Pique Dame: The Queen of Spades

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame / Rostropovich, Resnik, Weikl, Et Al . Release Date: 09/14/2004 . Label: Dg The Originals . Catalog #: 463 679 . Spars Code: ADD . Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky . Performer: Bernd Weikl, Regina Resnik, Dan Iordachescu, Lucia Popp, ... Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich . Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestre de France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Tchaikovsky Choir . Number of Discs: 3 . Recorded in: Stereo . Works on This Recording: 1. Queen of Spades, Op. 68 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Performer: Bernd Weikl (Baritone), Regina Resnik (Soprano), Dan Iordachescu (Baritone), Lucia Popp (Soprano), Fausto Tenzi (Tenor), Dimiter Petkov (Bass), Ewa Dobrowska (Mezzo Soprano), Christine Mitlehner (Soprano), Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano), Rudolf Alexander Sutey (Baritone), Hanna Schwarz (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Gougaloff (Tenor), Heinz Kruse (Tenor) Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestre de France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Tchaikovsky Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1890; Russia . REVIEW: Penguin Guide 2010 edition *** "This DG version is the finest of the opera sets conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich...Vishnevskaya was still at her peak, here providing a strong and vibrant Lisa, not young-sounding but with plenty of temperament...As the Countess Regina Resnik gives an aptly over-the-top performance, biting and incisive"