ALEXANDER ALYABIEV (1787-1851): The Singer, Secret Sorrow, I See Your Face, I'm in Love, Beautiful Maid, I Loved You, What are you Singing, Beautiful Damsel?, Will I Step on the Porch?, The Mountain Maid is Weeping, We Have Many Maids in the Mountains, Ah, There are Many Paths in the Field, There's a Settlement across the River, An Orphan, Siberian Song, Winds Blow, I'll Tell No One, The Tavern, Village Watchman, The Hut, Do not Say: "Love will Pass", Beggar Woman.

Description: Little-known and little-recorded today, Alyabiev, though no genius like Glinka, was an important composer for several reasons, one of which was his 150+ songs in a wide variety of styles on subjects from folk idioms, to quasi-orientalism to patriotic songs to lyrical and dramatic texts. No texts. This release collects recordings made in 1975, 1978, 1988 & 1990. E. Shevelyova, N. Fomina, R. Kuznetsova (sopranos), A. Moksyakov (baritone), N. Isakova (mezzo), T. Kandinskaya, A. Pokrovsky, D. Blagoy, N. Sinelnikova (piano).