Schnittke: Choir Concerto - Pärt: Seven Magnificat Antiphons

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Label
BIS
Release Date
June 4, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PART SCHNITTKE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Putnins
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 04, 2021
    • UPC
      7318599925219
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2521
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. O pavelitel' sushcheva fsevo (O Master of all living)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    2. II. Sabran'je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (I, an expert in human passions)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    3. III. Fsem tem kto vniknet fsushchnast (God, grant deliverance from sin)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    4. IV. Sej trud, shto natchinal ja supavan'jem (Complete this work which I began)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    5. No. 1. Bogoroditse devo, raduysya, Blagodotnaya Marie (Hail Mary, full of Grace)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    6. No. 2. Gospodi, Gospodi Iisuse (Lord Jesus)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    7. No. 3. Otche nash (Our Father)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    8. No. 1. O Weisheit

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    9. No. 2. O Adonai

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    10. No. 3. O Spross aus Isais Wurzel -

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    11. No. 4. O Schlüssel Davids -

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    12. No. 5. O Morgenstern

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    13. No. 6. O König aller Völker

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    14. No. 7. O Immanuel

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš


A 2021 GRAMMY Nominee for Best Choral Performance!

As Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt both adopted the Orthodox faith in the 1970s, Orthodox choral traditions became increasingly prominent in their work, but both composers also looked to the music of the Western church. Schnittke’s Three Sacred Hymns set three prayers, familiar in the West as Ave Maria, the Jesus Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer, and evoke Orthodox chant. His Choir Concerto, on the other hand, draws on Russian choral music of the 19th century and the tradition of large-scale concert works based on Orthodox choral music. The texts by the medieval Armenian poet Gregory of Narek are informed by a humanistic individualism, with the poet directly expressing his emotions and often writing in the first person. In the case of Pärt, his detailed study of Orthodox chant caused him to develop his so-called ‘tintinnabuli’ system of composition as an extension of the harmonic practices of Orthodox choral music. He wrote his Seven Magnificat-Antiphons in 1988, applying the tintinnabuli technique to texts from the Catholic liturgy in the German language – a striking East-West hybrid. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Kaspars Putninš have combined sacred works by Schnittke and Pärt before, their previous release on BIS earning them a prestigious Gramophone Award in the Choral Music category.

REVIEWS:

The BIS catalog already boasts a fine version of Schnittke's Choir Concerto, but this newcomer surpasses it; and the music of Pärt is stitched into the choir’s DNA.

– BBC Music Magazine

This is an outstanding disc. The music is both eloquent and compelling and the EPCC gives memorable performances. The quality of their singing is matched by the excellence of the BIS recording.

– MusicWeb International