A Russian Night

Bitter End of a Sweet Night / Amai yoru no hate - by Yoshishige (Kiju) Yoshida (1961)

Yokkaichi, a industrial city in full boom. Working in a grand entreprise, Jiro Tezuka knows Harumi in a motorway cafe. He decides to put her working in the bar "Sawa" which boss, Sawako, is the daughter of the director of his entreprise. Meanwhile, he also knows Masae, widower to the director of the foundry Oka…

These well known pieces are presented in superb sound. Carlo Ponti Jr. is the son of Carlo Ponti Sr. and Sophia Loren and is a regular conductor of the Russian National Orchestra.

Sergei Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil op. 37
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 194 MB | Full Artwork: 188 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Harmonia Mundi # HMU 907384 | Country/Year: US 2005
Genre: Classical | Style: Sacred, Vocal, Early 20th Century

…Paul Hillier is arguably the finest living conductor of spiritual choral music, a conductor with a complete mastery of the technique of singing and a consummate understanding of the transcendence of music. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is probably the best Baltic choir, a chorus with the sonorous depths of the best Russian choirs, the supple strength of the best Scandinavian choirs, plus the soulful longing of the best choruses in the world. And, of course, Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil is beyond all argument the greatest, the deepest, the most transcendent choral work ever composed by a Russian and one of the highest musical embodiments of humanity's spirituality. Together, Hillier and the Estonians turn in a performance of the All-Night Vigil of supreme musicality and sublime spirituality, a performance to convert the unconverted and bring the apostate back to belief. Harmonia Mundi captures the performance in sound that can only be described as stupendous.