Nicolai Gedda - Lyric Poet of the Tenor Voice
Harry Gustavus Nicolai Gedda was born in Sweden in July 1925 into a musical home.
His father, Mikhail Ustinov, was born in Russia and became choirmaster of the Russian Orthodox Church in Leipzig in 1928, Gedda learnt to read music and sung in a children’s quartet; he also became fluent in five languages - speaking Swedish and Russian with his parents and at school he learnt German, English and French. After his family returned to Sweden he continued his singing as a boy soprano.
He did not sing for two years following his voice breaking but then he found, when singing in the bath, that he had developed a light, rather high tenor. Although he had perfect pitch and loved music he did not think of making it a professional career so, on leaving high school, he joined a Stockholm bank. One day a customer, a player in the Royal Opera orchestra, heard him speak about wishing to sing and advised him to call on Carl Oehmann as he was Sweden’s best teacher. Gedda chose Donizetti’s bel canto classic Una furtive lagrima, Oehmann enthused that only the great Jussi Bjorling had ever sung it so beautifully and duly accepted him as a pupil at the age of 24. After a few months he passed the audition to study for two years at the Royal Conservatory in Stockholm on a musical scholarship.
In 1952 two of his teachers, who were also the conductor and producer of the Royal Opera, decided that he should play the lead in Adam’s Le Postillon de Longjumeau. After two months preparation he made his debut on 8th April and was an immediate success. News soon reached London of the Swedish sensation and he was given the chance of recording Dmitri in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov conducted by Issay Dobrowen and starring Boris Christoff. His prowess was not limited to opera but his highly sensitive light tenor voice was suited to Bach and Karajan chose him to record the B minor mass in the same year; fifteen years later he was the choice of Klemperer.
He was soon singing major roles in all the top opera houses throughout the world. He could not, though, try out new roles in minor theatres as he was too much in demand, so it was indeed fortunate that he had studied well with excellent teachers and this ensured he had a firm technical and stylistic base on which to develop each role he was offered.
He was always a highly intelligent artist and he knew his vocal limitations so never took on roles which were beyond his capabilities - he sang Lohengrin but no other Wagner operas for instance. Not that these restrictions caused any lack of repertoire, on the contrary he thoroughly enjoyed the world of operetta and musical songs following his great idol Richard Tauber.
Other great influences were Gigli and Schipa whose lyrical grace and delicacy Gedda always attempted to emulate. He was also the choice of the three leading sopranos - Callas, de los Angeles and Schwarzkopf - for a number of operatic recordings whilst for operetta it was Anneliese Rothenberger.
This collection encompasses all areas of his career and many of his finest recordings, including numerous from his favourite composers, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini, Bizet and Massenet for operas and Schubert (a complete Die schone Mullerin) for Lieder.
His talent for languages is covered with German, French, Italian, Russian and English operas or choral works and Lieder in those languages and Norwegian, Swedish, Finish and Spanish. Some of the German light songs and all the Russian Folksings appear on CD for the first time. ( EMI )
Tracklist
CD 1
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Cantata: Meine Seele ruhmt und preist BWV189
