Night in Galicia

by Vladimir Martynov / Opus Posth Ensemble / Dmitry Pokrovsky Folk Ensemble

Type: Album
Released: 15 March 2000
Label: CCn'C
Country: Russia
Length: 1:09:50
Community rating: 3.85/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Russian composer merges his distinct post-minimalist structural approach with ancient, pagan-rooted Slavic folk traditions. 'Night in Galicia' is a hypnotic, highly ritualistic work featuring the piercing, dissonant 'white voice' singing technique of the Pokrovsky Ensemble layered over cyclical, avant-garde chamber instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, choral, avant-garde, ritualistic, a-cappella, repetitive, folk, strings, spirituality, minimal, traditional, experimental, ensemble, vocal

Tracklist

A-A-A O-O-O Eh-Eh-Eh EE-EE-EE OO-OO-OO (14:41)
The Meadow's Lowing Now Is Sinking (7:00)
Your Lips Are The Black Grouse's Brow (6:22)
Wind, Is That You? (3:50)
In The Gorge Where The Dog Rose Blooms (4:15)
As The Future's My Witness (8:02)
Ever These Shades Draw Me In (2:40)
And There, In That Other Shade, You Scatter The Thronging Clouds Of Flies (1:55)
Like A Black Wind (2:16)
From An Old Rowboat's Transom (8:01)
Wind, You Hear, This Deed Is Frightful! (2:55)
La! La! La! (1:03)
Shepherds, Hurry To Your Fields (6:50)

Credits

Opus Posth - primary artist, ensemble
The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble - primary artist, ensemble
Maksim Kozlov - cello
Nikita Kochergin - cello
Igor Solokchine - double bass
Natalia Panasiouk - viola
Vladimir Metelev - viola
Alexander Ivanenko - violin