3 Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne 'Do not sing to me, fair maiden' [1'00] Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
4 Ya pomnyu chudnoye mgnoven'ye 'I remember the wonderful moment' [3'14] Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
5 Ya zdes, Inezilya 'Here I am, Iñesilla' [2'04] Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
6 Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada 'A line of flying clouds', Op 42 No 3 [3'15] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
7 Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne 'Do not sing to me, fair maiden', Op 51 No 2 [2'31] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
8 Chto v imeni tebe moyem? 'What does my name mean to you?', Op 4 No 1 [1'36] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
9 Na kholmakh Gruzii 'The hills of Georgia', Op 3 No 4 [1'43] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) RussianEnglish
10 Moy golos dlya tebya 'My voice, calling you', Op 7 No 1 [1'31] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
11 Ekho, Op 45 No 1 Revyot li zver v lesu glukhom 'The cry of an animal in the forest depths' [1'33] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
12 Tï i vï 'You and Thou', Op 27 No 3 Pustoye vï serdechnïm tï 'Instead of a formal you' [0'49] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
7 Stikhotvoreniy Pushkina '7 Pushkin Poems', Op 29 Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
13 No 1: Muza 'The muse' V mladenchestve moyom ona menya lyubila 'When I was a child she loved me' [3'06]
14 No 6: Roza 'The rose' Gde nasha roza 'Where is our rose' [2'08] RussianEnglish
6 Stikhotvoreniy A Pushkina '6 Pushkin Poems', Op 36 Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
15 No 3: Lish' rozï uvyadayut 'When roses wither' [1'55]
6 Stikhotvoreniy Pushkina '6 Pushkin Poems', Op 32 Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
16 No 5: Vals 'The waltz' Mogu l zabït to sladkoye mgnovenye 'Could I ever forget that delightful moment' [2'55]
17 Pevets 'The singer', Op 36 No 7 Slïkhali l vï za roshchey glas nochnoy 'Have you heard, beyond the grove at night' [2'26] Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Soirées à St-Petersbourg, Op 44 Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
18 No 1a: Noch' 'Night' Moy golos dlya tebya i laskovïy i tomnïy 'My voice, calling you with love and longing' [2'48]
Dvenadtsat romansov 'Twelve romances', Op 60 Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
20 No 04: Solovey 'The nightingale' [2'56]
21 Noch' 'Night' Moy golos dlya tebya i laskovïy i tomnïy 'My voice, calling you with love and longing' [4'25] Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881)
22 Strekotun'ya beloboka 'The magpie' [2'08] Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881)
23 K druz'yam 'To his friends' K chemu, vesyolïe druzya 'Why, my cheerful friends' [2'09] Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)
24 Yunosha i deva 'A girl and a boy' Yunoshu, gorku rïdaya 'A girl was sobbing bitterly' [1'02] Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)
4 Romances, Op 46 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
25 No 2: Yunoshu, gorku rïdaya 'A girl, sobbing bitterly' [1'31]
26 Muza 'The muse', Op 34 No 1 V mladenchestve moyom ona menya lyubila 'When I was a child she loved me' [4'27] Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
27 Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne 'Do not sing to me, fair maiden', Op 4 No 4 [4'36] Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) RussianEnglish
25 Poems by Pushkin, Op 57 César Cui (1835-1918)
28 No 17: Tsarskoselskaya statuya 'The statue at Tsarskoye Selo' Urny s vodoy uroniv 'The girl has dropped the urn' [1'00]
29 No 11: Tï i vï 'You and Thou' Pustoye vï serdechnïm tï 'Instead of a formal you' [0'53] RussianEnglish
30 No 25: Zhelaniye 'Desire' Medlitelno vlekutsa dni moi 'My days pass by so slowly' [1'49] RussianEnglish
31 Fontanu Bakhchisarayskovo dvortsa 'The fountain in the courtyard of Bakhchisaray' Fontan lyubvi, fontan zhivoy! 'Fountain of love, fountain of life!' [3'28] Vladimir Vlasov (1903-1986) RussianEnglish
Few Russian composers could resist setting verses by Alexander Pushkin, and his influence on the development of Russian music was indirectly as great as his influence on literature. This collection demonstrates the compelling power of the poet, and the beauty of the music he inspired. It is performed by Joan Rodgers, herself an acknowledged master of Russian repertoire, and Malcolm Martineau.
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'A treasure trove of Russian song that will reward repeated listening for years … delivered by a first-rate soprano already with a distinguished track record in the repertoire, themed on the verse of Russia's most favourite poet, is a more than attractive prospect' (Gramophone)
'No non-Russian singer has done more for Russian song than Rodgers … Martineau is an exemplary partner in an attractive programme that fans of Russian song and Rodgers will not want to miss' (Sunday Times)