Sergei Leiferkus, baritone ; Howard Shelley, piano
Recorded in St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London, Sept. 19-20, 1994 (op. 4, 8, 14 and 21 no. 1) and Jan. 30-31, 1995 (op. 21 nos. 2, 5, 10, 11 and op. 26).
Sung in Russian.
At the gates of the holy cloister -- Nothing shall I say to you -- Song of the disenchanted -- Do you remember the evening? -- Were you hiccoughing, Natasha? -- O, no, I beg you, do not leave! : op. 4 no. 1 -- Morning : op. 4 no. 2 -- In the silence of the secret night : op. 4 no. 3 -- Sing not, O lovely one : op. 4 no. 4 -- My child, your beauty is that of a flower : op. 8 no. 2 -- Thoughts, reflections : op. 8 no. 3 -- I was with her : op. 14 no. 4 -- You are so loved by all : op. 14 no. 6 -- She is as beautiful as midday : op. 14 no. 9 -- Spring torrents : op. 14 no. 11 -- It is time : op. 14 no. 12 -- Fate : op. 21 no. 1 -- By a fresh grave : op. 21 no. 2 -- Lilacs : op. 21 no. 5 -- Before the icon : op. 21 no. 10 -- I am no prophet : op. 21 no. 11 -- All was taken from me : op. 26 no. 2 -- We shall rest : op. 26 no. 3 -- Christ is risen : op. 26 no. 6 -- Yesterday we met : op. 26 no. 13 -- All passes : op. 26 no. 15 -- Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky -- In the soul of each of us : op. 34 no. 2 -- The raising of Lazarus : op. 34 no. 6 -- You knew him : op. 34 no. 9 -- The herald : op. 34 no. 11 -- From the Gospel of John