The Enchanted Wanderer
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Description
Shchedrin's concert opera 'The Enchanted Wanderer' has quickly taken a permanent place in the musical canon. Now the piano score of the successful and impressive work is being published. Deep Slavonic emotions and gripping virtuosity characterize both this piece and many other compositions by Shchedrin. Even if he has been a cosmopolitan for a long time, the Moscow-born composer nevertheless remains an originally Russian composer whose attachment to Russian music folklore and poetry has never been broken off. The text of this 'opera for the concert stage' is based on a legend by the great Russian narrator Nikolay S. Leskov and tells the story of an enchanted pilgrim. The dramatic action is told by three vocal soloists, large choir and orchestra in colourful musical pictures.
Orchestral Cast
Content
Part 1: I Prologue
II The Flogged Monk (The Portent)
III Tatar Captivity - IV Ivan's Plea (Aria [Bass] with Chorus)
V Russian Shepherds (Orchestral Interlude I)
VI Ivan's Tale (Recitative)
VII Duet (Tenor, Bass
The Magnetizer and Ivan)
VIII Drunken Night (Orchestral Interlude II)
IX Grusha the Gipsy
Part 2: X Recitative-Dialogue (Ivan, The Prince and Chorus)
XI Duet and Recitativo (Mezzo Soprano, Tenor
Grusha and The Prince)
XII The Prince's Engagement to a Wealthy Bride and Monologue of Ivan
XIII Ships on the Volga (Orchestral Interlude III)
XIV Final Duet and Scene (Grusha, Ivan)
XV Laments (Orchestral Postlude)
XVI Epilogue