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Six Romances on Texts of W. Raleigh, R. Burns, and W. Shakespeare, Op. 62 (1942)
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- 14 min
- W. Raleigh, R. Burns, W. Shakespeare
- Russian
Programme Note
- See also Op. 62a and Op. 62/140
Translated into Russian by Boris Pasternak and Samuil Marshak
Texts by Sir Walter Raleigh (No. 1), Robert Burns (Nos. 2-4), William Shakespeare
(No. 5) and traditional nursery rhyme (No. 6). Translations by Boris Pasternak (Nos.
1 and 5) and Samuil Marshak (Nos. 2-4, 6)
Dedicated to Levon Tadevosovich Atovmyan (No. 1), to Nina Vasilievna Shostakovich
(No. 2), to Isaac Davidovich Glikman (No. 3), to Yuri Vasilievich Sviridov (No.
4), to Ivan Ivanovich Sollertinsky (No. 5) and to Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (No. 6)
1. The Wood, the Weed, the Wag (To a Son) (Largo)
2. O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast (Moderato)
3. McPherson before His Execution (McPherson’s Farewell) (Allegretto)
4. Jenny (Comin’ thro’ the Rye) (Moderato)
5. Sonnet LXVI (Tyr’d with all these) (Lento)
6. The King’s Campaign (‘The Grand Old Duke of York’ or ‘The King of France
went up the Hill’) (Allegretto)
