MARTYNOV: Lamentations of Jeremiah [CD de audio] Sirin Choir, Andreï Kotov and Martynov

Vladimir Martynov (born in 1946) is one of the leading composers of Russian Avant Garde after WW II. His ethnomusicological studies into the folk music of Russia, his philosophical and religious ideas and his great knowledge of Renaissance polyphony as well as Orthodox Chant all inspired his compositions, landmarks of Russian minimalism and neospirituality (comparable with Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli). His Lamentations of Jeremiah are an expression of despair over the destruction of Jerusalem, or, in general, over the destruction of all ecological, ethical and aesthetical values of our time. At the same time it also presents a prayer of hope, the hope that despair will lead to construction and creation. The work was written for the Sirin Choir, conducted by Andrei Kotov, whose interpretation we hear on this recording. Vladimir Martynov (b. 1946) is one of the leading composers of the Russian avantgarde, an experimentalist of serial, minimalist and electronic music. His interest in folk