1 Aria: Meine Seele ruhmt und preist
2 Recitative: Denn seh’ ich mich
3 Aria: Gott hat sich hoch gesetzet
4 Recitative: O was vor grose Dinge treff’ ich an
5 Aria: Deine Gute, dein Erbarmen
Cantata: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht BWV55
6 Aria: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht
7 Recitative: Ich habe wider Gott gehandelt
8 Aria: Erbarme dich, erbarme dich
9 Recitative: Erbarme dich! Jedoch nun trost’ ich mich
10 Chorale: Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen
Cantata: Ich weis, das mein Erloser lebt BWV160
11 Aria: Ich weis, das mein Erloser lebt
12 Recitative: Er lebt und ist von Toten auferstanden!
13 Aria: Gott Lob, das mein Erloser lebt
14 Recitative: So biet’ ich allen Teufeln Trutz!
15 Aria: Nun, ich halte mich bereit
Instrumentalisten und Vokalensemble der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
(Hans-Martin Linde recorder & flute - Alfred Sous oboe & oboe d’amore Herbert Hoever violin - Eduard Muller positive organ - Hannelore Muller cello - Walter Stiftner
baroque bassoon - Angelo Viale violone)
Hans-Martin Linde director
Christoph Willibald von Gluck 1714-1787
16 Bannis la crainte et les alarmes (Alceste, Act II)
Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera de Paris / Georges Pretre
Iphigenie en Tauride
17 Unis des la olus tender enfance (Act II)
18 Divinites des grandes ames (Act III)
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Georges Pretre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
19 Konstanze! (Act I)
20 In Mohrenland gefangen war (Act III)
21 Un’aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte, Act I)
22 Se all’impero (La clemenza di Tito, Act II)
23 Per pieta, non ricercate K420
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Andre Cluytens
CD 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
1 Aria: Geduld, wenn mich falsche Zungen stechen (Matthaus-Passion)
Desmond Dupre viola da gamba - George Malcolm harpsichord
Raymond Clark cello - Ralph Downes organ
Otto Klemperer
2 Benedictus (Mass in B minor)
Gareth Morris flute - Raymond Clark cello
Alan Halverson organ
Otto Klemperer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon (Die Zauberflote, Act I)
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Andre Cluytens
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
Christus am Olberge
4 Recitative: Jehova, du mein Vater -
5 Aria: Meine Seele ist erschuttert
Orchester der Beethovenhalle, Bonn / Volker Wangenheim
Carl Maria von Weber 1786-1826
Der Freischutz
6 Nein, langer trag’ ich die Qualen (Act I)
7 Durch die Walder, durch die Auen (Act I)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen / Robert Heger
Oberon
8 Von Jugend auf schon im Kampfgefild’ (Act I)
9 Vater! Hor’ mich fleh’n zu dir (Act II)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen / Heinrich Bender
Albert Lortzing 1801-1851
10 Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Madchen (Zar und Zimmermann, Act II)
Staatskapelle Dresden / Robert Heger
Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847
Elijah
11 Recitative: Ye people, rend your hearts (Part I)-
12 Aria: If with all your hearts (Part I)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Otto Nicolai 1810-1849
13 Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain! (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act II)
Friedrich von Flotow 1812-1883
14 Jungfrau Maria (Alessandro Stradella, Act III)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen / Heinrich Bender
15 Ach, so fromm, ach, so traut (Martha, Act III)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera
Richard Wagner 1813-1883
Lohengrin
16 In fernern Land (Act III)
17 Mein lieber Schwan (Act III)
Karl Goldmark 1830-1915
18 Magische Tone, berauschender Duft (Die Konigin von Saba, Act II)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen / Heinrich Bender
CD 3
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778
1 Je vais revoir ma charmante maitresse…Quand on sait aimer et plaire
(Le Devin du village)
Orchestre de Chambre Louis de Froment / Louis de Froment
Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Orphee et Eurydice
2 Quel nouveau ciel (Act II)
3 J’ai perdu mon Eurydice (Act III)
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Louis de Froment
Daniel Francois Esprit Auber 1782-1871
4 Du pauvre seul ami fidele (La Muette de Portici, Act IV)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera
Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791-1864
5 Beaute divine enchanteresse (Les Huguenots, Act II)
Mady Mesple soprano
Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera / Pierre Dervaux
6 O Paradis (L’Africaine, Act IV)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre
Gioachino Rossini 1792-1868
7 Asile hereditaire…Amis, amis, secondez ma vengeance
(Guillaume Tell, Act IV)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
Adolphe Adam 1803-1856
8 Mes amis, ecoutez l’histoire (Le Postillon de Longjumeau, Act I)
Hector Berlioz 1803-1869
Benvenuto Cellini
9 Une heure encore…La gloire etait ma seule idole (Act I)
10 Seul pour lutter (Act III)
Ambroise Thomas 1811-1896
Mignon
11 Adieu, Mignon, courage! (Act II)
12 Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candour naive (Act III)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre
Charles Gounod 1818-1893
13 Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (Faust, Act III)
Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera / Andre Cluytens
14 Anges du paradis (Mireille, Act IV)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre
15 L’amour, l’amour!…Ah! leve-toi, soleil (Romeo et Juliette, Act II)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera
