Os Jogadores, Op. 63, é uma ópera inacabada, composta por Dmitri Shostakovich em 1941-42 baseada na comédia de Nikolai Gogol Os Jogadores (1842). O primeiro ato sobrevivente dura cerca de 47 minutos. É o que temos aqui. Shostakovich tentou fazer a peça de Gogol palavra por palavra. Ele percebeu, ao chegar ao final do primeiro ato, que a ópera se tornaria muito longa e difícil de montar, e também que seu texto zombeteiro e a amarga ironia da música não seriam executados sob o regime repressivo da época. Ele abandonou o projeto. Ele reutilizou material da ópera no scherzo de sua composição final, a Sonata para Viola. A estreia mundial foi uma apresentação em forma de concerto no salão do Conservatório de Leningrado em 18 de setembro de 1978, cantada por membros do Teatro de Câmara de Moscou com a Orquestra Filarmônica de Leningrado conduzida por Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Aliás, o mesmo time que gravou este CD em 1978. Que coincidência!
O Nariz, Op. 15, é a primeira ópera de Dmitri Shostakovich, uma obra satírica concluída em 1928 baseada na história de Nikolai Gogol de 1836 com o mesmo nome. A ópera foi escrita entre 1927 e 1928. O libreto é de Shostakovich, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Georgy Ionin e Alexander Preis. Shostakovich afirmou que era uma sátira sobre os tempos de Alexandre I. O enredo diz respeito a um oficial de São Petersburgo cujo nariz deixa seu rosto e desenvolve uma vida própria. A obra original de Gogol foi expandida por meio de empréstimos de algumas de suas outras obras, incluindo O Capote, Diário de um Louco e Almas Mortas, bem como de Os Irmãos Karamazov (1881) de Dostoiévski. Shostakovich usa uma montagem de estilos diferentes, incluindo música folclórica, canção popular e atonalidade . O caos aparente é estruturado por dispositivos musicais formais, como cânones e quartetos, um dispositivo tirado de Wozzeck, de Alban Berg. De acordo com o compositor britânico Gerard McBurney, “O Nariz é uma das maiores obras-primas do jovem Shostakovich, um tour de force eletrizante de acrobacias vocais, cores instrumentais selvagens e absurdo teatral, tudo permeado por uma mistura escaldante de riso e raiva… O resultado, nas mãos implacavelmente irreverentes de Shostakovich, é como uma versão operística de Charlie Chaplin ou Monty Python. Com seu tema magnificamente absurdo e música virtuosa, O Nariz é uma obra extremamente divertida”. Em “O Nariz” os soldados de embebedam, tossem e ao fagote é dada a tarefa de peidar por eles. Ouvi hoje esta ópera e notei que os cantores fazem todo o tipo de sons estranhos, mas não arrotam. É complicado arrotar quando se quer. Se alguém me disser “Arrota aí, meu!” não vai sair nada. Quando criança, eu sempre invejava os amigos que podiam soltar um arroto a qualquer momento. Nunca consegui. Para largar um, eu tinha que beber uma Coca-Cola e esperar que ele, o arroto, se decidisse. Só sim eu largava um bem sonoro.
D. Shostakovich (1906-1975): The Nose (O Nariz) / The Gamblers (Os Jogadores) (Leningrad Philharmonic Orch, Orch Of The Moscow Chamber Opera, Rozhdestvensky)
The Gamblers, Opera, For 6 Male Voices & Orchestra (unfinished)
Edited By – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Moscow Chamber Opera*
