Olena Tokar (soprano) and Igor Gryshyn (piano) perform a lieder and piano program, recorded at Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on March 30, 2020. The program opens with five songs by Pauline Garcia-Viardot: Two Roses, On Georgia's Hills, Evening Song, The Gardener, and The Mermaid's Song. Grishin performs some solo piano works: Franz Schubert's Impromptu, Op. 90, Nos. 2 and 3, and Alexander Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 30. The program continues with Antonin Dvorak's Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, and closes with four songs by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Op. 57 No. 1, Op. 63 No. 2, Op. 38 No. 2, and Op. 47 No. 6.
Part 1
1 Opening Credits
12 Melodies sur les poesies russes (excerpts)
2 No. 8. Two Roses, VWV 1055
3 No. 2. Upon the Hills of Georgia, VWV 1037
Evening Song
3 Lieder after Eduard Morike (excerpts)
4 No. 3. Der Gartner (The gardener), VWV 1097
5 No. 2. Nixe Binsefuss (The mermaid Rushfoot), VWV 1132
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 (excerpts)
6 No. 2 in E-Flat Major
7 No. 3 in G-Flat Major
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30
8 I. Andante
9 II. Prestissimo volando
Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104
10 No. 1. Ma pisen zas mi laskou zni (I chant my lay, a hymn of love)
11 No. 2. Aj! Kterak trojhranec muj prerozkosne zvoni lautet (Hark, how my triangle)
12 No. 3. A les je tichy kolem kol (Silent and lone the woods around)
13 No. 4. Kdyz mne stara matka (Songs My Mother Taught Me)
14 No. 5. Struna naladena (Tune the strings, oh gipsy)
15 No. 6. Siroke rukavy (In his wide and ample, airy linen vesture)
16 No. 7. Dejte klec jestrabu (In his wide and ample, airy linen vesture)
6 Romances, Op. 57: No. 1. Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey (Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches)
6 Romances, Op. 63: No. 2. Rastvoril ya okno (I opened the window)
6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 2. To b?lo ranneyu vesnoy (Those were the first few days of spring)
7 Romances, Op. 47: No. 6. Den' li tsarit? (Does the Day Reign?)