in Choir & Organ (Jan, 2016)
Valentin Silvestrov’s eclecticism allows him to put techniques from renaissance choral music side by side with Debussy, Poulenc and elements of the avant-garde. The harmonies are occasionally quite complex, as on the Two Sacred Chants from 2006, but there is still a faintly saccharine quality to some of the writing, and to a degree that one wonders if Silvestrov is still indulging in some kind of Shostakovich-like code, burying his darker message under a light exterior. If so, the Latvian singers ‘get it’, giving these pieces a shimmer of darkness even under the glow of Alleluia (also 2006) and the lovely 1995 Diptych that contains Silvestrov’s setting of the Lord’s Prayer. …
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Silvestrov, Valentin: To Thee We Sing
Alleluia (für Chor und Soli) (2006) (Auszug)
1. Evening (Vechir)
2. Morning (Ranok)
3. Night (Nich)
Liturgical Chants (für Chor und Soli) (2005) (Auszug)
Cherubic Song (Khreuvim’ska)
Alleluia
O Holy God (Svyatiy Bozhe)
Ave Maria
Dyptych (für Chor und Soli) (1995) (Auszug)
1. The Lord’s Prayer (Otche nash)
2. Testament (nach T. Shevchenko) (Zapovit)
Two Sacred Chants Nr. 1-2 (für Chor) (2006)
Nr. 1 Mercy of Peace (Milist’ Miru)
Nr. 2 To Thee We Sing (Tobi spivaemo)
Two Sacred Songs Nr. 1-2 (für Chor und Soli) (2006) (Auszug)
Nr. 1 Alleluia
Nr. 2 Ave Maria
Two Christmas Lullabies Nr. 1-2 (für Chor und Soli) (2006) (Auszug)
Nr. 1 Sleep, Jesus (Spi, Isuse)
Nr. 2 Quiet Night (Tikha nich’)
Latvian Radio Choir / Klava, Sigvards
12,94€
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