Valentin Silvestrov: Sacred Works

Valentin Silvestrov: Sacred Works

Kiev Chamber Choir; Hobdych

This album of sacred a-cappella works from recent years offers a most fascinating addition to the wide spectrum of music by Valentin Silvestrov on ECM New Series. By treating the choir as an ensemble of “extremely modest” soloists and dividing the sections into small groups Silvestrov acquires unique sonic and harmonic effects and an utmost flexibility of melody and rhythm. Its lyrical fluency and introvert tenderness brings Silvestrov’s choral writing close to his much-lauded “Silent Songs” to “Requiem for Larissa” and his music for solo piano. The ravishing performances from the Kiev chamber choir under Mykola Hobdytsch were recorded in Kiev in 2006 and 2007.

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Album
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Valentin Silvestrov: Sacred Works
01:15:14
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Complete Works
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Silvestrov: Liturgical Chants,for voice & chorus
Biekirov; Biloshapka; Biletskij; Kiev Chamber Choir; Hobdych
00:40:54
Silvestrov: Spiritual Songs (2),for chorus
Sachok; Vasenko; Kiev Chamber Choir; Hobdych
00:05:57
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Silvestrov: Spiritual Chants (2),for chorus
Kiev Chamber Choir; Hobdych
00:05:53
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Silvestrov: Psalms of David,for chorus
Biletskij; Puchko; Havrylenko; Kiev Chamber Choir; Hobdych
00:06:22
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Silvestrov: Diptych,for chorus
Puchko; Kiev Chamber Choir; Hobdych
00:10:09
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Silvestrov: Alleluia,pieces (3) for chorus
Biloshapka; Puchko; Kiev Chamber Choir; Hobdych
00:05:59
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Press Reviews
Collectors Reviews
"For anyone new to Silvestrov, the initial surprise of these sacred works won't lie in the crafted precision of their execution - a facet recognisably rooted in the composer's avant-garde beginnings. Instead, it is the sheer beauty of sound that catches the ear. Luminous and lyrical, these miniature settings of hymns, psalms and chants seem to float in a diaphanous light that hypnotically conjures up a fleeting sense of the ineffability of faith."
bbc.co.uk
"The Kiev Chamber Choir under Mykola Hobdych is in its element and the recorded sound does full justice to Silvestrov's alternately ethereal and earthy sound world."
Gramophone
"

Silvestrov strikes me as an artist who continues to write music that is deeply rooted in his culture, and in a tradition of the sacred and the beautiful, and who yet also continues to put his personal stamp on it, almost despite himself. The only composer who I think is his rival in this quality is Arvo Pärt...It’s elevated music-making, a sustained prayer.

"
Fanfare
Label:
ECM New Series

Range:
ECM New Series

Catalogue Number:


Barcode:
00028947633167

Release Date:
23rd Feb 2010

Recording Date:
1st Jan 2007

Recording Location:
Cathedral Of The Dormition,Pechersk Lavra,Kiev

Producer:


Engineer:
Andrij Mokrytskij

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