Anthology. Vol. 5 & 5a. Cui. The Russian Secular Choir Music A Cappella. XIX — early XX (+2CD)

The publication “Anthology. The Russian Secular Choir Music a Cappella. XIX — early XX” is the educational aid on the subject “History of the Russian Choir Music” intended for the students of the choir-conducting departments at the conservatoires, music colleges and art institutes.

The Anthology consists of twenty issues, every one of which is devoted correspondingly to the composers, having made profound contribution to the Russian choral music. The collection may be considered rather unique, because it includes all secular choral opuses a cappella, even those, which either had never been published, or hadn’t been edited since the pre-revolution time.

Every issue is opened by the preface narrating about this or that composer’s creative peculiarities. Combined in one whole and disposed according to the chronology, these essays may be accepted as one of the parts from the lectures of the “History of the Russian Choir Music”. Every issue contains the supplements, where the lyrics are adduced originally without any cuts.

Every issue is provided with audio CD, where the Petersburg Chamber Choir conducted by Nikolai Kornev performs the choruses published inside.

This is the first time that the edition of the Russian secular choir music is realized so voluminously.

Volume 5
Contents:

Preface
Cesar Antonovich Cui (1835–1918)
SEVEN CHOIRS A CAPPELLA FOR MIXED VOICES. Op. 28
Volume I
   1. Roses. Lyrics by V. Zhukovsky (Music text example)
   2. The dawn has broken far away. Lyrics by I. Surikov
   3. Bedouins prayer. Lyrics by A. Maykov
Volume II
   4. The sky and the stars. Lyrics by M. Lermontov
   5. A night at the seashore. Lyrics by I. Nikitin
Volume III
   6. The Bacchic Song. Lyrics by A. Pushkin
   7. Childe Harold. Lyrics by H. Heine (Translated by A. Maykov) (Music text example)
FIVE CHOIRS, LYRICS BY K. R.
   1. Slumbering waves
   2. Serenade
   3. Bird-cherry tree’s aromas breath
   4. May is back
   5. Barcarole
SIX CHOIRS FOR MIXED VOICES
   1. Arouse, birds of my Songs. Lyrics by A. Aleksandrov
   2. Two roses. Lyrics by M. Valdau (Translated by A. Pleshcheyev) (Music text example)
   3. The sun is shining. Lyrics by F. Tyutchev
   4. Nocturne. Lyrics by K. Medvedsky
   5. The Life. Lyrics by V. Gessen
   6. Storm clouds. Lyrics by K. Sluchevsky
Supplement. Poetical Text Originals

Volume 5a
Contents:

Preface
Cesar Antonovich Cui (1835–1918)
TWO SONGS FOR MALE CHOIR A СAPPELLA
   1. Ave Maria. Lyrics by A. Muth (Translated by I. Tyumenev) (Music text example)
   2. Road song. Lyrics by P. Immergrün (Translated by I. Tyumenev)
SEVEN VOCAL QUARTETS, LYRICS BY F. SOLOGUB
   1. Water
   2. Like a Faint Blue Vestment
   3. Secret Beauty
   4. I have been Waiting
   5. Cornflowers in the Fields
   6. Echo
   7. Harvest Failure
My Home Land. From the Series “Twenty-one Poems by N. Nekrasov, Music by C. Cui”
SIX CHOIRS FOR MIXED VOICES A CAPPELLA. Op. 63
   1. Unsolved Dream. Lyrics by D. Ratgauz
   2. Everything has Fallen Asleep. Lyrics by D. Ratgauz
   3. Two Enemies. Lyrics by D. Ratgauz
   4. There, Where the Forest is Whispering. Lyrics by A. Greshner
   5. The spring has gone. Lyrics by D. Ratgauz
   6. Glory. Lyrics by N. Panov
Silence. From the Series “Six Poems by Ya. P. Polonsky”. Ор. 76, № 5
The Famine. From the Series “Six Poems by Ya. P. Polonsky”. Ор. 76, № 6
SEVEN LITTLE CHOIRS, LYRICS BY I. A. BELOUSOV. Ор. 77
   1. A Morning of Spring
   2. Snow is Everywhere
   3. The Songs are Tailing off
   4. A Thunderstorm
   5. In the Woods (I Am in the Woods)
   6. A Swallow
   7. In the Woods (The Wind Has Blown) (Music text example)
NINE VOCAL QUARTETS FOR MALE VOICES. Ор. 88
   1. Tears of Mankind. Lyrics by F. Tyutchev
   2. By Quiet Night. Lyrics by F. Tyutchev
   3. Don’t Reason. Lyrics by F. Tyutchev
   4. Like the Sea. Lyrics by the unknown author
   5. Summer Time. Lyrics by N. Nekrasov
   6. Lullaby. Traditional lyrics
   7. My own Homeland. Lyrics by A. K. Tolstoy (Music text example)
   8. Noon. Lyrics by F. Tyutchev
   9. A Hunter and a Hare. Lyrics by the unknown author
They are Marching. Lyrics by N. Vilde
Supplement. Poetical Text Originals