Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov : CD : Sacred Works

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Sacred Works

Valentin Silvestrov

label: ECM format: CD UPC: 00028947633167 release date: 2/23/2010

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Tracks

	Liturgical Chants (Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov):
	1. 1. Litany 07:47
	2. 2. Four Spiritual Songs: Christmas Song 01:36
	3. 3. Four Spiritual Songs: Dithyrambic Song 01:28
	4. 4. Four Spiritual Songs: Cherubic Song 01:20
	5. 5. Four Spiritual Songs: Alleluia 01:43
	6. 6. Bless O Lord 03:59
	7. 7. O Holy God 02:52
	8. 8. The Creed 06:40
	9. 9. Gloria 01:38
	10. 10. Hymn Of The Cherubs 03:00
	11. 11. The Beatitudes 06:25
	12. 12. Ave Maria 02:26
	Two Spiritual Songs (Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov):
	13. 1. Alleluia 02:36
	14. 2. Ave Maria 03:21
	Two Spiritual Chants (Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov):
	15. 1. A Mercy Of Peace 03:42
	16. 2. To Thee We Sing 02:11
	Two Psalms Of David (Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov):
	17. 1. Fret Not Thyself Because Of The Ungodly (Psalm 37) 03:49
	18. 2. O Praise God In His Sanctuary (Psalm 150) 02:33
	Diptych (Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov):
	19. 1. The Lord's Prayer 03:55
	20. 2. Testament 06:14
	Alleluia (Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov):
	21. 1. Evening 01:29
	22. 2. Morning 01:56
	23. 3. Night 02:34

Sacred Works

This album of sacred a-cappella works from recent years offers a most fascinating addition to the wide spectrum of music by Valentin Silvestrov on ECM New Series. Silvestrov’s interest in the choir came compartively late in his career. “Being an individualist, I never imagined that I would be scoring choral works”, he has said. It was partly due to conductor Mykola Hobdytsch persistent encouragement that Silvestrov decided to immerse himself more deeply into the choral world and to study old Russian litanies. Once he had started reading them, the composer was so fascinated that, within a couple of weeks, he wrote some 40 minutes of music. By treating the choir as an ensemble of “extremely modest” soloists and dividing the sections into small groups Silvestrov acquires unique sonic and harmonic effects and an utmost flexibility of melody and rhythm. Its lyrical fluency and introvert tenderness brings Silvestrov’s choral writing close to his much-lauded “Silent Songs” to “Requiem for Larissa” and his music for solo piano. The ravishing performances from the Kiev chamber choir under Mykola Hobdytsch were recorded in Kiev in 2006 and 2007.