Archive for Teach Me Thy Statutes
Teach Me Thy Statutes is “Intensely Moving”
The PaTRAM Institute’s Teach Me Thy Statutes recording continues to receive praise in Fanfare Magazine, and even gets shortlisted for a “Want List” Award: “the 15 movements presented on this disc, although selected from different Chesnokov works, form a convincing whole and offer music of extraordinary beauty and depth of feeling, generating a sense of profound exaltation and devotion to something beyond the limitations of one’s own life. Even a non-religious person…can find this glorious…
Teach Me Thy Statutes is “Exquisitely Beautiful”
Henry Fogel offers a new review for the GRAMMY®-nominated Teach Me Thy Statutes recording from PaTRAM in the January/February 2019 issue of Fanfare Magazine: “this is the first disc I have encountered devoted entirely to [Pavel Chesnokov’s] music. I found it exquisitely beautiful. This kind of music is particularly dependent on performance quality, and Chesnokov has ben fortunate here. … [The PaTRAM Institute Male Choir sings] with a remarkably even blend while still retaining clarity.…
FIVE 2019 GRAMMY Nominations!
Reference Recordings is excited to announce five GRAMMY® Nominations for the 2019 GRAMMY® Awards! John Williams At The Movies Best Engineered, Classical & Best Classical Compendium John Williams is a game changer. Early in his career he crossed the lines between music that was “art” and music that was “commercial,” and never looked back. He is one of the best known, most awarded and most successful composers in US history, and his name is inextricably…
American Record Guide Reviews Teach Me Thy Statutes
American Record Guide reviewed the PaTRAM Institute’s Teach Me Thy Statutes recording in their November/December 2018 issue: “the PaTRAM ensemble has lived up to every element of its creed. And they’ve done so in service to the music of Pavel Chesnokov, one of the most revered of all Mother Russia’s choral composers. … It’s a lovely sound that fits these sacred works perfectly. Chesnokov is one of those composers who can have his singers plumbing…
Textura Reviews Teach Me Thy Statutes
Canada’s Textura magazine has a new review for PaTRAM’s Teach Me Thy Statutes recording: “The rich sonorities generated by the male voices makes for a stirring and oft-haunting result, and even a listener coming to the Russian monastic style of singing for the first time will in all likelihood be captivated by this collection of Orthodox sacred music. … Though the singers assembled for the recording came from three ensembles, a marked unity of purpose…
Stereophile Highlights PaTRAM’s Teach Me Thy Statutes Recording
The August 2018 print edition of Stereophile Magazine features “Outstanding Choral Recordings” in Jason Victor Serinus’ “My Backpages” column and includes the new PaTRAM Institute release, Teach Me Thy Statutes: “In Teach Me Thy Statutes, 15 compositions by the prolific Chesnokov receive devout performances by the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir… Recorded in hi-rez DSD by John Newton and mixed and mastered by Mark Donahue of SoundMirror… Although the choir’s 42 voices include five basso profundos,…
Teach Me Thy Statutes is a Recording of the Month – Again!
A second MusicWeb International critic has named PaTRAM Institute’s Teach Me Thy Statutes release their “Recording of the Month”! “It’s a very common tactic when writing a review so to structure the argument that a verdict on the disc emerges quite naturally – or such is the hope! – in the closing paragraphs. No need for such a device here: this disc is, quite simply a stunner! In making that statement I’m thinking equally of…
Teach Me Thy Statutes is a Kansas City Star Top Summer Pick
The Kansas City Star has released a list of top recordings for the summer, saying and selects our new PaTRAM Institute Teach Me Thy Statutes recording! “The PATRAM Institute Male Choir conducted by Vladimir Gorbik has just released a recording of Chesnokov’s music, and it’s breathtaking. … Many thanks to Reference Recordings (the Kansas City Symphony’s record label) for bringing this unearthly beautiful music out of obscurity for the world to enjoy. It’s a Super…
HRAudio Puts “Teach Me Thy Statutes” At The Top of the Pile
Adrian Quanjer adds a second five-star HRAudio.net review for PaTRAM’s new Teach Me Thy Statutes recording: “No matter how many recordings of Russian Orthodox choral music you have, this one should be on top of your pile. Directed, sung and recorded under the best imaginable circumstances, it’s a must for all devotees of Slavonic Orthodox chant. Pavel Chesnokov, choirmaster, conductor, composer, teacher, is perhaps the most prolific Russian choral composer, with around 400 sacred titles,…
HRAudio Gives Five Stars to Teach Me Thy Statutes
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Performance and Sonics (in Stereo and Multichannel) from HRAudio.net for PaTRAM Institute’s new Teach Me Thy Statutes recording: “The recording took place at the Church of Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian at the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary, Russia… which supports a clean acoustic ideal for the beautiful Russian monastic style, aiding the singing through its fullness and richness of sonority. The first Orthodox Psalm, “Bless the Lord, O My Soul”, shows just…
Available Now – Teach Me Thy Statutes
We are very pleased to present our first release in a new series from the PaTRAM Institute. The music performed on this recording of Orthodox choral music in the Slavonic language was written by famed Russian composer Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944). Teach me Thy Statutes is performed by the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, a highly professional group which is a collaboration of Russian and American singers. The male choir is considered by many to be the…
Teach Me Thy Statutes is a MusicWeb Recording of the Month!
MusicWeb International critic, Dan Morgan, names PaTRAM’s Teach Me Thy Statutes release a May Recording of the Month! “There are few more thrilling experiences than the sound of Russian sacred music, especially when it’s sung by native choirs. … Teach Me Thy Statutes, the first in a projected series from the Patriarch Tikhon Russian American Music Institute (PaTRAM), features their male choir, directed by Vladimir Gorbik. Given that this ensemble is made up of professional…
Introducing PaTRAM!
Reference Recordings is pleased to announce a new series of recordings from the PaTRAM Institute – beginning with our May 18, 2018 release, Teach Me Thy Statutes, which features Orthodox choral music in the Slavonic language written by famed Russian composer Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944). Teach me Thy Statutes is performed by the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, a highly professional group which is a collaboration of Russian and American singers. The male choir is considered by…