Download
part of track
V
XIV
XVI
Buy
Catalogue
Available
Albums
Contact
Us
|
At the age of five Pavel Chesnokov began to sing in his church
choir and at seven to study at the Moscow Synodal College
of Church Singing, which awarded him a gold medal in 1895. During his
years in the college, Chesnokov's inclination for musical composition showed
itself. Much of his creative life was connected with this College, where
he worked for twenty-five years. After college, Chesnokov studied under S.
Taneyev and at the Moscow Conservatory under M. Ippolitov-Ivanov. He was
director of the Moscow State choir and the Academic Choir and a professor of the
Moscow Conservatory. Chesnokov composed more than fifty works for choir, both
sacred and secular. Chesnokov's scores are marked with richness of melodies and
perfect expression of choral singing.
This CD features secular compositions of the composer's:
"Glimmering Dawn", "Night", "Forest" and
"Bludgeon" with folk Russian air, and arrangements of folk songs
"'Tis Not a Flower In the Field" and "I Was Planting My Garden
Myself".
Sergei Taneyev dedicated himself fully to the service of Russian
musical culture as an outstanding composer, pianist, and conductor, a pedagogue
in all spheres of music. He is the author of about seventy works for choir
a capella and three cantatas. His cycle written on Ya. Polonsky's lyrics
is a masterpiece where the choir sounds like a "vocal orchestra".
P.
Chesnokov
(1877 - 1944) 1. Glimmering Dawn, Op. 28 - 2:05
2. Forest, Op. 28 - 4:50
3. Night, Op. 31 No. 1 - 1:50
4. 'Tis Not a Flower in the Field, Op. 29 No. 3 - 2:27
(Incidental Music to A. Ostrovsky's Comedy "Poverty
Isn't a Vice", folk words)
5. I Was Planting
My Garden Myself, Op. 55 No. 3 - 4:16
(folk words)
6. Bludgeon, Op. 31 No. 3 - 5:30 S. Taneyev
(1856 - 1915) 7. Dawn, Op. 8 - 3:10
8. Adeli, Op. 24 No. 2 - 1:50
9. Serenade (1877) - 1:37
10. Pine-Tree (1877) - 1:47
11. Stars, Op. 15 No. 1 - 4:50
12. The Alps, Op. 15 No. 2 - 3:03
from
the Cycle On Ya. Polonsky's Lyrics, Op. 27
13. From the Grave (No. 1) - 3:52
14. Evening (No.
2) - 2:09
15. Ruins of the Tower (No. 3) - 4:12
16. On Board
(No. 5) - 3:55
17. Prometheus (No. 8) - 5:40
Total time - 57:03 Valentina Kozyreva, soprano
Anatoli Aleksandrovich, tenor
The Leningrad TV and Radio Chorus
Conductor, Grigori Sandler Cover Painting by M. Chagall
|