Jacques Offenbach 1819-1880
16 Va pour Kleinzach!
(Legende de Kleinzach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Act I)
Jacques Pruvost baritone - Andre Mallabrera tenor
Ch-urs Rene Duclos
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Andre Cluytens
CD 4
Georges Bizet 1838-1875
Les Pecheurs de perles
1 Zurga, quand tous deux…Au fond du temple saint (Act I)
2 A cette voix…Je crois entendre encore (Act I)
Ernest Blanc baritone (1)
Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera-comique / Pierre Dervaux
3 La fleur que tu m’avais jetee (Carmen, Act II)
Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera / Georges Pretre
Edouard Lalo 1823-1892
4 Puisqu’on ne peut pas flechir…Vainement, ma bien-aimee
(Le Roi d’Ys, Act III)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre
Leo Delibes 1836-1891
5 Lakme! Lakme! Ah! Viens dans la foret profonde (Lakme, Act III)
Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera / Georges Pretre
Jules Massenet 1842-1912
Manon
6 Instant charmant…En fermant les yeux (Act II)
7 Je suis seul…Ah! fuyez, douce image (Act III)
Werther
8 Un autre est son epoux!…J’aurais sur ma poitrine (Act II)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre
9 Toute mon ame est la…Pourquoi me reveiller (Act III)
10 Ciel! Ai-je compris- (Act III)
11 Ah! Moi! Moi, dans ses bras! (Act III)
Victoria de los Angeles soprano
Orchestre de Paris / Georges Pretre
Mikhail Glinka 1804-1857
12 Brothers! in the darkness (A Life for the Tsar, Act IV)
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch
Modest Mussorgsky 1839-1881
Boris Godunov
13 At midnight, in the garden, by the fountain (Act III)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Issay Dobrowen
14 That wily Jesuit has firmly seized me (Act III)
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch
15 Why cry and lament, my poor heart- (Sorochintsy Fair, Act I)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
16 Where, where, where have you gone- (Eugene Onegin, Act II)
The Queen of Spades
17 Forgive me, loveliest of creatures (Act I)
18 What is our life- A game! (Act III)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844-1908
May Night
19 The sun sinks low (Act I)
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch
20 How calm, how peaceful (Act III)
21 Oh, you dark, little wood! (Sadko, Tableau II)
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra / Gika Zdravkovitch
CD 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
1 Dalla sua pace (Act I)
2 Il mio tesoro (Act II)
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire /
Andre Cluytens
Gioachino Rossini
3 Ecco ridente in cielo (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I)
London Symphony Orchestra / James Levine
Gaetano Donizetti 1797-1848
L’elisir d’amore
4 Quanto e bella, quanto e cara (Act I)
5 Una furtive lagrima (Act II)
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera, Roma / Francesco Molinari Pradelli
6 Tombe degl’avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes
Don Pasquale
7 Povero Ernesto!…Cerchero lontana terra (Act II)
8 Tornami a dir che m’ami (Act III)
Mirella Freni soprano (8)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes
9 Favorita del rei…Spirito gentil de’ sogni miei (La favorita, Act IV)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera
Vincenzo Bellini 1801-1835
10 Prendi! L’anel ti dono (La sonnambula, Act I)
Mirella Freni soprano
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes
Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901
Rigoletto
11 Ella mi fu rapita…Parmi veder le lagrime (Act II)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera
12 La donna e mobile (Act III)
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera, Roma / Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Un ballo in maschera
13 Di’ tu se fedele (Act I)
14 Forse la soglia attinse…Ma se m’e forza (Act III)
