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Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Person · male · Russian Empire · Q23881797 · born 1813 · died 1869 · recording since 1977
Russian composer
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Also known as Alexander Dargomyzhsky · Александр Даргомыжский · Aleksandr Dargomyzhski · Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky · Aleksandr Sergeevič Dargomyžskij · Alexander Sergejewitsch Dargomyschski · +6 more
Timeline
1810s
1860s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Каменный гость
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
· Album
Album: Russalka (Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio feat. conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev)
Album
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2010s
Biography
Biography
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (14 February [O.S. 2 February] 1813 – 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1869) was a 19th-century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Biography
Dargomyzhsky was born in village Troitskoye, Belyov uyezd, Tula Governorate (now Arsenyevsky District, Tula Oblast), and educated in Saint Petersburg. He was already known as a talented musical amateur when in 1833 he met Mikhail Glinka and was encouraged to devote himself to composition. His opera Esmeralda (libretto by composer, based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) was composed in 1839 (performed 1847), and his Rusalka was performed in 1856; but he had little success or recognition either at home or abroad, except in Belgium, until the 1860s, when he became the elder statesman, but not a member, of The Five.
His last opera, The Stone Guest, is his most famous work, known as a pioneering effort in melodic recitative. With the orchestration and the end of the first scene left incomplete at his death, it was finished by César Cui and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and was much prized by The Five for what was perceived as its progressive approach to operatic expression. It was premiered in 1872, but never became a lasting standard operatic repertoire item.
Dargomyzhsky also left some unfinished opera projects, among them an attempted setting of Pushkin's Poltava, from which a duet survives. Besides operas, his other compositions include numerous songs, piano pieces, and some orchestral works.
He died in Saint Petersburg in 1869, aged 55.
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Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 43 | 95.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -108 | 4.9th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:22:00
Disc 1AI действие. Картина 1. У ограды монастыря16:56BI действие. Картина 2. Комната Лауры24:10Disc 2CII действие. Кладбище21:17DIII действие. Комната Донны Анны19:371995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:16:11
1The Stone Guest: Introduction2:152The Stone Guest: Act I, Tableau 1. Dans l’enceinte d’un monastère / In the precincts of a monastery13:323The Stone Guest: Act I, Tableau 2. Souper chez Laura / Dinner at Laura’s house24:134The Stone Guest: Act II. Le mausolée du Commandeur / The mausoleum of the Commander19:055The Stone Guest: Act III. Une chambre chez Doña Anna / A room in Doña Anna's house17:06Russalka (Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio feat. conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev)
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 2:32:32
Disc 11Russalka: Ouverture7:562Russalka: Act I. Aria "Oh, to-to ze vi devki molodie" (Melnik)3:503Russalka: Act I. Recitative "Tchu! Ya slyshu topot ego konya..." (Natasha), Terzet (Natasha, Melnik, Knyaz)13:184Russalka: Act I. Chorus "Ah ty, sierdze moyo sierdze, retivoe..."6:285Russalka: Act I. Recitative and duet "Ah, ne po priezhnemu meneya ty lyubish!" (Knyaz, Natasha)10:186Russalka: Act I. Recitative "Chto za tchudnaya poviyazka..." (Melnik), Duet "Vidish li. Knyaziya ne volny..." (Natasha, Melnik)7:197Russalka: Act I. Finale "Ty slyshish? Narod idyot syuda..."7:188Russalka: Act II. Chorus "Kak vo gornitze - svetlitze..."4:559Russalka: Act II. Aria (duet) "Podrugi detstva, podrugi svietlih dnei..." (Knyaginya, Knyaz)6:4710Russalka: Act II. Recitative and Chorus "Da zdrastvuiyet nash Knyaz mladoi..."3:5011Russalka: Act II. Slavonic dance4:06Disc 21Russalka: Act II. Gipsy dance3:242Russalka: Act II. Finale "Tchto zh, krasniye devitzi, viy primolki..."14:083Russalka: Act III, Scene I. Introduction, Recitative and aria "Tchu! Kazhetsya, trubyat!"(Knyaginya)9:134Russalka: Act III. Recitative and song "Knyaginya bednaya!" (Olga)4:365Russalka: Act III, Scene II. Chorus of the Mermaids "Svobodnoi tolpoyu, s glubokogo dna..."4:226Russalka: Act III. Cavatina "Mne vsyo zdyes na pamyat privodit byloye..." (Knyaz)5:287Russalka: Act III. Duet with chorus "Chto eto znachit?" (Knyaz, Melnik)11:578Russalka: Act IV, Scene I. Dances of the Mermaids, Recitative "Ostav'te pryazhu, sestry..." (Mermaid), Aria "Ty neznee k nemu prilaskaisya, moi drug..." (Mermaid)10:449Russalka: Act IV, Scene II. Finale12:352010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 2:45:32
