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Songs and Dances of Death (Mussorgsky) Hamburg 2021 Michael Volle
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Songs and Dances of Death
- Composer: Mussorgsky Modest
- Libretto: Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov
- Venue & Opera Company: Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
- Recorded: September 30, 2021
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Michael Volle
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Daniel Gerzenberg, PIANO
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: mezzo
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Songs and Dances of Death (Russian: Песни и пляски смерти, Pesni i plyaski smerti) is a song cycle for voice (usually bass or bass-baritone) and piano by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer.
Each song deals with death in a poetic manner although the depictions are realistic in that they reflect experiences not uncommon in 19th century Russia: child death, death in youth, drunken misadventure and war.
The song cycle is considered Mussorgsky’s masterpiece in the genre.