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About the artist Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya studied with Vera Garina in Leningrad, and made her début in operetta in 1944. Later she was appointed a soloist with the Leningrad Philharmonic, and then joined the Bol’shoy Theatre, Moscow, in 1952. She was made the People’s Artist of the USSR in 1966. A versatile and fascinating artist, Vishnevskaya is one of the outstanding Soviet singers. Her expressive, rich-hued voice of highly individual tinbre, her polished technique and strong dramatic talent allow her to appear in roles of varied character. Vishnevskaya frequently performed songs by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, usually with the cellist Mstislav Rostroprovich, whom she married in 1955, accompanying her on the piano. Shostakovich dedivated his Seven Romances op.127 to her, Britten intended the soprano part of his War Requiem for her, and composed for her and Rostropovich his Pushkin cycle, The Poet’s Echo.Vishnevskaya appeared in the film of Shostakovich’s Katerina Izmaylova (1966) and sang in the first performance of his Symphony no.14 (1969). In 1974, she left the Soviet Union with Rostropovich and they eventually settled in the United States. In 1987, she directed Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar’s Bride in Washington, D.C. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, she founded the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation with her husband to improve the state of Children's health care in Russia. The VRF conducts sustainable public health programs for children that focus on vaccine-preventable diseases and HIV/AIDS. In 2002, Galina Vishnevskaya opened her own opera theater in Moscow: The Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Galina Vishnevskaya

CATALOGUE NR: 2564690457  (barcode: 0825646904570)
RECORD LABEL: Apex
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 22-Jun-2009

TITLE: Melodies & Romances
TRACKS: Adele. Berceuse. Le golfe de Finlande. La chanson de Margueritte. Dis-moi pourquoi. Chanson georgienne. Me voici Inesille. La Sierra Nevada s'est glissee dans les brumes. Au fond de la nuit souffle le Zephir. Aux heures difficiles. Mon nom qu'est-il donc pour toi. Les nuages. Un garcon et une fille. Vous m'avez trahi. Dans les libres cieux. Je suis triste. Kalistratouchka. Vision. Soldat oublie. Une ame montait haut dans les cieux. Que vous sont les mots d'amour. Aux champignons. Pourquoi aurore viens-tu si tot. Princesse endormie. La chanson de la foret profonde. La reine des mers. Pour les rives d'une patrie lointaine. Nuit. Dis moi ce que sous l'ombrage. Berceuse dans la tempete. Non il faut avoir connu. Oublier si vite. Il m'aimait tant. Pas un mot mon ami. Nuits de folie. Le soleil se couchait. Apaisement. Serenade. Ne me demande rien. Au cours d'un grand bal. Qu'il fasse jour.
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Mstislav Rostropovich    

- Dec-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4757511  (barcode: 0028947575115)
RECORD LABEL: Decca The Originals
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2006

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: War Requiem op.66 - complete
TRACKS: Requiem aeternam / Dies irae / Offertorium / Sanctus / Agnus Dei / Libera me / Rehearsal sequences.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Peter Pears   Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau   Simon Preston

- Proms-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1000944  (barcode: 4600317009442)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
RELEASE DATE: 13-Feb-2006

COMPOSER: Boris Tchaikovsky
TRACKS: Sonata for Cello & Piano in E minor. Lyrics of Pushkin - vocal cycle for voice and piano. Partita for Cello & Chamber Ensemble.
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Galina Vishnevskaya   Boris Tchaikovsky  

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CATALOGUE NR: 9668382  (barcode: 5099996683828)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.50
RELEASE DATE: 19-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Nicolai Gedda   Dimiter Petkov   Birgit Finnila

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 16-page booklet with tracklist and synopsis in English French German and Spanish - third disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto in sung language English French and German

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564641772  (barcode: 0825646417728)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 12 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 36.95
RELEASE DATE: 19-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Complete Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in F minor op.10. Symphony No.9 in E flat op.70. Symphony No.2 in B op.14 'To October'. Symphony No.3 in E flat op.20 'The First of May'. Symphony No.4 in C minor op.43. Symphony No.5 in D minor op.47. Symphony No.6 in B minor op.54. Symphony No.12 in D minor op.112 'The Year 1917'. Symphony No.7 in C op.60 'Leningrad'. Symphony No.8 in C minor op.65. Symphony No.10 in E minor op.93. Symphony No.11 in G minor op.103 'The Year 1905'. Symphony No.13 in B flat minor op.113 'Babi Yar'. Symphony No.14 op.135. Symphony No.15 in A op.141.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Nicola Ghiuselev    

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564613742  (barcode: 0825646137428)
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2004

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony No.2 in B op.14 'To October'. Symphony No.14 op.135.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Members of the Academic Symphony Orchestra Moscow
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Mark Reshetin    

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4775599  (barcode: 0028947755999)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Opera House
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 13-Jun-2005

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
TITLE: Tosca - complete
ORCHESTRA: French National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Franco Bonisolli   Matteo Manuguerra   Antonio Zerbini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CD booklet includes full track by track synopsis

