
![PATRICK DEMENGA / ANDRES MUSTONEN - Alexander Knaifel: Chapter Eight - [CD]](http://shopmusic247.com/cdn/shop/files/ALEXANDERKNAIFELCHAPTER_prze0w_medium.jpg?v=1771648297)
Release Date: 2025-04-25
Language: english
UPC: 028948598533
No. of Disc: 1
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1 Chapter Eight, Canticum Canticorum for Cathedral, Choirs and Cello-Stanza I-VII
2 Chapter Eight, Canticum Canticorum for Cathedral, Choirs and Cello-Stanza Viii-XXII
3 Chapter Eight, Canticum Canticorum for Cathedral, Choirs and Cello-Stanza Xxiii-XXXII
Basing the music on the Old Testament Song of Songs, The Song of Solomon, Russian composer Alexander Knaifel (1943-2024) conceived of Chapter Eight as a "community prayer" to be realized "in the most reverberant church acoustics." The subtle blending of sounds is central to a work "without plot or drama," as Knaifel said, but by no means without mystery. Here cellist Patrick Demenga is called upon to renounce a soloist's role and surrender to the combined utterances of the three choirs, under the direction of Estonian conductor Andres Mustonen, and the pervading atmosphere of the church.
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