Grindenko Russian Christmas
Anatoly Grindenko, The Russian Patriarchate Choir - Russian Christmas (1998) Music
Posted by ArlegZ at Oct. 13, 2024
Anatoly Grindenko, The Russian Patriarchate Choir - Russian Christmas (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 311 Mb | Total time: 60:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus 111 | OPS 30-218 | Recorded: 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 311 Mb | Total time: 60:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus 111 | OPS 30-218 | Recorded: 1997
One thing you'll appreciate soon after you begin listening to this recording of Russian sacred Christmas music is how different Russian Orthodox Church traditions are from their Western counterparts. We are brought in touch with these differences only because of the remarkable efforts of Anatoly Grindenko and his Russian Patriarchate Choir, who nearly single-handedly restored ancient Orthodox liturgy to modern practice. This recording presents both monophonic and polyphonic chants, here recorded for the first time, which were used in various Russian monasteries during the 16th and 17th centuries. You won't recognize anything "Christmasy" here–the chants are specifically Russian, complete with drones and lots of open fourths and fifths, and follow the form of a service known as the "Vigil of the Nativity of Christ."
The Sirin Vocal Ensemble, Andrey Kotov, Alexei Lubimov & Tatiana Grindenko - Martynov Edition (2022) Music
Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 29, 2022
The Sirin Vocal Ensemble, Andrey Kotov, Alexei Lubimov & Tatiana Grindenko - Martynov Edition (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 7:19:56 | 2.23 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Brilliant Classics
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 7:19:56 | 2.23 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Brilliant Classics
The most comprehensive survey ever assembled on record of a major Russian composer working in the post-Soviet school of simplicity and transcendence. Vladimir Martynov (born 1946) is one of the leading composers of the Russian avant-garde, an experimentalist of serial, minimalist and electronic music. His ethno-musicological studies into the folk music of Russia, his philosophical and religious ideas and his great knowledge of Renaissance polyphony as well as Orthodox Chant all inspired his compositions. His principles are: commitment to traditional rules; modality as a constant feature of musical language; and repetitiveness as a means of immersion in states of prayer, mantra, and ritual in general. This set, compiled for his 75th birthday, presents sacred vocal works: performed by famous musicians from the composer’s close circle: pianist Alexei Lubimov, Tatiana Grindenko, the Sirin Choir, Op Posth Ensemble, Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble and others.