V0505. GEORGES BAKLANOV: Arias & Duets (w.Lipkowska) from Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, La Gioconda, Otello, Ballo, Faust, Carmen, Lakmé, I Pagliacci, Hamlet, La Damnation de Faust, Prince Igor, Eugen Onégin, Demon, & Boris Godounov. (Austria) Preiser 89522, recorded 1911-32. - 717281895224

CRITIC REVIEW:

“Male voices like Baklanov’s with a two and a half octave range are rare….He had an excellent cantilena. His enunciation and musicianship were of an high standard. In short, he was a talented and versatile artist….Generally, Baklanov was the most interesting of the great Russian baritones and his success abroad was phenomenal.”

- Sergei Levik, THE LEVIK MEMOIRS, pp.241-42