!!

[boticariabuena]

ıt is so good,there is nothing to say.

[magdadinica26]

i am romanian, we were under russians for decades, but i will always love russian culture and the strong wonderful people. the spirit is universal. forget politics. it is out of our hands. enjoy life and music and love...while it lasts.

[tjxpuck]

뭐냐 이 미친놈은..

[tjxpuck]

뭐냐 이 미친놈은..

[trlstaff]

Stalin was a mass murderer, worse than Hitler even. He murdered soo many of his own people that it was insane. That's history and factual, but that doesnt cloud my beliefs that the Russian people are great and their culture is pretty neat too. I have lost relatives to americans , but I still believe that they are a kind and generous people with most everybody and I certainly dont hate/dislike them.One shouldnt comdem a whole peoples for the acts of a few.

[childkicker]

It will help if you take some literacy lessons.

Education improves your life.

[SeptimusNPO]

Since 'literacy lessons' exist - think before you critique. He makes a valid point, and probably isn't a native English-speaker: lighten up a bit.

[geok53]

I love dmitri seeing him sing is really breath taking .The nite i saw him he was doing nothing but russian song and folk songs to i had a blast that nite !!!!! I also got meet him and we talk about seeing each other later on in lif in the met lol but he is just a cool person!!!!

[Lola9666]

I don't know if he is a cool person, but he certainly is an incredibly attractive man. Just what the doctor recomended!

I don't speak russian, but I could read braille on him.

[Nadeschdaa]

Ja lublu Dimitri H. & Kimchi ;O)

[azncommiep8]

But that does not mean I don't have a hatred for South Koreans. My grandfather was wounded badly by a South Korean in the Korean War (he was a Chinese soldier helping out the North Koreans).

[azncommiep8]

I don't support racism, as I a communist/socialist believe all should be equal.

[azncommiep8]

meraclepd1, you are stupid. What I am trying to point out is Stalin openned up the churches (you said your family never stopped going to church, so I'm saying Comrade Stalin openned it up for you, lucky you). This does not mean I supported that. But, if Comrade Stalin chooses that, I will say nothing against it. I obey communism and its many great leaders. Communism is sort of my religion. And I am not a person that gets provoked easily.

[tjxpuck]

빛나는 은빛머리결.. 뛰어난 지성.. 감미로운 목소리.. 박력있는 울림.. 무대를 휘어잡는 카리스마..

[aljazeerkazan]

Beautiful...avsolutely amazing. God has blessed him vith a heavenly vioce.

[lwl232]

Hvorostovsky grew up in the USSR, i doubt he believes in all kinds of god. Even if he does, his voice is not associated with a transcendent being.

E.g., in 1985 only 11% were religious.

[miraclepd1]

And now somewere 60-70% Russians name themselfs "Orthodox Christians". And other 10-15% are Muslims. Only 20 years passed. What happened? Where did they all hide before?

[Kazakh77]

well actually people were secretly religious...i was babtized in the USSR.

[miraclepd1]

Well, everything was not so bad;) Especially in the 70th-80th. My family never stoped visiting Church. But, yes, most people were secretly religious.

[azncommiep8]

Luckily Stalin opened up the Churches...

[azncommiep8]

You defy Stalin..

[Kazakh77]

Stalin was a mass murder who beat the USSR into shape... i dont care if i denied Stalin or Dedushka Lenin....now is now...the USSR is over thanks to fucking Gorbachev fag!!

[azncommiep8]

Fuck religion. What Lenin and Stalin says should be the Bible (like the Quotations of Chairman Mao).

[aljazeerkazan]

I agree to a certain extent, with my family being from the S.S.R.'s and being Socialist still. I believe that religion is man-made and has been interpretated only for their greed and own pleasure. So, yes, fuck religion. But, spirituality - how close you are with God- should take its place.

[aljazeerkazan]

I believe that some people feel as though they need to place their selves into the hands of a greater being...I am one of those people. But, I am not religious nor do I say that I follow a set religion. Like the Dalai Lama said, "My Religion is Kindness" and I believe in respecting all. I believe that if you are a good person, then religion is pointless and it cannot stop you from entering heaven.

[miraclepd1]

And what means "good person"? Who are judges?

Yoy are from Kazan? Maybe better in Russian (for me better)?

[aljazeerkazan]

What I mean is that a person knows to respect another person and knows not to judge others. That people are able to folow morals and follow values, such as not stealing and telling the truth. This makes them a good person. And, I lived in Almaty for about four years, so yes, I am from Kazakhstan. But I believe in the USSR and its empire.

[miraclepd1]

U r stupid.

[aljazeerkazan]

Well, if I am so stupid, how is it that I know who to spell properly, form sentence structures correctly, and I have a 5.7 grage point average? But don't take that too hard; I was accepted into Carnagie Mellon University with a paid-in-full scholarship of $250,000. The Harvard Extension School also accepted me with a full scholarship, but I declined the offer. So, don't call me stupid. I'm an elitist, and I'll show you how smart I can be.

[miraclepd1]

I am very sorry if you decided that this frase was turned to you. Actinally I told it to azncommiep8, because his first and last posts are illogically and contradict one-another.

