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Shchedrin - The Sealed Angel | Delphian DCD34067

Shchedrin - The Sealed Angel

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34067

Barcode: 0801918340673

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 30th March 2009

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Artists

Clare Wills (oboe)
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Choir of King’s College London

Conductors

Geoffrey Webber
David Trendell

Works

Shchedrin, Rodion

The Sealed Angel

Artists

Clare Wills (oboe)
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Choir of King’s College London

Conductors

Geoffrey Webber
David Trendell

About

Two of Britain's finest young choirs join forces and cross a continent to take on the sublime expressiveness of Rodion Shchedrin's 'Russian liturgy', an astonishing statement of faith composed in the early days of perestroika.

Shchedrin's choral tableaux juxtapose tenderness with bracing sonic impact and are shadowed throughout by the plangent voice of a solo oboe, representing the soul of the Russian people. This ground-breaking choral partnership committed the work to disc following acclaimed UK première concert performances at the Spitalfields and Oundle festivals in the summer of 2008.

In 1992, President Boris Yeltsin awarded Shchedrin the Russian State Prize for The Sealed Angel.

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