Kiev Chamber Choir Ukrainian and Russian choral church music.
Origen Music was the first Ukrainian music label that recorded the first albums of church music performed by Kiev chamber choir Masterpieces of Baroque choral music
Praise the Lord- Russian sacred choral music of the 19th and 20th centuries
by Kyiv Chamber Choir
CHRISTMAS EVENINGS Ukrainian Christmas Carols by Kiev Chamber Choir
Ukrainian Christmas traditions may be considered among the richest in the world. They reflect achievements of a greater than five thousand year old culture, impressive in the musical and contextual diversity of its songs, and in the number of its carols and epiphany carols, a number that is impossible to ascertain.
Washington Post reviewer Joan Reinthaler
"The Kyiv chamber choir has only 20 singers, but what singers they are - big, marvelously focused voices, the kind that might easily hold their own on the opera stage but without the kind of operatic vibrato that can make an ensemble rattle.They can sing wonderfully clean unisons and the basses have low E's to die for"
This is the first Kiev Chamber Choir CD and one of the first religious music CD released in Ukraine after USSR breakdown. Earlier it was impossibly to sing and record religious music in the communist and atheistic Soviet Union and unusual rendition of Sergey Rachmaninoff vesper “To Thee We Sing” will remind us about those times. Kiev Chamber Choir sings this vesper without words. Yes, it was impossible to sing religious music in the communist Soviet Union, but it was possible to perform music by Rachmaninoff, ONLY without religious words. It was the times and thanks God they passed.
The Kyiv chamber choir has only 20 singers, but what singers they are - big, marvelously focused voices, the kind that might easily hold their own on the opera stage but without the kind of operatic vibrato that can make an ensemble rattle, wrote Washington Post reviewer Joan Reinthaler following their performance at the George Mason Arts Center. "They can sing wonderfully clean unisons and the basses have low E's to die for," she added.
The Kyiv Chamber Choir was founded in 1990. Choir members include professional singers, graduates of conservatories and musical institutes throughout Ukraine. The Choir's major awards include:
Golden Diploma at the First Robert Schummann Competition in Zwikkau (Germany, 1992); First Award at the Twelfth International Church Music Festival in Hajnуwka (Poland, 1993); Grand Prix at the Sixth International Choral Festival in Sligo (Ireland, 1993);
Second Award at Langolen Interna-tional Musical Eisteddfod (Wales, 1994)
and more.
Reviews
author: CD BABY
This stunning and heart-wrenching CD of 18th and 19th century choral sacred music is truly an example of why classical music is still being performed hundreds of years later. The undeniable vulnerability of the human spirit, in our attempts to understand life and its mysteries, is beautifully reflected in this timeless, ghostly, a capella choral music. Revealing the deepest passions of composers such as Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Gretchaninov and more, the emotional performance by this award-winning choir will leave you speechles
author: Timothy Hollingsworth
This is perhaps the most stunning cd that I have ever listened to. To light candles, have a glass of wine, and to listen to this music must be pretty much like heaven on a good day.
author: Nicholas N.
Another Shining Example Why These Folks From The Ukraine Are So Sought For & Deserving Of ALL The Prestigious Awards Bestowed To Them... Heaven Can Wait, But You Can't Afford To Pass This CD Up... A Solid Performance Of Voice Patterns That Work Together So Sincerly... AWESOME Production...
author: Fokke
As a singer in a choir that has sung severalof these pieces, I loved finding this recording. It looks like this is one of the best recordings I have heard of this music: great singers, great recording! Absolutely recommended!! Read all reviews and write your own
