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BORODIN: Complete Songs and Romances.(Review)
BORODIN: Complete Songs and Romances
[] Tarassova; Pluzhnikov, Slavny, Okhotnikov; Molokhina, cello, Serov, piano. Texts and translations. Delos DE 3277
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At least the singers inflect the music idiomatically and sensitively, and they're well matched to their particular assignments. Nikolai Okhomikov's solid bass "sit" in his seven songs is gratifying, his bottled-up vowels less so; even a row of repeated notes ...
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