Vyacheslav Artyomov: Suites Nos. 3 & 4 from Sola Fide

Featuring

Dmitri Kitajenko
Aleksey Martinov
Elmira Kugusheva
Inna Polyanskaya
Mikhail Lanskoi
Oleg Yanchenko

Murad Annamamedov
Academic Symphony Orchestra of Moscow State Philharmonic Society
Kaunas State Choir
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Musica Viva
Vyacheslav Petrovich Artyomov

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Composition History

Vyacheslav Artyomov's ballet 'Sola Fide' (Only by Faith) was suggested by Nikita Dolgushin, a popular Leningrad-based dancer, ballet historian, and choreographer.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Vyacheslav Artyomov considers music a science, alongside astrophysics, that reveals the profundity of the human spirit and its connection to the World's Soul.

Composition History

The ballet 'Sola Fide' was temporarily set aside for other works, including commissions from Mstislav Rostropovich, and was not completed in its final form until 2016.

Compositional Technique

Artyomov conceived 'Sola Fide' as a ballet-requiem, combining requiem movements that depict tragic situations with lyrical or dramatic scenes featuring the main characters.

Performer Biography

The Kaunas State Choir from Lithuania, featured in this recording, was highly acclaimed and considered the only choir capable of performing Vyacheslav Artyomov's impulsive and complex music.

Compositional Technique

Vyacheslav Artyomov's 'Tempo Costante' (Concerto for Orchestra) explores the idea of unchangeable, eternal Time, with apparent tempo variations depending on note values while preserving a permanent underlying pulse.

Composer's Artistic Vision

For composer Vyacheslav Artyomov, the character of the Poet in 'Sola Fide' symbolizes Culture, and its destruction signifies the collapse of Humankind.