Arvo Pärt and Alfred Schnittke: Sacred Choral Works (1983-1997)

On the newly launched CD the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks dietary supplements the ‘Concerto for Refrain’ with two additional sacred works. Schnittke’s ‘Three Sacred Songs’ from 1983 and ‘Voices of Nature’ – initially the rating for the movie documentary And That is What I Imagine by the Russian director Mikhail Romm. The finale is the cantata Dopo la vittoria (After the Victory) written in 1997 by Arvo Pärt. This piece can also be primarily based on a extremely uncommon textual content: an article from a church music lexicon, by which the legendary story of the creation of the Te Deum is advised.