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 essential speech rhythms of the texts, the liturgical and prayerful nature of the music is very apparent. … vivid dynamics, a tremendously full-throated tone and some exquisite placing of thick-textured chords.… ‘The Great Doxology’ from the All-Night Vigil of 1912… reveals both Chesnokov and this large male choir at their very finest.”
Read the full review at gramophone.co.uk