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Gramola Records

Friedensgebet

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Details

Composer
Eduard Kiprsky
Artist
Margarita Gritskova, Alexander Mikhailov
Format
CD
Label
Gramola Records
Released
Jan 30, 2026
Catalog #
GRAM99359
UPC
9003643993594

About

Pianist and composer Eduard Kiprsky, a native of St. Petersburg and winner of countless international composition awards, has long been involved with writing song cycles. On this album, titled "Friedensgebet" (Prayer for Peace), mezzo-soprano Margarita Gritskova-a beloved ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera-and Alexander Mikhailov, tenor at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, join Kiprsky at the piano to perform a selection of his songs. These settings of poems by Heinrich Heine, Eduard Morike, Hermann Hesse, Joseph von Eichendorff, and Clemens Brentano, among others, explore doubt, loss, and suffering, yet also love, hope, and resilience. Framing the vocal works are two instrumental pieces: the Arioso for Piano, Violin, and Cello and the award-winning "Friedensgebet" String Quartet, which lends the album it's title.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Arioso 05:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Arioso
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Anton Kozmin, Oleg Sendetsky, Eduard Kiprsky
  2. 2 Gebet 03:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gebet
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  3. 3 Gebet 02:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gebet
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  4. 4 Sehnsucht 03:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sehnsucht
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  5. 5 Der Einsiedler 05:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    Der Einsiedler
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Alexander Mikhailov, Eduard Kiprsky
  6. 6 Trost 03:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    Trost
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  7. 7 Winterstraum 03:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Winterstraum
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Alexander Mikhailov, Eduard Kiprsky
  8. 8 Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner 02:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  9. 9 Ich grolle nicht 02:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ich grolle nicht
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  10. 10 Die Sinnestäuschung 01:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    Die Sinnestäuschung
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  11. 11 Du schlank und rein wie eine Flamme 03:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    Du schlank und rein wie eine Flamme
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Alexander Mikhailov, Eduard Kiprsky
  12. 12 Wiegenlied 03:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    Wiegenlied
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  13. 13 Intermezzo 03:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Alexander Mikhailov, Eduard Kiprsky
  14. 14 Wiegenlied 04:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    Wiegenlied
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Margarita Gritskova, Eduard Kiprsky
  15. 15 Friedensgebet (Prayer for Peace) 09:47
    Track
    15
    Title
    Friedensgebet (Prayer for Peace)
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Eduard Kiprsky
    Performer
    Maria Safarova, Alexey Okhotnikov, Lyudmila Ketova, Vladimir Yunovich