OP1564. IOLANTHE (Tchaikowsky), recorded 1940, w.Samosud Cond. Bolshoi Theatre Ensemble; Zhukovskaya, Bugaisky, Bolshakov, Nortsov, Baturin, etc.; GLAFIRA ZHUKOVSKAYA: Opera arias, recorded 1934-41. (Russia) 2-Aquarius AQVR 299. - 4607123630570

CRITIC REVIEW:

“IOLANTA is a gem of an opera....the music is gorgeous, especially the lullaby that ends the first part, the Iolanta-Vaudemont duet in the second, and the splendid ensemble writing in the third, where Tchaikovsky keeps adding voices and instruments to dazzling effect….A valuable introduction to the opera.”

- Ralph V. Lucano, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, July/Aug., 2010