Spring (Rachmaninoff)

Spring (often Spring, Russian Весна ) is a secular cantata for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff, op 20

Based Upon the 1863 Green seal resulting noise (Russian Зеленый Шум ) by Nikolai Nekrasov. It is about a cuckolded husband in the late summer, the desire for revenge against his wife entertains during the long winter months, which are transformed by the arrival of spring in clemency and forgiveness.

Rachmaninoff wrote the work calculated in the year of his marriage to Natalya Satina, 1902. The performance time is about 16-18 min. The work has already opera -like trains and prepares the ground for a few years later completed opera Francesca da Rimini and The Miserly Knight. Just as the title role in the miserly knight, the baritone solo is written in the spring of Rachmaninov's friend Fyodor Chaliapin.

Recordings

  • Sergei Yakovenko, Yurlov choir, Staatl. Symphony Orchestra of the USSR, Evgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya 1984
  • Jorma Hynninen, Choir and Orchestra of Danish Radio, Dmitri Kitajenko. Chandos 1991
  • Sergei Leiferkus, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit. Decca Records 1992
  • Tigran Martirossian, Russ. Staatskapelle and - orchestra, Valeri Polyansky. Chandos 1997
  • Work of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
  • Cantata
  • Choral works from the 20th century
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