Schnittke Choir Concerto – Radio Toast for Cancer Research

www.donatetomyrelay.orgRadio Toast only plays superb music you may never have heard before. If you enjoyed this post, please donate anything you can (before August 2009) to Cancer Research UK using the link www.donatetomyrelay.org The beautiful final movement of Alfred Schnittke’s Chior Concerto. The piece is based on a devotional text called the ‘Book of Lamentations’ by the tenth century Armenian poet Gregory of Narek. It reflects Schnittke’s later style, in which earlier disruption and …

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22 Responses to “Schnittke Choir Concerto – Radio Toast for Cancer Research”

WLADm Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 4:58 am
Isn’t it fourth part? Awesome…
Huquqzod Says:
April 13th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Nothing to discuss!!!
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
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dAvrilthebear Says:
June 24th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Very beautiful! You never know what to expect from Shnittke.
Thank you very much!
adambomb30 Says:
July 26th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Schnittke’s choir concerto is one of his most accessible pieces. There are a few recordings of it available but this one being performed with the Russian State Symphonic Capella under Polyansky is the best by far and away.
adambomb30 Says:
July 26th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Forgot to add that I think Schnittke dedicated this piece along with the piece “Three Sacred Hymns” to Polyansky.
quelasol Says:
July 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Yes, this is the fourth movement. (The last and the most tonal movement.) Gorgeous piece. I grew up with the recording on Chandos. This recording sounds very polished but somewhat lower-energy (doesn’t push nearly as far with Schnittke’s louder dynamics / bigger-energy moments in this mvmt). Thanks for posting this!
rubik56 Says:
September 24th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
wonderful. listen ti arvo part too
TheBlackPage1 Says:
December 21st, 2008 at 10:29 pm
This is much better than anything by Pärt
antorrrrr Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Consider also dir. Kalijuste with Swedish Radio Choir, both excellent (ecm, I think)
gilduc Says:
February 16th, 2009 at 7:30 am
grandiose, bouleversant et serein.
KeithWhalen11 Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I am an avid fan of classical piano music, but this blew my mind. Apart from the concerto does Schnittke have many choir works? Can anyone direct me to some of the greater classical choir opuses out there! Thanks a lot.
robbiethemann Says:
April 5th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
‘Lacrimosa’ from Mozart’s Requiem
i don’t know much about choir music either but that is one of my favourites

and i think you should check out Ligeti’s ‘Lux Aeterna’. see what you think. give it a chance.

and this schnittke piece is incredible!!
cyliu0413 Says:
May 6th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Check out Schnittke’s Requiem *14th movements. The 13th is Credo and it is in a Jazz/Rock style! Henryk Gorecki is another composer in similar style. By the way, Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson is the best choir in the world YEH!
krazava Says:
May 28th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Божественная музыка!!!!! Шнитке – Гений!!!!
DannyDaWriter Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:07 am
There is no doubt that Schnittke was one of the most ingenious composers of the 20th century. Next month will be the 11th anniversary of his death, and as such I plan on listening to his Requiem in his memory, along with other works including this one.

Bravo, maestro. You are missed.
mjollner23 Says:
July 14th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Schnittke’s later works are insanely beautiful and ingenious. He said himself that he did not write the music he wanted, but what he heard. “Through me, something outside myself becomes audible…”
Big words from a mama’s boy, but when listening to his work, I almost belive it. 12 psalms of repentance for mixed chorus is my favourite classical work of all time. Though not as accessible as this, the contrasts make it superior to this beautiful work imo.
anaklasis Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Schnittke also wrote a set of “Psalms of Repentance” which are very beautiful as well.
noirvalentin Says:
August 16th, 2009 at 5:53 am
That is absolutely amazing. Schnittke was a genius.
Mozarte2 Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Siempre me maravillo este concierto. A ti Pavel Vasconovitch paimiosh menia pravda?.
kolxi Says:
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:36 am
შნიტკეს ამ გენიალური კომპოზიციის გზა ტაძრამდე მიდის…
kolxi Says:
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:37 am
For Schnittke composer “should be a medium or a sensor remembering what he hears from somewhere else and whose mind acts as a translator only. Music comes from some sort of divine rather than human area.”

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