Nicolai Gedda, Do not sing, fair maiden (Ne poj krasavica pri mne)

Song of Sergej Rahmaninov. At the piano Alexis Weissenberg.
Ne poj, krasavica, pri mne
Ti pesen Gruziji pečal'noj;
Napominajut mne one
Druguju žizn' i bereg dal'nij.
Uvi, napominajut mne
Tvoji žestokije napevy
I step', i noč', i pri lune
Čerti dalekoj, bednoj devi!
Ja obraz milij, rokovoj,
Tebja uvidev, zabivaju;
No ti pojoš', i predo mnoj
Jego ja vnov' voobražaju.

[@swordfish585]

No soprano can sing this master piece like Gedda does. I don't Know what the song is telling but my heart, of course, does.

[@Ivanhoe2]

Sublime!. Thanks for posting. You do this superb artist great service by your posts. Best Wishes.

[@dongjunh]

and also, Christa Ludwig. How wonderful these beautiful voices...

[@SuperGedda]

Increible, magistral, su canto llega hasta lo más profundo del alma.....

[@intakovalevskaya6011]

Merci beaucoup !!! C'est une merveille !!!

[@PaulHummerman]

Difficult to choose between this performance and that of Galina Vishnevskaya with Rostropovitch at the piano. Translation of the words: Do not sing, my beauty, to me your sad songs of Georgia; they remind me of that other life and distant shore. Alas, They remind me, your cruel melodies, of the steppe, the night and moonlit features of a poor, distant maiden! That sweet and fateful apparition I forget when you appear; but you sing, and before me I picture that image anew. Do not sing, my beauty, to me your sad songs of Georgia; they remind me of that other life and distant shore.

[@TenorDmitry]

Perfect.

[@dongjunh]

I got goosebumps, both when I'm hearing this, and also A.Kipnis. So wonderful...

BRAVO...

[@swordfish585]

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

[@AlexVB622]

Thank you SOOO much for putting this up. I couldn't find it any where. Pretty much my favorite version of this piece.

[@martinesegers7292]

c'est beau!

[@paulostroff99]

Beautiful! Bravo! TY

[@urmorph]

Much as I like Hvorostovsky,I think nobody does this song like Gedda, here in the original A minor (Dmitri sings it in F sharp minor). And since I have the floor--Rachmaninov was a great pianist, and his songs have excellent and difficult piano parts--please credit the pianist on these posts!

[@angio1902]

Non cantarmi mia bellezza le tue tristi canzoni georgiane; mi riportano alla memoria un'altra vita in terre lontane. E la crudele melodia rinnova, allora, il doloroso ricordo della steppa, della notte, della luna e del viso di una amata lontana. Questa apparizione dolce e fatale la dimentico se mi resti davanti, ma torna a invadere la mia mente non appena intoni i tuoi canti. Non cantarmi mia bellezza le tue tristi canzoni georgiane; mi riportano alla memoria un'altra vita in terre lontane.

[@marie-armelle458]

quel interpréte magnifique

[@Herur22]

marie- armelle Thank you, marie-armelle.

[@Herur22]

@swordfish585 Thank you for the information.

[@JoaoFurtadoCoelho777]

May I suggest that you listen too to the interpretations by the Swedish soprano Elisabeth Söderström (accompanied by Vladimir Askhenazy); and by the great Ukrainian bass-baritone Boris Gmyria (available here in YT)

[@swordfish585]

@gaspumpergeorge44 Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

[@LJBSasha]

Was this taken from a recording released by EMI? If so, somehow the name of Aljeksjéy Váysjenbjerg (Weissenberg) comes to my mind as accompanist (I've yet to check to be sure...).

[@Herur22]

Nicolai Gedda, as it is in the tags.

[@fernandopinheirobb]

LEMBRANÇAS ESQUECIDAS Не пой, красавица, при мне, sim, Música de Rachmaninoff, nostalgia: “Não cante, minha linda, para mim As suas canções tristes da Geórgia”, Me fazem lembrar de outra vida”. Os engramas do passado devem ser Esquecidos para não ficar deprimida. Dar vida ao que morreu volta a viver. A volta é válida só se for consentida Por quem morreu, os atos também. Em nenhuma hipótese a ressentida. Olhar para o horizonte do novo dia E não pensar na noite escura, amém. Tudo isto para que a vida lhe sorria. (*) (*) FERNANDO PINHEIRO, presidente da Academia de Letras dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil. - LEMBRANÇAS ESQUECIDAS (poesia), de Fernando Pinheiro. - in O mundo de Morfeu, de Fernando Pinheiro.

[@DavidSmith-kc4hz]

Weissenberg or Moore so which one of these masters is it then or are you just trying to confuse us.

[@Herur22]

Sorry, but I don't know.

[@StonyField.]

Türkü okuma güzelim

[@LJBSasha]

Surely not BRAVADO!!!! BRAVO instead (please check the earlier word in your dictionary...)!!