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McLean's ability to be both inside and outside the harmonic framework—to acknowledge the tradition while pushing it—makes this essential listening

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glinka christoff stich randall gedda orchestre de lassociation des concerts lamoureux markevitch la vie pour le tsar 2xcd album re Argo Classical Style Alt-Pop Media MintMikhail Ivanovich Glinka stands as the father of Russian national opera, and A Life for the Tsar remains his masterpiecea sweeping romantic narrative that defined the sound of Russian musical nationalism. This 1988 Angel Records version features a stellar international cast: Boris Christoff's bass baritone and Nicolai Gedda's tenor supported by soprano Teresa Stich Randall, with the Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux under Igor