Dmitri Hvorostovsky is also a renown recitalist, and in this interview appeared today on the online version of “Kommersant Weekend” he speaks about it…
Dmitri in Recital in his native Krasnoyarsk
He often told that the recital is one of his favourites ways of performing because he tries create a special connection with each one of the people in the public … he certainly can! I never had the chance of attending one of his recitals but in any case if by appearing on an opera stage he can grab the hall’s attention (In the recent La Traviata from the Met it was possible to hear that people were holding their breath starting from “Madamigella Valery” to “addio”) I do not find it hard to believe that alone he can 
Dmitri during one of his most recent recitals in Phoenix (AZ) © Howard Paley
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1919284 ( link to the article in russian)
Here an english google translate snapshot of the russian article... ( PS: Igor Steep is Igor Krutoy...)
Hope you enjoyed reading the interview … to prove his great ability to capture attention here a video of his Phoenix recital …
“Cortigiani, vil razza dannata” form Verdi’s Rigoletto…
PS: In the video he has my favourite concert outfit!
Querido Dimaland: como siempre gracias! En mi modesta opinión el arte de Dmitri llega a su más alto nivel en la canción de cámara, acompañado sólo por el piano. Su interpretación de las canciones de Tchaickovsky y Rachmaninoff es sublime. Su arte se vuelve más sutil, más íntimo, habla realmente al corazón. En la ópera es un genio, pero en la canción de cámara un ángel.