Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss - Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance (2023) [DSD64]

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Title: Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: PentaTone
Genre: Classics
Quality: DSD64 2.0 (*.dsf) (tracks) 2,8 MHz/1 Bit
Total Time: 00:40:31
Total Size: 1.6 GB
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Tracklist:

1 Psalms of Repentance - I. Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise 2:23
2 Psalms of Repentance - II. O wilderness, gather me 3:46
3 Psalms of Repentance - III. That is why I live in poverty 2:40
4 Psalms of Repentance - IV. My soul, my soul 1:59
5 Psalms of Repentance - V. O Man, doomed and wretched 2:38
6 Psalms of Repentance - VI. When they beheld the ship that suddenly came 1:47
7 Psalms of Repentance - VII. Oh my soul, why are you not afraid 4:57
8 Psalms of Repentance - VIII. If you wish to overcome 1:41
9 Psalms of Repentance - IX. I have reflected on my life as a monk 6:13
10 Psalms of Repentance - X. Christian people, gather together! 3:14
11 Psalms of Repentance - XI. I entered this life of tears a naked infant 2:55
12 Psalms of Repentance - XII. (wordless) 6:18

Schnittke’s Psalms of Repentance in a New Light
Cappella Amsterdam and its artistic leader and conductor Daniel Reuss present their new Pentatone album with a recording of Alfred Schnittke’s Psalms of Repentance.
Schnittke composed the piece in 1988 to commemorate the Christianisation of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in 1988, and based it on anonymous Russian texts from the 16th century about guilt and repentance. It is one of the most impressive large-scale works for a cappella choir written in the twentieth century, setting intensely emotional texts to equally expressive music, and approaching centuries-old Orthodox musical traditions through the lens of late twentieth-century music.
This recording uses the original manuscript, which differs in multiple ways from the published score, resulting in an interpretation that aims to be closer to the composer’s intentions.