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One might well say: this is just yet another recording of Rachmaninov's Vespers. And while, objectively, that's what this is, it’s also a reading which differs markedly from the norm – the norm in question being to drown the discourse in an intense reverberation, natural or artificial, and to record it at a distance, to create a "churchy" feel. None of that here: the choir – exemplary, superb – of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Poland, an institution based in Białystok, is recorded here quite close up, almost intimately, with no added reverb and in a comfortable acoustic location: the European Art Centre in Białystok. The result is that the listener hears every word and almost every counter-punctual line – and Rachmaninov had a field day with this, adding up to eleven real voices into the most harmonically intense passages. We bet that for many, this will be a real discovery, of an immense masterpiece of Slavic religious music. We also note that the soloists are of great quality and that the basso profundos demanded of the choir at points are real basso profundos, not unfortunate bass baritones in danger of asphyxiation. Hats off. © SM/Qobuz
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano - Rafał Bartmiński, Tenor - Krzysztof Drugow, Bass - Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Violetta Bielecka, Conductor - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
Album review
One might well say: this is just yet another recording of Rachmaninov's Vespers. And while, objectively, that's what this is, it’s also a reading which differs markedly from the norm – the norm in question being to drown the discourse in an intense reverberation, natural or artificial, and to record it at a distance, to create a "churchy" feel. None of that here: the choir – exemplary, superb – of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Poland, an institution based in Białystok, is recorded here quite close up, almost intimately, with no added reverb and in a comfortable acoustic location: the European Art Centre in Białystok. The result is that the listener hears every word and almost every counter-punctual line – and Rachmaninov had a field day with this, adding up to eleven real voices into the most harmonically intense passages. We bet that for many, this will be a real discovery, of an immense masterpiece of Slavic religious music. We also note that the soloists are of great quality and that the basso profundos demanded of the choir at points are real basso profundos, not unfortunate bass baritones in danger of asphyxiation. Hats off. © SM/Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recorded at the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic - European Art Centre in Bialystok, 4–8
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:02
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Agnieszka Rehlis Rafał Bartmiński Krzysztof Drugow Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Violetta Bielecka
- Composer: Serge Rachmaninoff
- Label: DUX
- Area: Russie
- Genre: Classical Sacred Vocal Music
- Period: Post-romantic Music
(C) 2018 DUX (P) 2018 DUX
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