Description
SVIRIDOV: THE SNOWSTORM / PUSHKIN’S GARLAND (CD)
Gyorgy Sviridov: The Snowstorm Pushkin’s Garland; (Three) Choruses
The USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev
Novosibirsk Chamber Choir / Boris Pevzner & Moscow Chamber Choir / Vladimir Minin
The Leningrad M. Glinka Choir / Vladislav Chernushenko
(Snowstorm) “Sviridov created music for the film that was epic, romantic, tinged with nostalgia and above all, tuneful, which illustrated superbly his love for Russia, its history and its cultural heritage. Snowstorm was massively successful worldwide and each time it is heard on radio, interest in the composer rises” (James Murray)
“Pushkin’s Garland is one of the richest Russian choral works of the 20th century as well as a first-rate tribute to Russia’s greatest poet. Pushkin’s full emotional range is here … Sviridov’s late-flowering choral garlands and wreaths should enter the repertoire of our own chamber choirs sooner rather than later.” (Gramophone)
CONTENT
The Snowstorm
1. Troika – 3:10
2. Waltz – 3:56
3. Spring and Autumn – 2:07
4. Romance – 5:35
5. Pastorale – 2:14
6. Military March – 2:26
7. Wedding Ceremony – 3:03
8. Echo of Waltz – 1:53
9. Winter Road – 2:53
Pushkin’s Garland – Concerto for Chorus
Novosibirsk Chamber Choir
Moscow Chamber Choir, artistic director & conductor Vladimir Minin
10. I. Winter Morning – 3:02
11. II. My Sweetheart – 5:55
12. III. Mary – 2:34
13. IV. Echo – 2:54
14. V. Grecian Feast – 3:47
15. VI. Musk & Camphor – 1:52
16. VII. Reveille – 4:48
17. VIII. Natasha – 1:53
18. IX. Raise thee, timid one – 5:19
19. X. Magpie Chatter – 2:54
Five Choruses to Lyrics by Russian Poets (excerpts)
The Leningrad M.Glinka Choir, conductor V. Chernushenko
20. Of My Lost Youth (N. Gogol) 4:06 (Soloist: V. Timonin, tenor)
21. On a Blue Night (S. Esenin) 4:15
22. The Herd of Horses (S. Esenin) 5:12
