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Holst Singers with James Bowman (countertenor) / Stephen Layton (conductor)

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 19 January 2006

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'Uniformly charismatic performances. Fine engineering and notes too. Highly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)

'Sensitive readings of the utmost sensitivity and control' (Gramophone)

'Uniformly charismatic performances. Fine engineering and notes too. Highly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)

James Bowman regards this disc as the most inspiring he has recently recorded; and the Managing Director of Musica Russica writes: 'I have thoroughly enjoyed working on this project ... I hope this will not be the last recording of Russian music by the excellent Holst Singers!'

The tradition of Russian choral music stands today as rich and diverse as at any time in its long history, and this recording brings movements from the Liturgies by Tchaikovsky and Gretchaninov together with seven beautiful pieces by Georgy Sviridov, including three Sacred Choruses which he successfully steered through Communist prohibition under the guise of incidental music for the theatre.

As an appendix, works by Górecki, Pärt and Nystedt show how the Orthodox tradition has affected neighbouring countries (Poland, Estonia and Sweden, respectively); Immortal Bach is a particularly evocative work - a 'free' exploration of Bach's chorale 'Komm, süsser Tod'.

Tracks:

GEORGY SVIRIDOV
Three Choruses for Tolstoy's Tsar Feodor Ioannovich
Four Choruses from Songs of Troubled Times

ALEXANDER GRETCHANINOV The Cherubic Hymn [3'56]
from the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 29

VICTOR KALINNIKOV Radiant Light [3'20]

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY We hymn Thee [3'10]
from the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 41

ALEXANDER GRETCHANINOV The Creed [4'15]
from the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 29

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY The Cherubic Hymn [5'38]
from the Liturgy of St Kahn Chrysostom, Op 41

ALEXANDER GRETCHANINOV Our Father [5'30]
from the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 29

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Blessed are they [4'13]
No 7 of Nine Sacred Pieces (1885)

ARVO PÄRT
Magnificat [6'27]

HENRYK GORECKI
Totus Tuus [11'02]

KNUT NYSTEDT (arr)
Immortal Bach [6'41]