Nuits Blanches

Artista: Nuits Blanches / Various

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: ATAS

Catalogo: 2791

Faixas: 1.1 Le Faucon: Aria: Ne Me Parlez Point
1.2 Sinfonia Cossaca: I. Allegro
1.3 Act II: Recitative: Enfin, Il Est en Ma Puissance
1.4 Act III: Aria: Ah! Si la Liberté Me Doit Être Ravie
1.5 Act III: Recitative: O Ciel! Quelle Horrible Menace
1.6 Armide, Act V: Gratioso
1.7 Armide, Act V: Aria: Le Perfide Renaud Me Fuit
1.8 Le Faucon: Overture
1.9 Act I: Aria: Mi Sorprende
1.10 Act I: Recitative: In Qual Mar
1.11 Act I: Aria: Dei Clementi
1.12 Yamshchiki Na Podstave (Postal Coachmen at the Relay Station): Overture
1.13 Aria: Mentre Il Cor
1.14 Aria: Misero Pargoletto

Nuits blanches (White Nights) is a much-anticipated new recording by soprano Karina Gauvin, who stylishly animates the opera heroines of the 18th century Russian court. Musical life during the reign of Tsar Peter the Great was a rich blend of diverse styles and influences originating from all over Europe. The Tsar was known for his love of music, a tradition that was carried on by his successors, the Empresses Anne, Elizabeth, and Catherine II, who cultivated cosmopolitan tastes for all kinds of music, including opera. Karina Gauvin sings arias from rarely heard operas by Russian composers such as Dmitri Stepanovich Bortniansky (Alcide) and Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky (Demofoonte), and German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (Armide).