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Schnittke: Choir Concerto - Pärt: Seven Magnificat Antiphons
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Schnittke: Choir Concerto - Pärt: Seven Magnificat Antiphons

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Composer
PART SCHNITTKE
Artist
Putnins
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jun 04, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2521
UPC
7318599925219

About

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

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I. O pavelitel' sushcheva fsevo (O Master of all living) 15:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. O pavelitel' sushcheva fsevo (O Master of all living)
    Duration
    15:20
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  2. 2 II. Sabran'je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (I, an expert in human passions) 07:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Sabran'je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (I, an expert in human passions)
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  3. 3 III. Fsem tem kto vniknet fsushchnast (God, grant deliverance from sin) 11:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Fsem tem kto vniknet fsushchnast (God, grant deliverance from sin)
    Duration
    11:33
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  4. 4 IV. Sej trud, shto natchinal ja supavan'jem (Complete this work which I began) 04:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sej trud, shto natchinal ja supavan'jem (Complete this work which I began)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  5. 5 No. 1. Bogoroditse devo, raduysya, Blagodotnaya Marie (Hail Mary, full of Grace) 01:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Bogoroditse devo, raduysya, Blagodotnaya Marie (Hail Mary, full of Grace)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  6. 6 No. 2. Gospodi, Gospodi Iisuse (Lord Jesus) 01:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. Gospodi, Gospodi Iisuse (Lord Jesus)
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  7. 7 No. 3. Otche nash (Our Father) 03:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Otche nash (Our Father)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  8. 8 No. 1. O Weisheit 01:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. O Weisheit
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  9. 9 No. 2. O Adonai 01:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. O Adonai
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  10. 10 No. 3. O Spross aus Isais Wurzel - 00:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. O Spross aus Isais Wurzel -
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  11. 11 No. 4. O Schlüssel Davids - 02:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 4. O Schlüssel Davids -
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  12. 12 No. 5. O Morgenstern 02:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 5. O Morgenstern
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  13. 13 No. 6. O König aller Völker 01:20
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 6. O König aller Völker
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  14. 14 No. 7. O Immanuel 02:30
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 7. O Immanuel
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš