CD, стоящие на полке рядом : Classics (Modern Classics/SU)      

Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Malmo Symphony Chorus

World premiere recording

Recording data: 1989-01-20 (Ritual; (K)ein Sommernachstraum; Passacaglia); 1989-03-03/04 (Seid nuchtern und wachet) at the Malmo Concert Hall, Malmo. Sweden

Conductor - James DePreist (tracks: 4 to 13), Leif Segerstam (tracks: 1 to 3)

Bass Vocals - Ulrik Cold (tracks: 4 to 13)

Chorus - Malmo Symphony Chorus (tracks: 4 to 13)

Chorus Master - Dan-Olof Stenlund (tracks: 4 to 13)

Countertenor Vocals - Mikael Bellini (tracks: 4 to 13)

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Inger Blom (tracks: 4 to 13)

Orchestra - Malmo Symphony Orchestra

Producer - Robert von Bahr

Tenor Vocals - Louis Devos (tracks: 4 to 13

If you were ever faced with having to own one-and only one-Alfred Schnittke CD, this would be an excellent choice. A collection with Seid Nuchtern und Wachet (better known as the Faust Cantata) as its anchor, this set also features inspired performances of the large, pulsing Ritual as well as a pair of additional large orchestral works: (K)ein Sommernachtstaum and Passacaglia. These are sprawling things, each invoking styles by the seeming dozens in blasts of energy. Schnittke's is a music of embarrassing riches, a palette he intentionally overfills in a self-consciously postmodern pastiche that speaks to the twin 20th-century Russian traditions of (in music) rich orchestration and (in politics) political repression. So it is that the Faust Cantata can weave between c. 10th-century texts and a very familiar liturgical choral style and a gut-busting set of solos that drive the piece to a frenzy.

-Andrew Bartlett (All Music Guide)