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Berlioz: Requiem / Yuri Kochnev, Saratov Academic Theater


Release Date: 04/24/2001 
Label:  Boheme Music   Catalog #: 909101   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Alexander Samoilov
Conductor:  Yuri Kochnev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Saratov Theatre of Choir Music,  Saratov Academic Theatre Orchestra,  Saratov Academic Theatre Choir,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 13 Mins. 

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It is not that often that we get new recordings of the Berlioz Requiem, so this new release is most welcome. The "Requiem" was performed at the opening of the Sobinov Music Festival on May 17, 1999 and this recording was made right after. Yuri Kochnev was born in 1942 and studied at the Leningrad Conservatory. . He graduated from there in 1971. He has staged over 40 productions at the Saratov Theatre of Opera and Ballet. He is a professor and full member of the Russian Academy of Arts. He has staged productions all over Russia and conducted all of the major orchestras. It is not that often that we get new recordings of the Berlioz Requiem, so this new release is most welcome. The "Requiem" was performed at the opening of the Sobinov Music Festival on May 17, 1999 and this recording was made right after. Yuri Kochnev was born in 1942 and studied at the Leningrad Conservatory. . He graduated from there in 1971. He has staged over 40 productions at the Saratov Theatre of Opera and Ballet. He is a professor and full member of the Russian Academy of Arts. He has staged productions all over Russia and conducted all of the major orchestras. Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5 by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Alexander Samoilov ()
Conductor:  Yuri Kochnev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Saratov Theatre of Choir Music,  Saratov Academic Theatre Orchestra,  Saratov Academic Theatre Choir  ... 
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1837; France 
 Date of Recording: 05/17/1999 
Venue:  Saratov Opera Theater, Russia 
Length: 73 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Language: Latin 

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