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Soviet composer (1913-1970)
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2024-04-02 08:32:00
Like no other: Rachmaninoff's Vespers in a remarkable new recording arranged for men's voices
Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 (Vespers), arranged, Benedict Sheehan, Dmitri Lazarev, Alexander Gretchaninoff; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, conductor Ekaterina Antonenko; CHANDOSReviewed 1 April 2024A new version of Rachmaninoff Vespers for men's voices preserves the work's luminous textures and adds a wonderful warm glow and rich textures, plus some spectacular voicesRachmaninoff wrote his All-Night Vigil (Vespers) for an all-male choir (men and boys) in 1915, though the work's history since then has largely been amongst mixed-voice choirs. But various attempts have been made to adapt the material to men-only choirs. Inspired by one of composer Alexander Gretchaninoff's arrangements of a movement for men-only, the PaTRAM Institute (Patriarch Tikhon Russian-American Music Institute) assembled a crack men-only choir, the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, under conductor Ekaterina Antonenko to record a new version of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil for men's voices, with soloists Igor Morozov, Evgeny Kachurovsky and Alexis V. Lukianov (co-founder of the […]
2022-04-27 11:32:57
Unustusse vajunud päev - A forgotten day
Unustusse vajunud päev - A forgotten day: Russian author's song (bard song); Aleksandr Ivashkevich, Kristo Käo; ERP Music Reviewed 27 April 2022, (★★★★) A completely charming disc where two Estonian performers provide an entrancing window into a Soviet Russian art-form that took place entirely outside the Soviet establishment This delightful disc introduced my to a performance style of which I was hitherto entirely unaware, the Russian bard song or author song, a singer-songwriter style influenced by the American folk-music revival, which took place outside of the Soviet establishment. On this disc from ERP music, Unustusse vajunud päev - A forgotten day, Georgian-born Estonian actor Aleksandr Ivashkevich and guitarist Kristo Käo perform a programme of bard song/author song stretching from the 1960s through to the present day. The disc does require some work, everything on the disc is printed in Russian and Estonian, whilst the ERP website has only a tracklisting and texts in English, but thanks to […]
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2020-04-06 21:15:00
A Critic Of Big Tech Starts His Own Project To Sort And Rank Information
Essentially, it’s a site that recommends the very best and most relevant books, podcasts, scientific articles, videos and journalism to anyone who wants a better understanding of the world. But there’s more to The Syllabus. Evgeny Morozov wants to make people think. The Syllabus criticises how information and knowledge are discovered and disseminated online, based […]
2018-08-02 19:52:00
Munich Opera Festival (3) - From the House of the Dead, 30 July 2018
Nationaltheater Images: Wilfried Hösl Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov – Peter MikulášAljeja – Evgeniya SotnikovaLuka Kuzmič (Filka Morozov) – Aleš BrisceinSkuratov – Charles WorkmanŠiškov – Bo SkovhusBig Prisoner, Prisoner with the Eagle – Manuel GüntherLittle Prisoner, Bitter Prisoner – Tim KuypersGovernor – Christian RiegerOld Prisoner – Ulrich ReßČekunov – Johannes KammlerDrunk Prisoner – Galeano SalasCook – Boris PrýglSmith – Alexander MilevPope – Peter LobertProstitute – Niamh O’SullivanDon Juan (Brahmin) – Callum ThorpeKedrill, Young Prisoner – Matthew GrillsŠapkin, Happy Prisoner – Kevin ConnersČerevin, Voice from the Kirghizian Steppes – Dean PowerGuard – Long LongFrank Castorf (director) Aleksandar Denić (set designs)Adriana Braga Peretski (costumes)Rainer Casper (lighting)Andreas Deinert (video, live camera)Stefanie Katja Nirschl (live camera)Jens Crull (video, live editing)Miron Hakenbeck (dramaturgy)Martha Münder (revival director)Bavarian State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Sören Eckhoff) Bavarian State OrchestraSimone Young (conductor) Frank Castorf might have been born to direct From […]
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