60 Years On Stage. Vladimir Minin About Time and Himself (2008)

60 Years On Stage. Vladimir Minin About Time and Himself (2008)
"Any art is like a burning candle. You can light it either from one or from both ends, but still it is a burning candle. It's something that burns in you and it may be a part of the soul..."

CD I

S. Prokofiev. "Ivan the Terrible". Oratorio for narrator, soloists, mixed choir and orchestra (Vladimir Fedoseyev's version)

Moscow State Chamber Choir
Conductor - Vladimir Minin

State Academic Symphony Orchestra named after P. I. Tchaikovsky
Artistic director and chief conductor - Vladimir Fedoseyev

Soloist - Nikolai Kazansky

Readings by Alla Demidova

Recorded at the Great Hall of Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky (April 18, 2003)

CD II

S. Rachmaninov "Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom"
G. Verdi "Stabat Mater"
J. Brodsky "Candlemas" (dedicated to Anna Akhmatova, 1972)

Moscow State Chamber Choir
Conductor - Vladimir Minin

State Academic Symphony Orchestra named after P. I. Tchaikovsky
Artistic director and chief conductor - Vladimir Fedoseyev

Soloists: Yevgeny Sorokin and Sergey Vasil

Readings by Olga Ostroumova

Recorded at the Great Hall of Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky (February 15, 2008)

CD III

Georgian choral music
I. Kechakmadze. A. Machavariani
G. Kancheli. "Little Imber" (first performance in Russia)

Moscow State Chamber Choir
Conductor - Vladimir Minin

Instrumental ensemble

Soloists: Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Evgenia Sorokina and Mamuka Gaganidze

Recordings from concerts at the Great Hall of Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky (18 April, 2003 and 15 April, 2004)

CD IV

W. A. Mozart "Exsultate, Jubilate". Motet for soprano and chamber orchestra
G. Pergolesi "Stabat Mater" for soloists, chorus and orchestra

Moscow State Chamber Choir
Conductor - Vladimir Minin

The State Chamber Orchestra "Virtuosos of Moscow"
Artistic director and chief conductor - Vladimir Spivakov

Soloists: Albina Shagimuratova and Olesya Petrova

Recorded at the Great Hall of Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky (29 May, 2008)