Discography of Ivan Jadan

Ivan Jadan: Great Russian Tenor of the 20th Century This first CD includes restorations of recordings of 28 arias and songs first recorded in Moscow, Berlin and Prague from 1928 to 1944 and in Tampa, Florida 1952-1955. 28 tracks - 1st release 1994, re-release 1998 . Click here for tracks list

Ivan Jadan/Zhadan: Recordings from 1930's to 1950's This extraordinary second CD includes 11 recordings from Russia in the 1930's and from Florida in the 1950's, restorations that cannot be found elsewhere. This particular restoration presents the voice of Ivan Jadan the way that voice really sounded. How do we know this? Listeners alive today who have heard Jadan sing long ago hear Jadan's voice on this CD the way they loved and heard that voice long ago... 16 tracks, 1999 Click here for tracks list

Both CD's are sold for $20.00 each plus shipping and handling ($4.00)

Song Of The Young Gypsy from Aleko, Rachmanifoff.  Transfer from Lied des Jungen disk, recorded in USSR. Click here for Real Audio File.  (224k)

Questa Quella  from Rigoletto by Verdi unreleased live recording from Florida concerts, 1952. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.  Click here for Real Audio File.  (342k)

1. Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fairest - Rachmaninoff Transfer from Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
2. Lilacs - Rachmaninoff.  Transfer from Sadko 106 disk, Date Unknown, circa 1935. Accompanied by Matvei Sacharoff, coach of Ivan Jadan and also Andrei Sacharoff's uncle.
3. Song Of The Young Gypsy from Aleko, Rachmanifoff.  Transfer from Lied des Jungen disk, recorded in USSR.
4. Ecstasy - Rachmaninoff Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
5. It Cannot Be That She Is Dead - Rachmaninoff.  Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
6. Lenski's Aria from Eugen Onegin - Tschaikowsky  Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
7. If I Could Put My Love In One Word - Tschaikowsky  Transfer From Hozohchiut Zabod TPK 787 disk, 1934, recorded in USSR.
8. As We Sat Together - Tschaikowsky Hozohchiut Zabod TPK 787 disk, recorded in Germany.
9. None But The Lonely Heart - Tschaikowsky Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
10. How Can You Forget So Soon?  - Tschaikowsky Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
11. I Remember the Wonderful Moment  - Glinka Transfer from Polydor 47762 disk.  Recorded in Germany.
12. It Was Not the Wind Blowing That Stirred My Heart - Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko 106 disk, 1935. Accompanied by Matvei Sacharoff. Recorded in USSR.
13. Berendey's Cavatina - Rimsky-Korsakov from The Snow Maiden. Transfer from artist's tape of a unreleased 1953 Tampa, Florida studio recording. Accompanied by Hack Swain.
14. Aria from Werther, Massenet recording of Moscow State Orchestra, Moscow, circa 1929.
15. Lord's Prayer, Malotte Transfer from artist's tape of an unreleased 1953 Tampa, Florida studio recording. Accompanied by Hack Swain.
16. Ich Leibe Dich, Grieg. Transfer from artist's tape of Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954.
17. Song from Rafael, Arensky Lied Des Jungen disk.
18. Kolokolchik - Gurilov. Transfer from DB-2174 disk, live recording from Florida concerts. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
19. Yamshik DB-2174 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
20. Song of the Volga Boatman, Balakireff. DB-2174 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
21. Wehe Wind, Grosse Ukraine Transfer from Polydor 11954 disk, Prague, 1944.
22. Warum Bin Ich Kein Falke (If I Could Only Soar Like a Falcon) Polydor 11954 disk. Accompanied by the Vlasov Army Chorus.  Recorded in Prague, 1944.
23. Dol Po Ulitza Polydor 119.54 disk, recorded in Prague, 1944.
24. Choopchik! DB-2174 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
25. Aliosha's Song, Gretchaninoff. Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
26. Don't Imagine I Will Shoot Myself Over You, Gretchaninoff. Sadko 106 disk, 1936. Accompanied by Matvei Sacharoff.
27. Aria from Prisoner of the Caucasus, Cui. Sadko SL-1002 disk, live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.
28. Questa Quella  from Rigoletto, Verdi unreleased live recording from Florida concerts, 1953 and 1954. Accompanied by Adela Gonzmart.

 

Ivan Jadan, at 92, revisits the Bolshoi Theater  in Moscow.

Three folk songs, #21, 22 and 23, are songs Jadan sang with Gen.
Army Chorus in Prague, 1944. Vlasov was the heroic Russian freedom fighter whose huge army of anti-Soviet Russians was poised outside Soviet borders in 1944 prepared to liberate fellow Russians in the Soviet Union from Stalin's tyranny. Ivan had met General Vlasov in Berlin and later in Prague. The hopes of Vlasov, Jadan and millions of Russian refugees in Europe were dashed when President Roosevelt, at Yalta, agreed to Stalin's bloody plan to forcibly repatriate these millions of Russians in Europe. Thus Vlasov and his brave men were annihilated by Stalin as American soldiers turned them over to the Red Army. The Vlasov story is still largely unknown in the west. Other recordings made by Jadan/Schadan in Prague, November, 1944, are still being sought from private collectors by the Ivan Jadan Museum on St. John. In 2000, the rediscovery of Ivan Jadan goes on as major Russian language newspapers in the U.S. and Europe write about Russia's greatest tenor, unknown until now, because Soviets, from Stalin on, destroyed recordings of Jadan. This 28 track CD is now played often over Moscow radio stations.Back to top

List of Selections from "Ivan Jadan/Zhadan" CD:
1. Song of the Indian Guest - Sadko, N. Rimsky-Korsakov
2. Berendey's Cavatina - The Snow Maiden, N. Rimsky-Korsakov
3. Lenski's Arioso - Eugene Onegin, P. Tschaikowsky
4. Lenski's Aria - Eugene Onegin, P. Tschaikowsky
5. Duel Scene - Eugene Onegin, P. Tschaikowsky
6. "There's not a swain on the plain" - Henry Purcell
7. "Lament of Ian the Proud" - Charles Griffes
8. "Tell me, oh blue, blue sky" - V. Giannini
9. "Sweet and Low" - Joseph Barnby
10. Aria from Dubrowski, Napravnik
11. "Maska," The Dancer's Mask - Taneev
12. "I go on the road alone" - E. Shoshina
13. "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen" - Mozart
14. "Song of the singer behind the stage" - Rafael, Arensky
15. "Una furtiva lagrima" L'Elisir d'amore, Donizetti
16. "Song of the Old Bursh" - Ludwig Fischer. This is sung by Ivan's close friend, the great bass, Alexander Pirogov
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