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
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I. Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise
02:23
2.
II. O wilderness, gather me
03:46
3.
III. That is why I live in poverty
02:40
4.
IV. My soul, my soul
01:59
5.
V. O Man, doomed and wretched
02:38
6.
VI. When they beheld the ship that suddenly came
01:47
7.
VII. Oh my soul, why are you not afraid
04:57
8.
VIII. If you wish to overcome
01:41
9.
IX. I have reflected on my life as a monk
06:13
10.
X. Christian people, gather together!
03:14
11.
XI. I entered this life of tears a naked infant
02:55
12.
XII. (wordless)
06:18
Total time: 00:40:31
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