Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir & Andrei Petrenko - Russian Choral Concertos: An Introduction (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 52:46 minutes | 923 MB
Classical | Label: Fuga Libera, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 52:46 minutes | 923 MB
Classical | Label: Fuga Libera, Official Digital Download
The polyphonic choral concerto performed a cappella first appeared in Russian music at the beginning of the 18th century. Sacred in origin, it began as a multimovement setting of liturgical texts. Although it later became more secular in character, it nonetheless retained an elevated nature thanks to its use of Christian imagery. Most of the composers who worked in this genre were choirmasters and conductors, and inherited the traditions of the oldest professional choirs in Russia: the Moscow Synodal Choir and the Saint Petersburg Court Chapel.