Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Genuin Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260036254501
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Confessions of Faith
Description
The first release by the MDR Radio Chorus under its new director Risto Joost is not just a confession of faith, but truly a confession of sound as well: the ensemble’s second GENUIN release presents Russian sacred music. What impressive musical contrasts we hear in the remarkable acoustics of Leipzig’s Paul Gerhardt Church: distinctive contours from the too-little-known classicist Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825) feature alongside the monumental blocks of sound and etheric soundscapes of Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Choir. Both works bear witness not only to the power of faith, but also of music, interpreted by the MDR Radio Chorus with eloquence, sparkling precision, and total commitment.
Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen; Johannes Klumpp
Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin; Orestis Kalampalikis; Stathis Karapanos; Titos Gouvelis; Athens State
Vocalconsort Leipzig; Franziska Kuba
Octavians
Marsyas Baroque; Timur Isik
Kirill Timofeev
Julian Emanuel Becker
Benjamin Gunst; Martin Klett
Osiris Trio
Mona Julsrud; Philippe Graffin; Yuzuko Horigome; Roger Chase; Jeroen Reuling; Amy Norrington
John Potter, tenor, Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble, dir. Erik Westberg
Duo Rozemond & Bekkers: Reneee Bekkers, accordion Jacobien Rozemond, violin and voice
Andras Schiff
Andras Schiff
Zenaida Pally
Pieter-Jan Belder/Rainer Zipperling