I just whanted to provoke him;)

I asked about your russian. It is too hard for me to discuss the theme of religion and faith in english.

[fairyofdew]

#1

To the interesting I offer a line-by-line translation, without keeping the rhythm and rhyming.

Katyusha

_____________

*Diminutive of Katya (Catherine)

(sounds: ka (like in cup)- TYU (like in pew)- sha (in shut)

The apple- and pear-trees were blossoming,

The mist was floating by above the river...

Katyusha* would come out on its bank,

The high and steep bank.

[fairyofdew]

#2 She would come out and sang a song About a grey steppe eagle. The one whom she loved, Whose letter she was treasuring: "You, a maiden, girlish song, Fly after the far off sun And to a private at the far-away frontier Bring regards from Katyusha. Let him recall the ordinary maid, Let him recall her singing, Let him keep safe our dear land, And Katyusha will safe the love."

[hevidt]

to those so called music experts that love to sneeker on every single detail, do you think dmitri hvorostovsky really cares about the negative comments???? he's beyond that point in his life... he's one of the 5 top best baritone opera singers in the world, and he will remain so. all that can't get worse are comments.

[russicapublishers]

Chto Katyushi dlja nego uzh net,

Chto otec Katyushi raskulachen,

I ona uzh pesni ne poet,

Chto Katyusha ochen´ chasto plachet,

A seksot Katyusha sterezhet.

[jirina42]

Oj ty pjesnja pjesenka divicja

ty liti za jasnem soltzem vsljed

Ibaj cu na dalnjem pogranici

ot katushe peredaj privjet.

Pust on vzpomnjet devushku prostuju

pust uslyshet kak ona pojot

Pust on zjemlju bjerezot rodnuju

a ljubov Katusha zbjerezov.

and 1st verse again.

[hevidt]

thanks jirina for the translation.

i'll be seeing hvorostovsky nov. 4th. i'm for a real treat.

[jirina42]

I am envious. Let us all know how it was.

[hevidt]

jirina. definitely, i'll let you know.

[smartsteve]

try to get a camera there and then post it for us lover's of the best baritone!

[russicapublishers]

The apple- and pear-trees were blossoming,

The mist was floating by above the river...

Vychodila slyezy lit´ Katyusha*

would come out on its bank,

Ach ty, gore-gorjusjko devitje,

Na vostok leti za vetrom vsled;

Tam skazhi bojcu na Pogranich´i,

[jirina42]

Rozcvjetali jabloni i grusi

poplili tumany nad rjekoj.

Vychodila na bjereg Katusha

na vysokyj bjereg nakrutoj.

Vychodila pjesnju zavadila

prastipnova sizava orla

Protovo kotorovo ljubila

protovo ci pisma beregla.

[russicapublishers]

I ona uzh pesni ne poet,

I Katjusha ochen´ chasto plachet,

A tjekist Katjushu sterezhet.

[vickyKH]

that's a real russian voice! vry strong and beaitiful. i love opera!!!

[fairyofdew]

To oopperahullu

Part IV, end

Gobbi would never sing Dicitencello Vuie like Rigoletto, nevertheless Hvorostovski uses Katyusha as a vehicle to carry out the power of his vocal chords.

Any good voice must resonate in the heart before it leaves the mouth. Unfortunately, I don't find this wonder in Hvorostovski's voice.

My respect

[some1tookmynick]

I agree with you. Russian is my first language and Russian culture is close to my heart. I've heard this song being performed in war movies and by people of that generation. It just doesn't require operatic skill - you have to feel it! And the way he sings it, it's like a serious aria from some serious opera by some serious composer.

[fairyofdew]

To oopperahullu

Part III, cont

The tune is a sister of the Russian folk music and many accept the song as such. The immense feeling of all sacrificing love of this masterpiece is looking for a singing heart to express it. Hvorostovski either neglect this passion or simply (it's my approach as well) is unable to render it.

[oopperahullu]

To fairyofdew:

Thank you very much for your thoughtful and illuminating comments. Even though I'm a hard-core Hvorostovski fan,I see what you mean. This is not a song for showing off one's ability. The singer should be more humble and allow the song to speak for itself. By the way, I do love this song.

Thank you once again, I really appreciate your having taken the time to respond.

[smartsteve]

it sounds better when sung by a tenor or from people with higher pitch, because all russian people sing katiusha,maybe it was a bit hight for Horostovskiy

[fairyofdew]

To oopperahullu

Part II, cont

The Katyusha is of Russian favorites. The lyric is naïve and unskillful. It's below of any criticism. What makes the song great is the music by Matvei Blanter, 1903−1990(find other his works (more than two thousand) and you will be enchanted for the rest of your days)

[fairyofdew]

To oopperahullu

Part I

Hvorostovski is a good singer, and it is all good and bad I can tell on him. After listening to Pavel Lisitsian and Tito Gobbi, I have no desire to share with Hvorostovski my trip into the country of music. The wind of his inspiration doesn't fill my sails.

[lexousa]

look at 0:16 the girl is melting :D... she is in LOVE :))

[bigassfarts69]

lol u like her