Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Ivari Ilja
Michelangelo-Suite/ Petrarca-Sonette

This record, like all Hvorostovsky‘s records, radiates an inmense spiritual maturity, intellect, subtlety and stunning masterliness. It is a perfectly complected CD containing a strong, specific, enchanting atmosphere which gives you an opportunity to hear Shostakovich‘s and Liszt‘s masterpieces sung by undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary and charismatic baritones of all the times. Hvorostovsky perfectly manipulates his intonations, puts emotional accents and fills the pieces with an incredible refinement, also enriching the music with his mental images, inner glints and reflections of his thoughts. This disc is saturated with such spirituality and such a hope that they invade all the space around you: both you room and your inner world.