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Composer:
Giya Kancheli

Artist(s):
Maxim Rysanov
Rihards Zalupe

Conductor:
Maris Sirmais

Background: 'My rival has arrived!' Yuri Bashmet purportedly exclaimed, when asked about Maxim Rysanov. Rysanov, like Bashmet is from the Ukraine. Rysanov's Onyx debut is of two extraordinarily beautiful and haunting works for viola and chorus / orchestra: both written for Bashmet, and the Tavener is a world-première recording!

Giya Kancheli's Styx is already renowned as a choral masterpiece for the 21st century, The River Styx in Greek mythology separates the living from the dead and the solo viola mediates between the two. John Tavener's The Myrrh-Bearer is another epic, this time based on the Troparion of Cassiane, a Byzantine poet and composer. Here the viola represents the sin of Mary Magdalen. Both works were recorded in the amazing Dome Cathedral in Riga, Latvia, the largest medieval church in the Baltics, has just the right expansive acoustic to make this music work.

CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4023
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Giya Kancheli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Styx - solo viola mixed choir and orchestra (Giya Kancheli). The Myrrh- Bearer - solo viola chorus and percussion (John Tavener).
ORCHESTRA: Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Maris Sirmais
ARTISTS: Maxim Rysanov   Rihards Zalupe   Men of the State Choir Latvija  

- Oct-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'the Latvians topple the mighty in music that transfixes, scalds, then consoles'

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