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Schnittke & Part: Choral Works / Putnins, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
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Schnittke & Part: Choral Works / Putnins, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

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Composer
PART SCHNITTKE
Artist
Putnins
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 05, 2018
Catalog #
BIS-2292
UPC
7318599922928

About



2018 Gramophone Magazine Choral Album of the Year

Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt lived through times of remarkable change in the last decades of the Soviet Union. From the 1970s, state restrictions on religion were gradually relaxed and this was reflected in the arts and especially in music. Schnittke’s adoption of Christianity was triggered by the death of his mother in 1972, and culminated in his later conversion to Catholicism. Pärt was from a nominally Lutheran background in Estonia, but embraced the Orthodox faith in the 1970s, following intensive study of liturgical music. Both composers began to incorporate religious themes into their work, moving away from the modernist abstraction that had characterized their early careers. Schnittke’s large-scale Psalms of Repentance were composed in 1988 for the celebrations for the millennium of Christianity in Russia. The texts come from an anonymous collection of poems for Lent, written in the 16th century, and in his settings Schnittke engages with the traditions of chant-based Orthodox liturgical music. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Kaspars Putninš have chosen to combine Schnittke’s Psalms with two shorter works by Arvo Pärt, whose music they are well-known exponents of. Like the Psalms, Pärt’s pieces are composed in a quasi-liturgical style, and with its serene atmosphere, his Nunc dimittis forms a natural counterpart to the Magnificat even though the two were written more than a decade apart.

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REVIEW:

The Estonians have always rejoiced in a warm, rich sound and perfect blend, and guided by the utterly precise and dynamic Kaspars Putninš they give here a truly outstanding rendition that picks up every emotional and spiritual nuance with no sacrifice of technical perfection. This work has been waiting for choirs able to do this, because the technical challenges are not the most important thing about this music.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I. Plakassja Adamo pred rajemo ssedja (Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise) 02:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Plakassja Adamo pred rajemo ssedja (Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  2. 2 II. Priimi mja, pustini, Jako mati tschado sswoje (O wilderness, gather me to your silent and gentle lap) 04:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Priimi mja, pustini, Jako mati tschado sswoje (O wilderness, gather me to your silent and gentle lap)
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Raul Mikson
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  3. 3 III. Ssego radi nischtschjesm (That is why I live in poverty) 02:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Ssego radi nischtschjesm (That is why I live in poverty)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  4. 4 IV. Dusche moja, potschto wo gresech prebiwaeschi (My soul, why are you in a state of sin?) 02:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Dusche moja, potschto wo gresech prebiwaeschi (My soul, why are you in a state of sin?)
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  5. 5 V. Okajanne ubogii tschelowetsche (O Man, doomed and wretched) 02:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Okajanne ubogii tschelowetsche (O Man, doomed and wretched)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  6. 6 VI. Srja korable naprassno pristawajema (When they beheld the ship that suddenly came) 01:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Srja korable naprassno pristawajema (When they beheld the ship that suddenly came)
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Maria Melaha, Karolina Kriis, Marianne Pärna, Ave Hännikäinen
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  7. 7 VII. Dusche moja, kako ne ustraschaeschissja (Oh my soul, why are you not afraid?) 05:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Dusche moja, kako ne ustraschaeschissja (Oh my soul, why are you not afraid?)
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  8. 8 VIII. Aschtsche choschtscheschi pobediti Beswremjannuju petschal (If you wish to overcome unending sorrow) 01:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Aschtsche choschtscheschi pobediti Beswremjannuju petschal (If you wish to overcome unending sorrow)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  9. 9 IX. Wospomjanuch schitije sswoje klirosskoje As nepotrebni (I have reflected on my life as a monk) 06:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Wospomjanuch schitije sswoje klirosskoje As nepotrebni (I have reflected on my life as a monk)
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Raul Mikson
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  10. 10 X. Pridjetje, christonossenii ljudije (Christian people, gather together!) 03:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. Pridjetje, christonossenii ljudije (Christian people, gather together!)
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  11. 11 XI. Nago isidocho, na platsch ssei (I entered this life of tears a naked infant) 03:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. Nago isidocho, na platsch ssei (I entered this life of tears a naked infant)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Raul Mikson, Toomas Tohert
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  12. 12 XII. [wordless humming] 07:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    XII. [wordless humming]
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  13. 13 Magnificat 07:14
    Track
    13
    Title
    Magnificat
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Kaia Urb
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš
  14. 14 Nunc dimittis 06:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    Nunc dimittis
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Kaia Urb
    Ensemble
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Kaspars Putniņš