Various Artists - Vol. 10-Analekta Compilation - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

During the Middle Ages the legend of Saint Sigfrid was related on Saint Sigfrid's Day, the 15th of February. It was reported how he by difficult paths arrived in Småland as a missionary; upon his death he was buried in Växjö. The legend was presented in words and music in the form of an Office, that is, the services which in a monastic context - as was the case at Växjö Cathedral during the Middle Ages - were spread evenly throughout the day. This combination of recitation from the saint's legend and chants about the saint is called an Office or historia. There are many possibilities about how to interpret Gregorian chant today, just as there was in the Middle Ages. The ensemble Gemma strives for a flexible, text-based song where the accentuation of the words forms the foundation for the melodic line. In this recording we have used a pronunciation of the Latin as it is believed to have sounded during the High Middle Ages in Sweden. Three of the antiphons have been performed with psalmody, in order to some extent highlight the most important task of the Office The weekly recitation of the 150 psalms from the Old Testament's Book of Psalms and the cantica from the New Testament. With this recording of excerpts from the Sigfrid Office, we wish to invite the listener to participate in the rich world represented by the medieval Office repertoire, and to offer an audio selection from Swedish music history.

Various Artists - Chopin Complete Piano Music 10 / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/28/1999

Boris Bloch writes InchThis is called InchAveu passionné.Inch On the one hand because of the Tchaikovsky piece with the same title (in English InchPassionate ConfessionInch), on the other hand because of my deepest connection to Russian music, especially Russian opera, and last but not least because of my great love for the singer Galina Vischnevskaya. It may not seem obvious at first glance, but on closer inspection of the pieces selected here, this connection can be better understood. For Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, but also Glinka and Tchaikovsky are first and foremost opera composers. Every time I perform their music on the piano, the whole cosmos of their operas is before my eyes. Since I have been fortunate enough to conduct some of these great operas myself - for example, Glinka's InchLife for the TsarInch, Dargomyshsky's InchThe Stone GuestInch, Mussorgsky's InchBoris GodunovInch, Borodin's InchPrince IgorInch, as well as some operas by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky - they form for me the elixir of life that always fires my imagination.Inch