About
The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Cultural Revolution did everything in their power to destroy the influence of religion in the Russian Empire. Sacred music was publicly forgotten in the process. Although Schnittke, whose German-born father emigrated to the Soviet Union in 1926, was atheistically influenced by the state education system, he believed spiritually in "something greater". In 1982, he was baptized a Catholic, and shortly before his death he was accepted into the Orthodox Church. The search for a religious identity can also be traced in his works. Vedel and Berezovsky are among the most important composers of Ukrainian classical music of the 18th century. Little is known about Vedel's life. The works attributed to him, including 31 choral concertos, are all set to liturgical texts or Bible verses. In these works, the traditions of the Orthodox church music of his homeland, Ukrainian baroque tradition and folk songs merge with a new Western European operatic and instrumental style. Bortniansky is highly credited with bringing the genre of the sacred concerto to fruition. Consisting of psalm verses set to music, which were sung during the Eucharist in church services, it's purpose at the time was far-reaching: as a universal genre, it was the highlight of the Orthodox liturgy, an adornment of the state ceremony and also intended for a kind of domestic music-making. In the Western repertoire, it comes closest to the instrumental concerto grosso, with the difference that no instruments are permitted in the Orthodox service.
Tracklist 6 tracks
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1 I. O pavelitel' sushcheva fsevo (O Master of all living) 15:58
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. O pavelitel' sushcheva fsevo (O Master of all living)
- Duration
- 15:58
- Composer
- Alfred Schnittke
- Performer
- Wakako Nasako, Eva-Maria Schappé, Alexander Yudenkov
- Ensemble
- SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
- Conductor
- Yuval Weinberg
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2 II. Sabran' je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (I, an expert in human passions) 07:57
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Sabran' je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (I, an expert in human passions)
- Duration
- 07:57
- Composer
- Alfred Schnittke
- Ensemble
- SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
- Conductor
- Yuval Weinberg
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3 III. Fsem tem kto vniknet fsushchnast (God, grant deliverance from sin) 11:43
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Fsem tem kto vniknet fsushchnast (God, grant deliverance from sin)
- Duration
- 11:43
- Composer
- Alfred Schnittke
- Performer
- Wakako Nasako, Eva-Maria Schappé, Alexander Yudenkov
- Ensemble
- SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
- Conductor
- Yuval Weinberg
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4 IV. Sej trud, shto natchinal ja s upavan'jem (Complete this work which I began) 04:40
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Sej trud, shto natchinal ja s upavan'jem (Complete this work which I began)
- Duration
- 04:40
- Composer
- Alfred Schnittke
- Performer
- Wakako Nasako
- Ensemble
- SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
- Conductor
- Yuval Weinberg
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5 Choir Concerto No. 21, "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept" 16:00
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Choir Concerto No. 21, "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept"
- Duration
- 16:00
- Composer
- Artemy Vedel
- Performer
- Johanna Zimmer, Kirsten Drope, Sabine Czinczel, Christopher Kaplan, Julius Pfeifer, Georg Gädker
- Ensemble
- SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
- Conductor
- Yuval Weinberg
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6 Sacred Concerto No. 32, "Skazhi mi, Hospodi, konchinu moyu" (O Lord, make me to know mine end) 08:32
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Sacred Concerto No. 32, "Skazhi mi, Hospodi, konchinu moyu" (O Lord, make me to know mine end)
- Duration
- 08:32
- Composer
- Dmytro Stepanovych Bortniansky
- Performer
- Aya Gigandet, Pauline Stöhr, Johannes Mayer, Mikhail Shashkov
- Ensemble
- SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
- Conductor
- Yuval Weinberg