Sergey Akhunov, Intrada Vocal Ensemble, OpensoundOrchestra
AP371 - 1CD - 62' - Nov 1, 2024
In the complex interweaving of vocal and instrumental lines, Akhunov deploys a contemplative and moving polyphony, in which each part, as part of a whole, takes on meaning in its relationship to the others.
At the end of February 2022, at the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Sergey Akhunov began composing an Adagio ‘Prayer for Peace’, echoing Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings. Built around the interplay of instrumental textures, the work was quickly completed and recorded by the OpensoundOrchestra, conducted by Stanislav Malyshev.
Three other compositions for solo choir revolve around this core, performed by the Intrada ensemble under the direction of Ekaterina Antonenko. These include the Concerto ‘Exigi monumentum’, based on Horace's ode and dedicated to the Armenian sculptor and painter Nikolai Nikogosyan, as well as Two Latin Psalms and Psalm 83, inspired by the Znamenny tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church and combining Latin and Slavonic liturgies.
In the complex interweaving of vocal and instrumental lines, Akhunov deploys a contemplative and moving polyphony, in which each part, as part of a whole, takes on meaning in its relationship to the others.
SERGEY AKHUNOV
Choir Concerto ‘Exegi monumentum’
1. Exegi monumentum Daria Khrisanova · Ekaterina Kolomina soprano solo
2. Non omnis moriar Daria Khrisanova soprano solo
3. Dicar
4. Sume superbiam
5. Adagio: Prayer for Peace (string quartet version)
Two Latin Psalms
6. De profundis
7. Benedic anima mea
8. Adagio: Prayer for Peace (string orchestra version)
9. Psalm 83
