Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava
Album info
Album-Release:
2018
HRA-Release:
11.05.2018
Label: Ondine
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Artist: Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava
Composer: Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998): Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder:
- 1 Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder: No. 1, Lord, Save the Pious 01:34
- 2 Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder: No. 2, Holy God 04:52
- 3 Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder: No. 3, It Is Worth Eating 02:10
- 4 Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder: No. 4, Christmas Song 01:21
- 5 Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder: No. 5, Glory and Hallelujah 03:59
- 6 Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder: No. 6, The Inexpressible Miracle 02:41
- Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity:
- 7 Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 7, Glory (Fast) 01:12
- 8 Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 8, Come, Let Us Worship 02:34
- 9 Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 9, Glory (Monastic) 00:43
- 10 Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 10, Repentance of the Prodigal Son 02:49
- 11 Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 11, Glory (Quiet) 01:01
- 12 Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 12, Have Mercy on Us, Lord 02:37
- 13 Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 13, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity 04:35
- Canticles & Prayers, From the Old Testament:
- 14 Canticles & Prayers, From the Old Testament: No. 14, King of Glory 03:03
- 15 Canticles & Prayers, From the Old Testament: No. 15, The Song of Purification 03:24
- 16 Canticles & Prayers, From the Old Testament: No. 16, The Lord's Land 05:35
- Canticles & Prayers, Other Songs:
- 17 Canticles & Prayers, Other Songs: No. 17, Glorification of the Mother of God 02:04
- 18 Canticles & Prayers, Other Songs: No. 18, Prayer to the Holy Apostle John the Theologian 04:35
- 19 Canticles & Prayers, Other Songs: No. 19, Lord, Raise Up Your Power 02:28
- 20 Canticles & Prayers, Other Songs: No. 20, Behold the Bridegroom Comes 03:41
- 21 Canticles & Prayers, Other Songs: No. 21, The Last Supper 04:36
- The Red Easter:
- 22 The Red Easter 03:30
Info for Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers
Georgy Sviridov's (1915–1998) Canticles and Prayers is considered by many as one of the most important works in Russian sacred music. In this new recording Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava offer impressive renditions of music from this collection by the Russian master. Sviridov, a pupil of Shostakovich, began writing religious works since 1969. Since then these works came to form an important part of his oeuvre. In the 1980s Sviridov had several projects to write a liturgy or a mass. In the end, the sketches of his sacred music came to form a cycle titled Canticles and Prayers. The work was created at a turning point in the history of Russia, the perestroika years that ended in the collapse of the Soviet state. The composer was keenly affected by the events of those years, building a monument to his era. The main body of Canticles and Prayers was assembled between 1988 and 1992. In September 1997, Sviridov selected the versions he thought best, approving the final order for the first three parts and making the final edits to the score. This work remained incomplete at the time of his death in 1998. Canticles and Prayers was thus Sviridov's last work. The recording also includes chorus The Red Easter (1978) based on a cycle of Easter hymns.
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava, direction
No biography found.
Booklet for Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers