a life for the tsar Strand Scene VII Gran Giove: Giunone

Scene VII Gran Giove: Giunone

The Modern Sound of Nicola Conte

46b (1921)

Serbian bassist and composer Nenad Vasilić brings together jazz sophistication and Eastern European folk sensibility on Bass and Strings

a life for the tsar Strand Scene VII Gran Giove: GiunoneMikhail Glinka founded Russian nationalism in music, and A Life for the Tsar (also known as Ivan Susanin) is his masterpiece. This 1991 Sony Classical recording features a strong cast of Russian singers led by conductor Emil Tchakarov. The opera tells of a peasant who sacrifices his life to save his tsar, and Glinka's music weaves folk melodies with grand operatic gestures. Vocally demanding and theatrically powerful, the score swings from intimate