Le Convive De Pierre [CD de audio] Tatyana Erastova, Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky and Andrey Chistiakov

When the Russian composer Alexander Dargomïzhsky was already dying, he composed the opera The Stone Guest. He gave instructions to César Cui to complete the work. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov took up orchestration, a profession in which Rimsky-Korsakov was difficult to surpass. Inc Ravel and Strauss were influenced by the colors of his orchestration palette. Alexander Dargomïzhsky's work is based on Pushkin's version of the story of Don Juan (made famous by Mozart with his Don Giovanni). The failure of his operas Rusalka and Esmeralda had plunged Dargomïzhsky into a deep crisis. However, his friends Borodin, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov and Moussorgsky (the powerful group of Russian composers) encouraged him to end his life with one last play. In the period between Glinka and the powerful group, Dargomïzhsky was a key figure in the formation of the modern Russian national style, as we perceive it as Russian romantic before Tchaikovsky. An absolute highlight of the repertoire.