Irina Arkhipova sings "Farewell hills"

[simisimi9]

OMG, THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND WHAT AN ENDING°!! I ALSO LOVE THE RENDITION OF THIS ARIA BY THE GREAT ELENE OBRASTZOVA !!!!

[AndreaNozzari]

La VERA Scuola Russa! Questa si che era una cantante!

The TRUE Russian School! She was really a singer!!

[helgeevju]

No one touches Arkhipova in this part! The whole aria is glorious, but what an ending! I remember the lp with excerpts, and in an earlier scene Arkhipova has to sing a long series of repeated medium-high E flat. She sings the note so beautifully one wishes she would never leave it!

[ozonais]

Только сейчас узнала, что ЕЁ больше нет с нами. Упокой Господь её душу с праведными.

[DimaTurchaninov]

LoL

[brodsky96]

best ever!!!

[LeonoraPasiniani]

Да здравствует Ирина Архипова! Долгих  ей лет жизни!Она лучшая русская певица!

[OlgaMezzo]

она лучшее мецо!!!!!!

[lukacs37]

Is this on CD?

[Balancement]

@lukacs37 ~

Unfortunately, it's not on CD--Melodiya is sitting on this in its archives, though. If we pester them enough...? There is no modern recording of Orleanskaya Deva available--one of Tchaikovsky's greatest operas--and this is from one of the best recordings *ever!*

[PIPZZZ02]

Glorious rich tone - the best!

[Federicopera]

The world needs more Arxhipova stuff, thanks for this aria and upload anything you have, it is so hard to find this poet-singers nowadays!!

[LandOfFire]

Genial'no!!!

[Balancement]

Magnificent. Simply Magnificent.

What the world needs now is a good modern recording of Orleanskaya Deva.

NOW!