Kastalsky: Memory Eternal / Fox, The Clarion Choir

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
August 10, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      KASTALSKY, ALEXANDER DMITRIYEV
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      The Clarion Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Fox
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 10, 2018
    • UPC
      747313388974
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573889
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Velikaya yektenia (Great Litany)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Performer: Marc Andrew Day, Protodeacon Leonid Roschko

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    2. II. Alliluiya i Glubinoyu mudrosti (Alleluia and with profound wisdom)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Performer: Scott Dispensa

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    3. III. Pokoy, Spase (Give rest, O our Saviour)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    4. IV. Pokoy, Ghospodi, dushï usopshïh rab Tvoih (Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants, who have fallen asleep)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    5. V. Molitvu proliyu (I will pour out my prayer)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    6. VI. So sviatïmi upokoy (With the saints give rest)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    7. VII. Sam yedin yesi Bezsmertnïy (Thou alone art immortal)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    8. VIII. Tï yesi Bog, soshedïy vo ad (Thou art God, who descended into Hades)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    9. IX. Upokoy, Bozhe (Give rest, O Lord)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    10. X. Troynaya yekteniya (Triple Litany)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Performer: Protodeacon Leonid Roschko

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    11. XI. Vechnaya pamiat (Memory Eternal)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    12. Miloserdiya dveri (Doors of Thy Mercy)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    13. Ot yunosti moyeya (From My Youth)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox

    14. Blazheni, yazhe izbral (Blessed Are They)

      Composer: Alexander Kastalsky

      Ensemble: The Clarion Choir

      Conductor: Steven Fox




In the face of the devastation wrought by the First World War, Alexander Kastalsky conceived a musical service of remembrance for the fallen. A pivotal figure in Russian musical life- he was a student of Tchaikovsky and acclaimed as the founder of a new, national church music- Kastalsky composed a choral-orchestral Requiem, for the concert stage. Simultaneously, he worked on the a cappella version heard on this recording to be sung in Russian Orthodox churches. Following the basic structure of the Orthodox Panihida, or memorial service, Memory Eternal, and the short sacred pieces that end the programme, reveal Kastalsky’s masterful use of choral sonority and color, his weaving of complex polyphonic textures, and his graceful use of ancient chant melodies.

"...The Clarion Choir, under the sure direction of Steven Fox, turn in a thrilling performance, recorded with clarity and not too much resonance in St. Jean Baptiste Church in New York. This recording (together with its publication from Musica Russica) represents the rehabilitation of a major work, which nobody interested in Russian music of the 20th century should miss."
--Ivan Moody, GRAMOPHONE