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CATALOGUE NR: POCD1057  (barcode: 8717202250578)
RECORD LABEL: Ponto
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
TITLE: Tosca
TRACKS: bonus has Vishnevskaya singing highlights from Tchaikovsky’s 'Queen of Spades'.
CONDUCTOR: Bruno Bartoletti and Mark Ermler
ARTISTS: Giuseppe di Stefano   Regine Crespin   Giuseppe Taddei   Galina Vishnevskaya

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Buenos Aires 1965 & Moscow 1971 sung in Russian

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1000433  (barcode: 4600317004331)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Messa da Requiem
ORCHESTRA: Leningrad Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Alexander Melik-Pashayev
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Ivan Petrov   Irina Arkhipova   Vladimir Ivanovski

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CATALOGUE NR: POCD1056  (barcode: 8717202250561)
RECORD LABEL: Ponto
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 10-Dec-2007

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Otello - complete
TRACKS: bonus tracks - highlights from a performance of Aida recorded live at Covent Garden 4-Feb-1964.
CONDUCTOR: Evgeny Svetlanov
ARTISTS: Vladimir Atlantov   Galina Vishnevskaya   Oleg Klyonov  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1969 and sung in Russian

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CATALOGUE NR: ICAC5068  (barcode: 5060244550681)
RECORD LABEL: ICA Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 30-Apr-2012

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Igor Markevitch
TRACKS: Requiem (Verdi). Il barbiere di Siviglia : Overture. La scala di Seta : Overture. William Tell : Overture. La gazza ladra : Overture. L'italiana in Algeri : Overture. La Cenerentola : Overture (Rossini).
ORCHESTRA: Moscow Philharmonic and Orchestre National de L'ORTF
CONDUCTOR: Igor Markevitch
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Nina Isakova   Vladimir Ivanovski   Ivan Petrov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in mono Mosow 1960 & Salle de la Mutualite Paris 1/4-Apr-1957

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CATALOGUE NR: GL100597  (barcode: 8712177042555)
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.49
RELEASE DATE: 16-Feb-2004

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Fidelio - complete
TRACKS: bonus tracks : Werther - excerpts (Massenet).
ORCHESTRA: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Alexander Melik-Pashayev and Boris Kaikhin
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Georgi Nelepp   Alexei Ivanov   Nikolai Shchegolkov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: sung in Russian / recorded 1957

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CATALOGUE NR: 2292454182  (barcode: 0022924541827)
RECORD LABEL: Erato
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.99

COMPOSER: Modest Mussorgsky
TITLE: Boris Godunov - complete
ORCHESTRA: National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Ruggero Raimondi   Paul Plishka   Nicolai Gedda   Galina Vishnevskaya

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564615202  (barcode: 0825646152025)
RECORD LABEL: Apex Opera
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jul-2005

COMPOSER: Modest Mussorgsky
TITLE: Boris Godunov - highlights
ORCHESTRA: National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Ruggero Raimondi   Nicolai Gedda   Galina Vishnevskaya   Catherine Dubosc

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564680173  (barcode: 0825646801732)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 17.99
RELEASE DATE: 08-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Modest Mussorgsky
TITLE: Boris Godunov - complete
ORCHESTRA: National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Ruggero Raimondi   Galina Vishnevskaya   Catherine Dubosc   Paul Plishka

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CATALOGUE NR: ELQ4802096  (barcode: 0028948020966)
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Modest Mussorgsky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Russian Songs
TRACKS: Songs and Dances of Death (Mussorgsky). Net tolko tot kto znal - None but the lonely heart op.6 No.6. Ni slova o drug moj - Not a word beloved op.6 No.2. Ne ver moy drug - Do not believe it my friend op.6 No.1 (Tchaikovsky). Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova (Prokofiev). Otchevo? - Why? op.6 No.5. Zachem ty mne prisnilasja - Why did I dream of you? op.28 No.3. Sred shumnovo bala - Amid the noise of the ball op.38 No.3. Na nivy zhjoltyje - On the golden fields op.57 No.2. Serenada - Serenade op.63 No.6. Noch' (Night) op.73 No.2 (Tchaikovsky).
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Mstislav Rostropovich    

- Mar-2012 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1001876  (barcode: 4600317118762)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 20.99
RELEASE DATE: 16-Mar-2012

COMPOSER: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TITLE: The Tsar's Bride - complete
ORCHESTRA: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Fuat Mansurov
ARTISTS: Evgeny Nesterenko   Galina Vishnevskaya   Irina Arkhipova   Vladimir Atlantov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1973

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1000652  (barcode: 4600317006526)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 20.99

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TITLE: Eugene Onegin - complete
ORCHESTRA: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Boris Khaikin
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Evgeny Belov   Valentina Petrova   Sergei Lemeshev

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CATALOGUE NR: PR20051  (barcode: 0717281200516)
RECORD LABEL: Preiser
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TITLE: Eugene Onegin - complete
ORCHESTRA: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Boris Khaikin
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Sergei Lemeshev   Evgeny Belov   Ivan Petrov

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564687341  (barcode: 0825646873411)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 12-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TITLE: Iolanta - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre de Paris
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Nicolai Gedda   Walton Gronroos   Tom Krause

- Apr-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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