Valentin Silvestrov: Sacred Songs
Description
Previous choral releases of Silvestrov on the label were the Requiem for Larissa in memory of the composer's wife and the unaccompanied Sacred Works. Like the latter album, Sacred Songs features the utterly attuned, even otherworldly performances of Ukraine's Kiev Chamber Choir under the direction of co-founder Mykola Hobdych, with the recordings made in the resounding air of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, an ancient building recently reconstructed, the acoustic of which is almost a joint performer with the choir.
The BBC description of Sacred Works: "A ravishing collection of a cappella choral works. It is the sheer beauty of sound that catches the ear...luminous and lyrical."
Personnel: Kiev Chamber Choir, Mykola Hobdych (conductor)
Tracks
- Name
- Songs for Vespers (2006), Come, Let us Worship
- World of Peace
- Holy God
- O Virgin Mother of God
- Today You Release (Your Servant)
- Many Years (Vivat)
- Silent Night
- Psalms and Prayers (2007), Praise God All Ye Nations (Psalm 116)
- Lord, my Heart Swells not with Pride (Psalm 130)
- Lord Jesus Christ
- Blessed Is He (Psalm 1)
- O King of Heaven
- With the Saints Grant Eternal Peace
- Our Father
- Two Psalms of David (2007), To You, o Lord, I Call (Psalm 27)
- The Lord Is my Shepherd (Psalm 22)
- Two Spiritual Refrains (2008), Do not Forsake me
- Alleluia
- Two Spiritual Songs (2007), Cherubic Hymn
- Many Years (Vivat)
- Three Spiritual Songs (2006), Cherubic Hymn
- Many Years (Vivat)
- Alleluia