Product Review

Power Players features the distinguished Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov's first recording of arias from his homeland's operatic tradition. Riveting renditions of arias by Glinka, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev are included on this collaboration with Maestro Constantine Orbelian leading the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra (Lithuania) and the Kaunas State Choir. '...Ildar Abdrazakov has just about everything - imposing sound, beautiful legato...' - The Independent