Aleko

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Sergei Leiferkus & Ilya Levinsky & Anatoly Ivanovich Kocherga & Maria Guleghina & Anne Sofie von Otter & Göteborgs Symfoniker & Neeme Järvi

Aleko is an opera in one act by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, premiered in 1893. Musically it is rooted in the late-Romantic tradition, featuring lush orchestration, dramatic vocal writing and folk-influenced melodies, and it occupies an early place in Rachmaninov's career as a demonstration of his developing harmonic language and orchestral technique.

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  1. 1.
    Introduction
    2:34
  2. 2.
    Chorus
    4:35
  3. 3.
    The Old Man’s Story (Old Man, Chorus)
    4:57
  4. 4.
    Scene and Chorus (Aleko, Zemphira, Young Gypsy, Chorus)
    2:25
  5. 5.
    Women’s Dance
    4:12
  6. 6.
    Men’s Dance
    4:20
  7. 7.
    Chorus
    3:24
  8. 8.
    Duettino (Young Gypsy, Zemphira)
    2:38
  9. 9.
    Scene at the Cradle (Zemphira, Aleko)
    4:54
  10. 10.
    Aleko’s Cavatina
    6:02
  11. 11.
    Intermezzo
    2:55
  12. 12.
    The Young Gypsy’s Romance
    1:20
  13. 13.
    Duet and Finale (Zemphira, Young Gypsy, Aleko, Chorus, Old Man, Old Gypsy Woman)
    14:04

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