Taneyev - Suite de concert & Ioann Damaskin
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Gnesin Academy Chorus, Thomas Sanderling
Taneyev - Suite de concert & Ioann Damaskin
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Gnesin Academy Chorus, Thomas Sanderling
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Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev’s cantata John of Damascus was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an opus number, its sublime music drawing on an ancient sacred chant woven into rich passages of expressive counterpoint.
A quarter of a century later, the virtuosic and scintillating Suite de concert, Taneyev’s first work for solo violin and orchestra, was also successfully premièred.
Contents and tracklist
- Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Gnesin Academy Chorus
- Thomas Sanderling
- Recorded: 2,3,6 May, 13 September 2007
- Recording Venue: Russian State TV & Radio Company Kultura, Studio 5, Moscow, Russia
Idu v nevedomiy mne put' (I begin a journey into the unknown): Adagio ma non troppo
Track length14:57
No vechnim snom poka ya splyu (But while I sleep with the eternal sleep): Andante sostenuto
Track length2:55
- Ilya Kaler (violin)
- Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
- Thomas Sanderling
- Recorded: 2,3,6 May, 13 September 2007
- Recording Venue: Russian State TV & Radio Company Kultura, Studio 5, Moscow, Russia