15 Se quel guerriero io fossi…Celeste Aida (Aida, Act I)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patane
16 Ingemisco (Requiem)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
Amilcare Ponchielli 1834-1886
17 Cielo e mar’ (La Gioconda, Act II)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Giuseppe Patane
CD 6
Giacomo Puccini 1858-1924
1 Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut, Act I)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Giuseppe Patane
2 Che gelida manina! (La boheme, Act I)
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera, Roma / Thomas Schippers
Tosca
3 Recondita armonia (Act I)
4 E lucevan le stelle (Act III)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Giuseppe Patane
5 Bimbo degli occhi pieni di malia (Madama Butterfly, Act I)
Maria Callas soprano
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Herbert von Karajan
6 Nessun dorma (Turandot, Act III)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /
Giuseppe Patane
Francesco Cilea 1866-1950
7 E la solita storia (L’Arlesiana, Act II)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alceo Galliera
Johann Strauss II 1825-1899
8 Komm in die Gondel, mein Liebchen (Eine Nacht in Venedig, Act I)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Ackermann
9 Als flotter Geist - Ja, das alles auf Ehr (Der Zigeunerbaron, Act I)
Chor des Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen
Bayerische Staatsorchester Munchen / Franz Allers
Carl Millocker 1842-1899
10 Ich hab’ kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (Der Bettelstudent, Act III)
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Franz Allers
Oscar Straus 1870-1954
11 Ich hab’ mit Freuden angehort (Ein Walzertraum, Act I)
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Willy Mattes
Franz Lehar 1870-1948
12 Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n gekust (Paganini, Act II)
Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester / Willi Boskovsky
13 Allein, wieder allein…Es steht ein Soldat am Wolgastrand
(Der Zarewitsch, Act I)
Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Willy Mattes
14 O Madchen, mein madchen (Friederike, Act II)
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Willy Mattes
15 Dein ist mein ganzes Herz! (Das Land des Lachelns, Act II)
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Willy Mattes
Imre (Emmerich) Kalman 1882-1953
15 Tanzen mocht’ich…Tausend kleine Engel singen
(Die Csardasfurstin, Act II)
Grafin Mariza
16 Wenn es Abend wird…Grus mir die susen, die reizenden Frauen (Act I)
17 Auch ich war einst feiner Csardaskavalier…Komm, Zigany (Act I)
18 Heut’ nacht hab’ ich getraumt von dir
(Das Veilchen vom Montmartre)
Anneliese Rothenberger soprano (15)
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Willy Mattes
CD 7
Gabriel Faure 1845-1924
1 Nell Op.18 No.1 (de Lisle)
Poeme d’un jour Op.21 (Grandmoujin)
2 Rencontre
3 Toujours
4 Adieu
5 Apres un reve Op.7 No.1 (Poesie toscane, trad. Bussine)
6 Ici-bas! Op.8 No.3 (Prudhomme)
7 Fleur jetee Op.39 No.2 (Silvestre)
Francis Poulenc 1899-1963
8 Paganini - extr. de ‘Metamorphoses’ (Vilmorin)
9 Air champetre (Moreas)
10 Air grave (Moreas)
11 A sa guitare (de Ronsard)
Banalites (Apollinaire)
12 Voyage a Paris
13 Hotel
Claude Debussy 1862-1918
14 Romance (Bourget)
15 Fleur des bles (Theuriet)
16 Mandoline (Verlaine)
17 Beau soir (Bourget)
Reynaldo Hahn 1875-1947
18 D’une prison (Verlaine)
19 Paysage (Theuriet)
Chansons grises (Verlaine)
20 L’allee est sans fin
21 L’heure exquise
Aldo Ciccolini piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
22 Adelaide Op.46 (Matthison)
An die ferne Geliebte Op.98 (Jeitteles)
23 Auf dem Hugel sitz’ ich spahend
24 Wo die Berge so blau
25 Leichte Segler in den Hohen
26 Diese Wolken in den Hohen
27 Es kehret der Maien, es bluhet die Au’
28 Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder
Jan Eyron piano
Richard Strauss 1864-1949
29 Heimliche Aufforderung Op.27 No.3 (Mackay)
30 Standchen Op.17 No.2 (Schack)
