Anton Batagov

16+
(female poetry through the ages)
song cycle

 

Nadine Koutcher
soprano, percussion

Anton Batagov
piano, percussion

 

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CD 1

 

You Who Are There
Hadewijch (13th century, Flanders)

Marina
Marina Tsvetaeva (1892 – 1941, Russia)

The Wind
Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886, US)

 

The Goddess
Zinaida Gippius (1869 – 1945, Russia)

That's Me
Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014, US)

The Cinematograph
Yevdokia Nagrodskaya (1866 – 1930, Russia)

My Queen
Enheduanna (23rd century BC, Sumer)

Fall, Leaves
Emily Brontë (1818 – 1848, England)

The Kiss
Nina Iskrenko (1951 – 1995, Russia)

 

 

 

Total time 66:10

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CD 2

 

My Joy
Anne Wharton (1659 – 1685, England)

 

The Dark One
Mirabai (1498 – 1546, India)

A Little Night Rock-n-roll
Vera Polozkova (b. 1986, Russia)

The Secret
Anna Akhmatova (1889 – 1966, Russia)

The Flight
Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933, US)

The Ballad Which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Prison
Anne Askew (1521 – 1546, England)

 

Beneath the Waves
Kassia (810 – 865, Byzantine Empire)

P.S. You Who Are There

 

 

 

Total time 57:10

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Composed by Anton Batagov, 2018
Recorded by Mikhail Spassky

Cover photo by Alisa Naremontti
Photos of Nadine Koutcher and Anton Batagov by Ira Polyarnaya
Design: Grigory Zhukov

 

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