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Maximilian Steinberg, “Passion Week”, Op. 13 — Notes
Historians of Orthodox Christianity have charted the emergence of a ‘Russian Religious Renaissance’ out of the so-called ‘Silver Age’ of Russia, the culturally fruitful but politically turbulent decades immediately prior to the Bolshevik takeover in 1917. This movement encompassed a broad range of efforts aimed at various forms of spiritual, ecclesial, cultural, and national renewal…
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Planet Hugill Reviews Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week
Robert Hugill has a new review for our “Remarkable re-discovery” of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week: “Musically it is very much in the same genre as Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil (Vespers), the chant in Steinberg’s work has similar recognisable outlines. Steinberg’s harmony is more classical…and the chants stand out more in Steinberg. …Quite romantic in texture,…
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Excerpt of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week
—UPDATE—- Buy The CD & The VINYL Today! Read the review: The first review for the world premiere performance of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week comes from The Wall Street Journal: “At St. Mary’s, the opening verses of the alleluia of ‘Passion Week,’ intoned in Church Slavonic by one of Cappella’s stentorian bass voices, seemed to…
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Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week LP Available Now!
Now Available on Deluxe Limited-Edition 180-gram Vinyl LP Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week The long-awaited vinyl LP format of Passion Week by Maximilian Steinberg is now available for purchase! Limited edition format with embossed, gatefold display packaging and exclusive behind-the-scenes photography. Includes a code for digital download of Steinberg’s Passion Week PLUS motets by Rimsky-Korsakov. Includes:…
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Steinberg: Passion Week a Recording of the Year!
MusicWeb International has released their 2015 Recordings of the Year, and we’re happy to report that our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording has been named a Recording of the Year by two MusicWeb critics! “One of the big choral rediscoveries of recent years combined with a stunning performance and recording, Steinberg’s sublime and eloquently moving…
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New MusicWeb Review for Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week
After John Quinn named Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week an April “Recording of the Month”, another MusicWeb International critic has been listening to our world premiere recording: “It is hard to imagine the turmoil surrounding conflict and persecution between the Communist state and the Church in this period, and even more so on hearing this tender…
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Steinberg Passion Week Look & Listen
Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week — Behold, The Bridegroom Comes Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week LP A first listen to the Passion Week recording at Echo Audio in Portland: Pre-Order NOW —UPDATE—- Buy The CD & The VINYL Today!
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Steinberg Passion Week a “Landmark Recording”
The Orthodox Arts Journal‘s Benedict Sheehan gives Cappella Romana’s upcoming Maximilian Steinberg Passion Week an absolute rave: “Every so often a record comes along that changes the landscape of choral music.…The work itself is the sort of thing musicologists dream about: a treasure of inestimable musical value, hidden away in some attic or dusty library…
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Expedition Audio Reviews Steinberg: Passion Week!
Paul Ballyk of Expedition Audio has a rave review for our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording! “Passion Week is a profoundly moving composition. From the opening, monophonic tones, it is clear that ancient chant is central to the work’s structure – in fact, all but one of the eleven sections is based directly on a…
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Passion Week composer Maximilian Steinberg
A little about the April 2014 Passion Week composer Maximilian Steinberg Russian composer and teacher, Maximilian Steinberg from the St Petersburg University conservatory in 1908 where his teachers had been Rimsky-Korsakov (composition), Lyadov (harmony) and Glazunov (orchestration). In 1908 he began his teaching career at the conservatory, where he was a teacher of noted students…
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AllMusic Features Steinberg: Passion Week
AllMusic critic James Manheim has a new review for our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording: “The whole story is told in the excellent notes here, but the music itself is the main attraction. The nearest comparison would be Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil, but it is far from a knock-off. Steinberg makes less use of the characteristic…
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#7 Billboard Debut for Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week!
Thanks to all of you who pre-ordered and purchased during the first week of the release, Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week debuted at #7 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Charts! Buy The CD & The VINYL Today!
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