31 Die Nacht Op.10 No.3 (Gilm)
32 Befreit Op.39 No.4 (Dehmel)
33 Liebeshymnus Op.32 No.3 (Henckel)
Gerald Moore piano
CD 8
Mikhail Glinka
1 Doubt (Kukol’nik)
2 Ah, my sweetheart, thou art a beautiful maiden (Folk song)
3 I recall a wonderful moment (Pushkin)
Modest Mussorgsky
4 Where art thou, little star- (Mussorgsky)
5 The garden by the Don (Kol’tsov)
6 The he-goat: a worldly story (Mussorgsky)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
7 In this moonlight Op.73 No.3 (Rathaus)
8 Mid the din of the ball Op.38 No.3 (Tolstoy)
9 Legenda Op.54 No.5
(Pleshcheyev, from an English source - When Jesus Christ was but a child)
10 Don Juan’s Serenade Op.38 No.1 (Tolstoy)
Edvard Grieg 1843-1907
11 Secret love Op.39 No.2 (Bjornson)
12 I love thee Op.5 No.3 (Andersen)
13 A swan Op.25 No.2 (Ibsen)
14 A dream Op.48 No.6 (Bodenstedt)
Hugo Alfven 1872-1960
15 The forest is asleep (Thiel)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger 1867-1942
Folk Songs
16 When I walk by myself
17 In the wood under high trees
Svante Leonard Sjoberg 1873-1935
18 Tonerna (Geije)
Jean Sibelius 1865-1957
19 Woe, woe, reed Op.36 No.4 (Froding)
20 Black roses Op.36 No.1 (Josephson)
Jan Eyron piano
Sergei Rachmaninov 1873-1943
21 Oh, do not sing to me Op.4 No.4 (Pushkin)
22 Spring waters Op.14 No.11 (Tyutchev)
23 How beautiful it is here Op.21 No.7 (Galina)
24 Look how beneath the distant vault (Young Gypsy’s Romance from Aleko)
Francesco Veracini 1690-1768
25 With me you’ll come (Rosalinda)
Ottorino Respighi 1879-1936
26 Night (Negri)
27 The Ballad Singer (Zangarini)
Joaquin Turina 1882-1949
28 Poema en forma de canciones Op.19 (de Campoamor)
Dedicatoria (piano solo) -
Nunca olvida - Cantares -
Los dos miedos -
Las locas por amor
Gerald Moore piano
CD 9
Franz Schubert 1797-1828
Die schone Mullerin D795 (1823) (Muller)
1 Das Wandern
2 Wohin-
3 Halt!
4 Danksagung an den Bach
5 Am Feierabend
6 Der Neugierige
7 Ungeduld
8 Morgengrus
9 Des Mullers Blumen
10 Tranenregen
11 Mein!
12 Pause
13 Mit dem grunen Lautenbande
14 Der Jager
15 Eifersucht und Stolz
16 Die liebe Farbe
17 Die bose Farbe
18 Trockne Blumen
19 Der Muller und der Bach
20 Des Baches Wiegenlied
Jan Eyron piano
Anon
21 Tiritomba (Tangolied) arr. Paul Biste
Gioachino Rossini arr. Willy Mattes
22 La Danza (Neapolitan Tarantella)
Luigi Denza 1846-1922 arr. Paul Biste
23 Funiculi-Funicula (Zanardini)
Benjamin Godard 1849-1895
24 Berceuse (from ‘Jocelyn’, Silvestre & Capoul)
Erik Meyer-Helmund 1861-1932 arr. Willy Mattes
25 Gute Nacht, mein holdes, suses Madchen (Meyer-Helmund)
Die Singgemeinschaft Rudolf Lamy director Eugen Cynmalisty (21, 23)
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Willy Mattes
CD 10
Ernesto de Curtis 1875-1937
1 Non ti scorder de me (Furno)
Osman Perez-Freire 1880-1930 arr. Willy Mattes
2 Schlaf’ ein, mein blond Engelein (Beda)
Hans May 1886-1958 arr. Willy Mattes
3 Ein Stern fallt von Himmel (film score, Heubach)
Richard Tauber 1891-1948 arr. Gunter Sonneborn
4 Du bist die Welt fur mich (Der singende Traum)
Cesare Bixio 1900-1978 arr. Willy Mattes
5 Mamma (Cherubini)
Agustin Lara 1900-1969 arr. Willy Mattes
6 Granada (Spanish Fantasy)
Fritz Rotter 1900-1984 arr. Gunter Sonneborn
7 Ich kusse ihre Hand, Madame (Rotter)
Die Singgemeinschaft Rudolf Lamy director Eugene Cynmalisty (3)
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Willy Mattes
Robert Stolz 1880-1975
8 In Wien hab’ ich einmal ein Madel geliebt
9 Ob blond, ob braun, ich liebe alle Fraun’n
10 Das Lied ist aus
11 Ich liebe die Welt
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke / Robert Stolz
Traditional Russian Folk Songs
12 Evening Bells
13 Troika
14 The weeping willow’s dream
15 The snow storm
16 Snow covered Russia
17 Monotonously rings the little bell
18 The young peddler
19 O could I express in song
20 Grey foggy morning
21 The soldier’s farewell
22 Caucasian Melody
Russian Men’s Chorus director Nicholas P. Afonsky
Balalaika Orchestra / Lonya Kolbouss
