Pushkin Romances

Pushkin Romances

Operatic superstar Dmitri Hvorostovsky has become the supreme interpreter of the Russian Romance, with its rich resource of music and poetry.This album offers seventeen songs, or 'romances,' all composed to texts from works of Alexander Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet. The composers represented here have helped define the true meaning of the Russian<br>Romance, and have created some of the world's greatest song literature. Choosing only romances inspired by<br>Pushkin texts, Hvorostovsky has upped the ante to make a musical statement no other singer has attempted.