Alfred Schnittke�s Psalms of Repentance is a concert work, but its impact is truly spiritual, the product of deeply felt, highly personal beliefs of its quietly religious composer. The majority of the psalm texts were taken from a 16th-century collection of Old Russian writings, and although they incorporate the melodic and rhythmic inflection of Russian liturgical chant, Schnittke�s realization bears little or no musical resemblance to the ancient forms. Instead, the music is profoundly effective because of its eclecticism�polystylism, to use the term usually applied to Schnittke�s works. Schnittke masterfully interweaves ancient and modern, employing familiar, traditional harmonies alongside splashy tone clusters; tightly packed chromatic passages offset wide-open whole tone scales. Tonu Kaljuste�s Swedish Radio Choir is one of today�s top contemporary music ensembles. Its technical virtuosity and exemplary interpretive skills serve this marvelous and moving music very well, especially in the ethereal Sixth Psalm, and the final Psalm No. 12�a mysterious, wordless prayer. - Classics Today (http://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-2894/)

Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10



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