1.1 Instruemtal Introduction
1.2 Do Come In, Do Come In
1.3 I’m Listening Friend, Go On.
1.4 What A Sight
1.5 Have You Come Far?
1.6 Where Is Your Master From?
1.7 Wily Fellows, These.
1.8 Perhaps Kazan Is Better.
1.9 Listen, Did They Give You Much?
1.10 I’m Sorry, The Room’s Not Nice…
1.11 But, Gentlemen, Come Come, Don’t Let’s Argue
1.12 Well Well, This Sturgeon Is Good.
1.13 Jack Of Clubs, Diamonds…
1.14 And So We Shake On The Deal.
1.15 Do Tell Us…
1.16 Do You Remember, Shvokhnev?
1.17 In A Town
1.18 We Have Our Methods.
1.19 There Was Another One Which Went Quite Well.
1.20 Wily Fellows, These.
The Nose, Opera, Op. 15
Orchestra – Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
1.21 Act 1. Introduction
1.22 Act 1. Scene 1. Today, Praskovya Osipovna, I Will Not Take Coffee…
1.23 Act 1. Scene 2. Pick That Up. You’ve Lost Something…
1.24 Act 1. Interlude
1.25 Act 1. Scene 3. Brr… Brr… I’ve Had A Spot On My Nose Since Yesterday…
1.26 Act 1. Scene 3. Gallop
1.27 Act 1. Scene 3. Ah… How On Earth Shall I Address Him…
2.1 Act 2. Introduction. Is The Police Inspector At Home?…
2.2 Act 2. Scene 5. You Can Take My Word For It…
2.3 Act 2. Scene 5. Largo. I Have No Idea How This Misfortune Occured…
2.4 Act 2. Scene 5. No, I Can’t Place Such An Ad In The Newspaper…
2.5 Act 2. Interlude
2.6 Act 2. Scene 6. I Am Indissolubly Linked To My Love…
2.7 Act 2. Scene 6. God, Good God! Why This Calamity?…
2.8 Act 3. Scene 7. With The Authority Vested In Me I Order…
2.9 Act 3. Scene 8. Is This Where College Assessor Kovalyov Lives?…
2.10 Act 3. Scene 8. It’s Really My Nose! There’s The Spot…
2.11 Act 3. Scene 8. Hey, Ivan! Ivan!…
2.12 Act 3. Scene 8. Hey, What A Face…
2.13 Act 3. Scene 8. Ah? Write To Her / I’m Writing…
2.14 Act 3. Intermezzo. There Goes Major Kovalyov’s Nose For A Walk…
2.15 Epilogue. Scene 9. That’s It! That’s It!…
2.16 Epilogue. Scene 10. Good Day Platon Kuzmich…
Accompanied By [Accompanists] – Mary Zhislina* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Tamara Vitold* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Tatyana Askochinskaya* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Balalaika [Balalaika-Bass] – Valery Sudak* (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20)
Baritone Vocals [Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov (College Assessor)] – Eduard Akimov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Baritone Vocals [Stepan Ivanovich Uteshitelny] – Yaroslav Radivonik* (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20)
Bass Vocals [Alexei (Servant At Inn)] – Vladimir Rybasenko* (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20)
Bass Vocals [Clerk In Small Ads Office], Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Someone] – Valery Solovyanov (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [Doctor] – Ashot Sakirsov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [Gavryushka (His Servant)] – Valery Belykh* (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Acquaintances Of Kovalyov] – Ashot Sakirsov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Vladimir Rybasenko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Cabman / Father] – Vladimir Rybasenko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Coachman At The Posting Inn], Speech [Speaking Role – Traveller] – Anatoly Boiko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Dignified Lady Her Sons] – Anatoly Boiko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Valery Belykh* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Gentlemen] – Valery Solovyanov (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Igor Paramonov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Yaroslav Radivonik* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Kiosk Salesman] – Ashot Sarkisov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Policemen] – Valery Solovyanov (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Ashot Sarkisov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Valery Belykh* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Vladimir Rybasenko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Igor Paramonov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Yaroslav Radivonik* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Servants Giving In Small Ads] – Anatoly Boiko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Ashot Sarkisov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Valery Belykh* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Gennady Mamin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Igor Paramonov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Yaroslav Radivonik* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Students] – Ashot Sarkisov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Igor Paramonov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [Ivan Yakovlevich (Barber)] – Valery Belykh* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [Now Bass – In Further Incidental Roles, Servants Giving In Small Ads] – Alexander Braim* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass Vocals [Pyotr Petrovich Shvokhnev] – Ashot Sarkisov* (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20)
