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

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Release Date
January 5, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PART SCHNITTKE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Putnins
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 05, 2018
    • UPC
      7318599922928
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2292
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Plakassja Adamo pred rajemo ssedja (Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    2. II. Priimi mja, pustini, Jako mati tschado sswoje (O wilderness, gather me to your silent and gentle lap)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Performer: Raul Mikson

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    3. III. Ssego radi nischtschjesm (That is why I live in poverty)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    4. IV. Dusche moja, potschto wo gresech prebiwaeschi (My soul, why are you in a state of sin?)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    5. V. Okajanne ubogii tschelowetsche (O Man, doomed and wretched)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    6. VI. Srja korable naprassno pristawajema (When they beheld the ship that suddenly came)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Performer: Maria Melaha, Karolina Kriis, Marianne Pärna, Ave Hännikäinen

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    7. VII. Dusche moja, kako ne ustraschaeschissja (Oh my soul, why are you not afraid?)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    8. VIII. Aschtsche choschtscheschi pobediti Beswremjannuju petschal (If you wish to overcome unending sorrow)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    9. IX. Wospomjanuch schitije sswoje klirosskoje As nepotrebni (I have reflected on my life as a monk)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Performer: Raul Mikson

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    10. X. Pridjetje, christonossenii ljudije (Christian people, gather together!)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    11. XI. Nago isidocho, na platsch ssei (I entered this life of tears a naked infant)

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Performer: Raul Mikson, Toomas Tohert

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    12. XII. [wordless humming]

      Composer: Alfred Schnittke

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    13. Magnificat

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Performer: Kaia Urb

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš

    14. Nunc dimittis

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

      Performer: Kaia Urb

      Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš




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