COMPOSERS: Donizetti,Leoncavallo,Puccini,Tchaikovsky,Verdi
LABELS: Melodiya
ALBUM TITLE: Zurab Anjaparidze
WORKS: Arias and Scenes by Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Donizetti, Tchaikovsky
PERFORMER: Anjaparidze (tenor); Bolshoi Theatre Choir & Orchestra/Ermler, Khaikin
CATALOGUE NO: MEL CD 10 02373 (1967-73)
Tonally and technically magnificent singing (with the odd hairy-chested moment) from this Georgian tenor, whose Hermann in Queen of Spades is probably unsurpassed. Beautifully sensitive conducting by Ermler.
Malcolm Hayes