Bass-Baritone Vocals [Countess’ Footman], Speech [Speaking Role – Khosriv Mirza], Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Heyduke (Servant) / Newcomers] – Igor Paramonov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass-Baritone Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Ivan Ivanovich / Policeman], Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Dandies] – Yaroslav Radivonik* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Bass-Baritone Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Son], Bass Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Speculator] – Gennady Mamin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Choir [Acquaintances Of The Barber, People At Prayer In The Cathedral, Travellers, Ladies And Gentlemen In Waiting, Policemen, Eunuchs, Passers-By] – Choir* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Chorus – Chorus Of The Moscow Chamber Theatre* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Chorus Master – Vladimir Agronsky* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Concept By [Reissue Concept] – Niels Høirup*
Conductor – Gennady Rozhdestvensky*
Contralto Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Aristocratic Old Lady] – Liliana Gavrilyuk* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Design, Layout – BKMS, Hamburg
Engineer [Recording] – Igor Veprintsev (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20), Severin Pazhukhin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Libretto By – Dmitri Shostakovich (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Alexander Preiss* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Georgy Yonin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Yevgeny Zamyatin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Liner Notes – Sigrid Neef
Liner Notes [Trad.] – Chr. Hinzelin*
Liner Notes [Transl.] – J & M Berridge
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Alexandra Grigoryevna Podtochina (Staff Officer’s Widow)] – Людмила Сапегина (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Dignified Lady] – Alla Kiseleva* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Orchestra – Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20), Orchestra Of The Moscow Chamber Theatre* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Photography By [Cover Foto] – H. Matthies*
Remastered By – Michael Glaser
Restoration, Engineer [Sound Engineer] – Eberhard Richter
Solo Vocal – Soloists Of The Moscow Chamber Theatre* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Solo Vocal, Soprano Vocals – Nina Yakovleva* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Soprano Vocals [Alexandra Grigoryevna Podtochina Her Daughter], Soprano Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Female Voice] – Lyudmila Ukolova* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Soprano Vocals [Female Bread-Roll-Seller] – Lyudmilla Sokolenko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Soprano Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Daughter] – Yelena Pekerskaya* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Soprano Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Female Hanger-On] – Nina Anisimova* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Soprano Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Hangers-On] – Maria Bugrova (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Alla Kiseleva* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Yelena Druzhenkova* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Elena Pekerskaya* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Irina Barteneva* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Lyudmila Sapegina* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Lyudmila Sokolenko* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Lyudmila Ukolova* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Nina Anisimova* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Nina Sasulova* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Nina Yakovleva* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Soprano Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Mother] – Maria Bugrova (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Soprano Vocals [Praskovya Osipovna (Ivan Yakovlevich His Wife)], Speech [Speaking Role – Lady-in-waiting] – Nina Sasulova* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [Ikharyov (A Gambler)] – Vladimir Tarkhov* (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20)
Tenor Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Acquaintances Of Kovalyov] – Alexander Pekelis* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Gentlemen] – Alexander Lomonosov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Alexander Pekelis* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Boris Druzhinin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Boris Tarkhov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Policemen] – Alexander Braim* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Alexander Pekelis* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Boris Druzhinin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Students] – Alexander Lomonosov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Boris Druzhinin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16), Boris Tarkhov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [Krugel (Colonel)] – Nikolai Kurpe* (faixas: 1-1 to 1-20)
Tenor Vocals [The Nose] – Aleksander Lomonosov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [Valet Ivan (Kolyavov’s Waiter)], Tenor Vocals [[In Further Incidental Roles, Eunuch / Newcomers / Dandies] – Boris Druzhinin* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [Very High Tenor – District Constable)] – Boris Tarkhov* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Tenor Vocals [Yaryzhkin], Tenor Vocals [In Further Incidental Roles, Pyotr Fyodorovich / Old Man / A Colonel / Doorman Of The Police Inspector] – Alexander Braim* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
Written-By [Libretto After The Eponymous Story By] – Nikolai Gogol* (faixas: 1-21 to 2-16)
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