Gramophone Magazine Reviews the PaTRAM Institute’s new Teach Me Thy Statutes recording in their 2018 Gramophone Awards Issue: “A joint Russian-American choir, drawn from three different ensembles, was assembled for this recording under the auspices of the North American-based PaTRAM Institute. It comprises 21 tenors, nine baritones, seven basses and five profundos…[which] gives it all a fervent feel which certainly suits the spiritual intensity of Chesnokov’s writing. Coupled with Vladimir Gorbik’s well-paced direction capturing the…
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,…
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…
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…