SWR Vokalensemble & Yuval Weinberg – Schnittke: Concerto for Choir (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 40:18 minutes | 378 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Cultural Revolution did everything in their power to destroy the influence of religion in the Russian Empire. Sacred music was publicly forgotten in the process. Although Schnittke, whose German-born father emigrated to the Soviet Union in 1926, was atheistically influenced by the state education system, he believed spiritually in “something greater”. In 1982, he was baptized a Catholic, and shortly before his death he was accepted into the Orthodox Church. The search for a religious identity can also be traced in his works. His Choir Concerto is the most representative work of the genre “sacred concerto”.
Tracklist:
1-1. Yuval Weinberg – Concerto for Choir: I. O Pavelitel’ sushcheva fsevo (15:58)
1-2. Yuval Weinberg – Concerto for Choir: II. Sabran’je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (07:57)
1-3. Yuval Weinberg – Concerto for Choir: III. Fsem tem, kto vniknet fsushchnast’ (11:43)
1-4. Yuval Weinberg – Concerto for Choir: IV. Sej trud, shto natchinal ja supavan’jem (04:40)
