Boris Andrianov – Cello Music – Akhunov, Kancheli (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:34 minutes | 972 MB | Genre: Classical
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At the end of February 2022, at the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Sergey Akhunov begins composing an Adagio ‘Prayer for Peace’, echoing Samuel Barber’s Adagio for strings. Articulated around the play of instrumental textures, the work is completed very quickly, and recorded by the OpensoundOrchestra, Stanislav Malyshev at the baton.
Around this core come to gravitate three other compositions for solo choir, performed by the Intrada ensemble, under the direction of Ekaterina Antonenko. The Concerto ‘Exegi monumentum’, first of all, on the ode of Horace and dedicated to the Armenian sculptor and painter Nikolai Nikogosyan, as well as Two Latin Psalms and Psalm 83, inspired by the znamenny tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church and mixing Latin and Slavic liturgies.
In the complex interlacing of vocal or instrumental lines, Akhunov deploys a captivating contemplative polyphony, where each part participates in a whole, and takes meaning in its relationship to others.
Tracklist:
1-1. Boris Andrianov – I. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (07:07)
1-2. Boris Andrianov – II. Bestelle dein house (04:32)
1-3. Boris Andrianov – III. Ja, komm, Herr Jesu, komm! (07:08)
1-4. Boris Andrianov – IV. In diene Hände befehl ich meinen Geist… (03:38)
1-5. Boris Andrianov – V. Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin in Gottes Willen (05:02)
1-6. Boris Andrianov – TSD for Cello and Orchestra (29:04)
