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Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos Vol 6 / Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-03-26

Works: Dimitry Bortnyansky: Sacred Concerto for double choir no 1 ("I will praise Thee") (Ispovemsya tebe, Hospodi); Sacred Concerto for double choir no 2 ("Praise ye the Lord") (Khavalite, otrotsï); S...

"As always, Bortnyansky delights in the contrasting of textures and dynamics in a spontaneous way that very frequently recalls a composer such as Handel. The...continue...

Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos Vol 5 / Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Dimitry Bortnyansky: Sacred Choral Concerto no 30 ("Hear, O God, my voice"); Sacred Choral Concerto no 31 ("O clap your hands, all ye nations"); Choral Concerto no 32, "Tell me, O Lord, my end" (no 1...
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Cappella

Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos Vol 4 / Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Dimitry Bortnyansky: Sacred Concerto no 24 ("I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills"); Choral Concerto no 25 "We, unworthy, shall never cease glorifying the power, O mother of God"; Choral Concerto ...

Eternity - Western Poets in Russian Music Vol 3 / Larin

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Nikolay Medtner: Songs (9) of Goethe, for voice & piano, Op. 6; Poems (3) of Heine, for voice & piano, Op. 12; Alexander Grechaninov: I snilas' mne dalëkaia strana (And I Dreamed of a Faraway La...
Performers: Bekova, Eleonora; Larin, Sergei

Russian tenor Sergej Larin completes his survey of songs by Russian composers to texts in French, German or Italian. Much of the repertoire in this...continue...

Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos Vol 3 / Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-10-24

Works: Dimitry Bortnyansky: Sacred Concerto no 17 ("How amiable are thy tabernacles, o Lord of hosts"); Sacred Concerto no 18 ("It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord"); Sacred Concerto no 19 ("The...

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Bortnyansky has been mostly ignored in the West until quite recently. Tchaikovsky's disparaging comments on editing his sacred concertos also show he...continue...

Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos Vol 2 / Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-03-28

Works: Dimitry Bortnyansky: Choral Concerto no 10 "Sing praises to God, sing praises"; Choral Concerto no 11; Sacred Concerto no 12 ("I will sing a new song unto Thee, O God"); Choral Concerto no 13; Choral...
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Cappella

Most of Bortnyansky's liturgical works were written in the early 1790s, and coincided with the last years of Catherine the Great's reign. As a true...continue...