The Moscow Synodal Choir, one of Russia's oldest professional choirs, was founded in 1721, dissolved in 1918, and revived in 2009 with help from Metropolitan Hilarion.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in April 2014 at DZZ Studio 5 in Moscow, Russia, with the organ recorded separately at St. Ludwig-Kirche in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev's music is described as a 'spiritual creativity' that is both cerebral and vivid, aiming for complexity and depth in meaning while maintaining musical simplicity and accessibility.
Composer Biography
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, born in 1966, was ordained as a priest in 1987 and has been a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church since 2002, rising to Metropolitan in 2010.
Performer Biography
The Russian National Orchestra, founded in 1990, was the first Russian orchestra to win a Grammy Award in 2004 for their recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
Composer Biography
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the composer and conductor on this album, is a world-renowned theologian, historian, writer, and composer.
