[流行音乐] 玛丽亚·莱特伯格 

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Composer: Mikhail Glinka, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Igor Stravinsky
Arranger: Franz Liszt, Sergei Lyapunov, Julius Chaloff, Isaac Mikhnovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Nadezhda Rimsky-Korsakova, Alexander Ziloti, Joseph Strimer, Igor Stravinsky
Soloists: Maria Lettberg (piano)
Recording: 21-23.2013
Label: Es-Dur
Release: 13.I.2014
Format: FLAC+scans

注：玛丽亚·莱特伯格的父亲是俄罗斯文学教授，她从小也受父亲影响，特别爱好俄罗斯音乐。这张唱片是钢琴改编曲，改编自格林卡、里姆斯基-科萨科夫、斯特拉文斯基的歌剧或芭蕾舞剧。

01. Glinka/Liszt: Ruslan and Lyudmila - Chernomor's March
02. Glinka/Lyapunov: Ruslan and Lyudmila - Cradle Song
03. Glinka/Lyapunov: Ruslan and Lyudmila - Battle and Death of Chernomor
04. Rimsky-Korsakov/Chaloff: The Golden Cockerel - Hymn to the Sun
05. Rimsky-Korsakov/Mikhnovsky: Snow Maiden - Dance of the Tumblers
06. Rimsky-Korsakov/Rachmaninov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan - Flight of the Bumblebee
07. Rimsky-Korsakov/Nadezhda Rimsky-Korsakova: The Tale of Tsar Saltan - The Three Wonders
08. Rimsky-Korsakov/Ziloti: Sadko - Song of India
09. Rimsky-Korsakov/Strimer: Kashchei the Immortal - Snowstorm
10. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Introduction
11. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Tableau I: The Enchanted Garden of Kastchei
12. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Dance of the Firebird
13. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Round Dance of the Princesses
14. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Infernal Dance of All Kashchei's Subjects
15. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Lullaby (Firebird)
16. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Kashchei's Awakening - Kastchei's Death - Profound Darkness
17. Stravinsky: The Firebird - Tableau II: Disappearance of Kashchei's Palace and Magical Creations, Return to Life of the Petrified Knights, and General Rejoicing


Following her Scriabin recording for ES-Dur, pianist Maria Lettberg carries listeners off into the magic garden of Russian fairy tales and myths. This enchanting disc presents paraphrases on some well-known Russian operas by Mikhail Glinka and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov as well as Igor Stravinsky’s solo piano version of his ballet, The Firebird. The expert piano transcriptions of the Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov works are made by some equally famous composers - and admirers - such as Liszt, Lyapunov and Rachmaninov.

The sagas, fairy tales and songs tell of transformations, curses and promises from ancient times, which were systematically collected and published in the 19th century. The Russian opera librettists and ballet set designers of this time dug deeply into this treasure trove.

Besides the son of the Tsar Sultan in the form of a bumble-bee, the colourful repertoire on Lettburg’s CD conjures up stamping dwarves, whispering fairies, rumbling snowstorms and gently falling snowflakes; past tears that don’t cry and eggs that cannot be broken; to the wonders of a white many-turreted city, the firebird who presents us with a golden feather, and the fantastical dwarf villain Chernomor (from Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila), whose magic garden was the epitome of Russian orientalism.

One of the most exciting pianists in Europe, Maria Lettberg is a Swedish citizen, but she was born in Riga and currently lives in Berlin. Noted for her unusual concert programmes, her numerous CDs have also attracted international interest. They include piano pieces by Erkki Melartin and Alfred Schnittke and the entire solo piano works of Alexander Scriabin, which she completed with the acclaimed ES-Dur recording, Opus Posthum (2012) of his earliest works.