Disc 11Rusalka, op. 4: Ouvertüre9:002Rusalka, op. 4, Akt I: Aria. „Ach, so seid ihr nun, alle jungen Madchen“ (Mullers)4:143Rusalka, op. 4, Akt I: Terzett: „Still! Ich hor’ ihn kommen, es ist sein Pferd…“ (Natascha, Muller, Furst)13:524Rusalka, op. 4, Akt I: „Ach mein Herz du, ach mein Herz du“ (Chor)6:585Rusalka, op. 4, Akt I: Duet. „Mich qualen dustree Gedanken, wie wird so bang“ (Furst, Natascha)11:146Rusalka, op. 4, Akt I: Duet. „Ei, ei, ei, ei! Was seh’ ich!“ (Furst, Natascha)8:307Rusalka, op. 4, Akt I: Finale. „Ach, ihr Felder, meine Felder, um euch schöne“ (Muller, Natascha, Chor)6:40Disc 21Rusalka, op. 4, Akt II: „In dem grossen hellen Zimmer, bei dem Fest in“ (Furstin, Furst, Chor)4:372Rusalka, op. 4, Akt II: Aria. „Ihr, meiner Kindheit Gefahrtinnen, lebt wohl“ (Furstin, Furst, Chor)6:443Rusalka, op. 4, Akt II: Recitative. „So kommt herein! Ja, wollen wir nicht endlich“ (Chor)4:074Rusalka, op. 4, Akt II: Slawischer Tanz4:265Rusalka, op. 4, Akt II: Zigeunertanz3:246Rusalka, op. 4, Akt II: Finale. „Warum seid, schöne Madchen“ (Natascha, Furstin, Furst, Olga, Brautwerber, Chor)13:53Disc 31Rusalka, op. 4, Akt III: Vorspiel – Aria. „Horch, ist das nicht sein Horn? Nein, nein er“ (Furstin)8:402Rusalka, op. 4, Akt III: Recitative. „Ach immer weint sie nur, die Arne tut mir leid“ (Olga, Furstin, Jager)5:003Rusalka, op. 4, Akt III: „Die Freiheit geneissend, verlassend den Grund“ (Chor)3:484Rusalka, op. 4, Akt III: Cavatina. „Warum nur zeiht es immer wieder mich“ (Furstin)6:055Rusalka, op. 4, Akt III: Duet. „Was ist geschehen? Plotzlich, verwelkt das Grun“ (Chor, Furst, Muller)12:186Rusalka, op. 4, Akt IV: Tanze der Wassernixen7:007Rusalka, op. 4, Akt IV: „Lasst sein das Spinnen, Schwestem, es wird“ (Natascha)11:138Rusalka, op. 4, Akt IV: Finale. „Warum nur zieht es immer wieder mich mit“ (Furst, Furstin, Muller, Olga, Natascha, Tochter, Chor)13:49— · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 2:21:54
Disc 11Русалка: Увертюра6:152Русалка, действие I: Ария Мельника “Ох, то-то все вы, девки молодые”3:263Русалка, действие I картина 1: Терцет “Чу! Я слышу топот его коня”11:574Русалка, действие I картина 1: Хор “Ах ты, сердце, моё сердце”6:065Русалка, действие I: Дуэт “Нет, не рассеет дум тяжёлых”10:376Русалка, действие I: Дуэт “Ба, ба, ба, ба! Что вижу!”6:577Русалка, действие I: Финал “Ах ты, поле, моё поле”6:388Русалка, действие II: Хор “Как во горнице-светлице”4:229Русалка, действие II: Ария - дуэт “Подруги детства, подруги светлых дней”4:5610Русалка, действие II: Речитатив и заздравный хор “А где дружко?”3:3911Русалка, действие II: Славянский танец3:3712Русалка, действие II: Цыганский танец2:42Disc 21Русалка, действие II: Финал “Что ж, красные девицы, вы примолкли?”12:322Русалка, действие III картина 1: Вступление и ария Княгини “Чу! кажется, трубят”8:213Русалка, действие III картина 1: Речитатив и песня Ольги “Княгиня бедная!”5:024Русалка, действие III картина 2: Хор русалок “Свободной толпою”3:115Русалка, действие III картина 2: Каватина Князя “Невольно к этим грустным берегам”7:026Русалка, действие III картина 2: Дуэт с хором “Что это значит?”11:527Русалка, действие IV картина 1: Танцы русалок6:318Русалка, действие IV картина 1: Сцена и ария Русалки “Оставьте пляску, сёстры”8:469Русалка, действие IV картина 2: Финал “Невольно к этим грустным берегам”7:25
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Alexander Dargomyzhsky head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 43 | 95.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -108 | 4.9th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
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Tier rule: historic figure (43 language versions, career ended)
Image: Konstantin Makovsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q311384 · MusicBrainz: 122664ab-ff76-4d74-860b-77c9b8a09624
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