Suprasl Canticles – Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir

This new release from DUX presents a world premiere recording of the Suprasl Canticles; a recently reconstructed score from the collections that are being kept in Vilnius but come from the famous monastery in Suprasl.

The Suprasl Canticles is a collection of 49 Orthodox Church concert compositions for male and treble choir, by vari-ous authors. 38 of them have been recorded on this three-disc album.

Discovered only just in the 1990s, the compositions come from the 17th century and are an example of the peak achievements of Baroque cho-ral polyphony and of the implementation of the influences of Western music, includ-ing Italian, into the areas under the influ-ence of the Orthodox Church. The implementation occurred thanks to the activity of the so-called Vilnius School of Baroque Orthodox Church composition.

A mixed choir, including female voices, took part in the recording of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir. Under the baton of an outstanding conductor, Violetta Bielecka, the artists once again prove their undeniable performance class and virtuosity.