A Feast in Time of Plague: A dramatic work in one act
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CESAR ANTONOVICH CUI
A Feast in Time of Plague: A dramatic work in one act
Andrei Baturkin (baritone) Dmitri Stepanovich (bass) Ludmila Kuznetsova (mezzo) / Valeri Polyansky (cond)
[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 7 June 2004
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Chandos presents the premiere recordings of the one-act opera A Feast in Time of Plague, Three Scherzos, Op. 82 and three songs for solo voice and orchestra.
César Cui is the least-known member of the group of five Russian nationalist composers (with Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and Borodin) who together became known as 'The Mighty Handful'. He was considered to be the most dramatic of these composers.
César Cui's music is highly tuneful and approachable, full of the colour we expect from the Russian romantic tradition.
Valeri Polyansky and his Russian forces are renowned for their interpretations of their native repertoire.
