Recommend Outstanding Russian Choral Music
This music, usually performed by the Russian Military Chorus, knocks my socks off!
Purchased the soundtrack from "The Peacemaker" movie but found no full-length works.
Also some good tidbits in "The Hunt for Red October".
Can any comrade out there direct me to the good stuff?
This is the Red Army Choir , The best military choir there ever was or ever will be . It came from the Red Army, the most powerful army the world has ever seen which did the heavy lifting that defeated the mighty German Army in WW II. Believe it or not, the Brave American , British and Canadian soldiers who fought and died on D-Day did so on a day not in the top 20 battles between Russia and Germany . This choir is so strong because it sings for a least 6 million Russian Soldiers who died . To Russia WW II will never end . https://youtu.be/z4V835Z9yME?t=1 |
This is a earlier LP with Just sound and the full power when it was still real Army . https://youtu.be/acLXyc2uAAU?t=3 |
The Rachmaninov Vespers is a fantastic work, particularly when sung by a Russian choir (typically, they have fantastic basses). I also like Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Another great Russian composer of acapella choir music is Grechaninov. He too has a work titled Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and another called Liturgy of Holy Week (Passion Week), that are great works. |
