La Notte di Natale (Christmas’ Eve)

Album by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov & Sergey Aleksandrovich Krasovsky & Sergey Migay & Dmitri Tarkhov & Natal'iâ Dmitrievna Spiller & Natalya Kulagina & Ludmilla Legostayeva & Nikolai Golovanov & Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

La Notte di Natale (Christmas' Eve) is an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, first performed in 1895. The work draws on Russian folk motifs and fairy-tale themes, featuring colourful orchestration, vivid instrumental writing and lyrical choral passages that illustrate Rimsky-Korsakov's development of orchestral colour within the context of late 19th-century Russian opera.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Introduction / Preludio
    3:32
  2. 2.
    Picture four (following) / Quadro quarto (conclusione): Panas and the Choir / Panas e Coro
    10:59
  3. 3.
    Picture four (following) / Quadro quarto (conclusione): Finale with Chorus / Finale con Coro
    1:35
  4. 4.
    Picture one / Quadro primo: Scene 1. Solokha and the Devil / Solocha e il Diavolo
    5:24
  5. 5.
    Picture five / Quadro Quinto: Vakula at Patsyuk’s home / Vakula a casa di Pacjùk
    3:30
  6. 6.
    Picture one / Quadro primo: Scene 2. Panas and Chub / Panas e Čub
    4:20
  7. 7.
    Picture one / Quadro primo: Scene 3. Vakula and Chub / Vakula e Čub
    8:41
  8. 8.
    Picture five / Quadro Quinto: The Devil and Vakula / Il Diavolo e Vakula
    2:59
  9. 9.
    Picture two / Quadro secondo: Scene 1. Oksana aria / Aria di Oksana
    7:12
  10. 10.
    Picture six / Quadro sesto: Dance of the Stars / Danza delle stelle
    5:12
  11. 11.
    Picture two / Quadro secondo: Scene 2. Oksana and Vakula / Oksana e Vakula
    4:58
  12. 12.
    Picture six / Quadro sesto: Devil’s Koliadka / Koljadka dei Diavoli
    5:17
  13. 13.
    Picture seven / Quadro settimo: Polonaise with Chorus / Polacca con Coro
    4:38
  14. 14.
    Picture two / Quadro secondo: Scene 3. Koliadka of the young maiden / Koljadka delle ragazze
    5:45
  15. 15.
    Picture three / Quadro terzo: Scene 1. Solokha and the Devil / Solocha e il Diavolo
    3:50
  16. 16.
    Picture seven / Quadro settimo: Tzarina, Vakula and Zaporogs / Zarina, Vakula e Cosacchi di Zaporoż’e
    7:04
  17. 17.
    Picture eight / Quadro ottavo: Ovsen’s and Koliada’s train / Corteo di Coljada e Ovsen
    7:38
  18. 18.
    Picture three / Quadro terzo: Scene 2. Solokha and the Mayor / Solocha e il Podestà
    2:21
  19. 19.
    Picture three / Quadro terzo: Scene 3. Solokha and the Clerk / Solocha e il Diacono
    7:30
  20. 20.
    Picture nine / Quadro nono: Scene 1. Introduction and duet of the country women / Introduzione e duetto delle paesane
    3:55
  21. 21.
    Picture three / Quadro terzo: Scene 4. Solokha and Chub / Solocha e Čub
    6:00
  22. 22.
    Picture nine / Quadro nono: Scene 2. Aria of Oksana / Aria di Oksana
    6:35
  23. 23.
    Picture nine / Quadro nono: Scene 3. Vakula and Chub / Vakula e Čub
    2:14
  24. 24.
    Picture three / Quadro terzo: Scene 5. Solokha and Vakula / Solocha e Vakula
    5:00
  25. 25.
    Picture four (beginning) / Quadro quarto (inizio): Koliadki / Koljadki
    4:56
  26. 26.
    Picture nine / Quadro nono: Scene 3. Oksana, Vakula and Chub / Oksana, Vakula e Čub
    1:38
  27. 27.
    Picture nine / Quadro nono: Scene 4. Chorus, Oksana, Vakula and Chub / Coro, Oksana, Vakula e Čub
    0:55
  28. 28.
    Epilog: tribute to Gogol / Finale: alla memoria di Gogol’
    1:40