Julia Sukmanova – In Der Fremde / In A Foreign Land – Songs By Alexa

This recording opens up a lyrically dense world of sound that moves between quiet intimacy and lucid emotional depth. It contains a selection of songs in which the theme of alienation is dealt with on a multidimensional level: geographically, emotionally, and existentially. At the centre of this is the song oeuvre of Alexander Grechaninov, a master of late Russian Romanticism, whose work strikes an unmistakable tone in it’s emotional complexity, it’s compositional balance, and it’s structural clarity.

Tracklist:

1. Oh, mein Land
2. Nacht Op. 47 Nr. 7
3. Schneeglckchen Op. 47~Nr. 4 (Allegro)
4. Wiegenlied Op. 1 Nr. 5
5. Streitaxt
6. Gefangene Op. 20~Nr. 4
7. Nacht Op. 23 Nr. 3
8. Melodies to Texts of Aleksandr Pushkin, for voice ; piano, Op. 93~Die Blume
9. Historiettes, for piano, Op. 118~Das Ostlied
10. Vier Lieder Zyklus Op. 5~Vor mir die Steppe
11. Vier Lieder Zyklus Op