Release Date: 19 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028945351322
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Psalms of Repentance
Description
Superlative performances of Schnittke's most personal music: the composer's soul seems to be laid bare in the Psalms of Repentance". These choral pieces, based upon 15th century poems and written to commemorate 1,000 years of Christianity in Russia, reveal none of the sardonic distancing or irony that is often characteristic of Schnittke's work. This is music from the heart, of direct emotional expression. The work takes on a special poignancy in the light of Schnittke's death in August 1998, and the Psalms can also be heard as threnody for him."
Tracklisting
Wu Wei; Martin Stegner; Janne Saksala
John Scofield; Dave Holland
Anouar Brahem; Jan Garbarek; Shaukat Hussain
Zehetmair Quartett
Meredith Monk; Ellen Fisher; Katie Geissinger; Joanna Lynn-Jacobs; Allison Sniffin; John Hollenbeck
Sokratis Sinopoulos; Yann Keerim
Steve Tibbetts; Marc Anderson; J.T. Bates
Tord Gustavsen; Harald Johnsen; Jarle Vespestad
Nicolas Stavy
