A mystical and spiritual work, the dozen Penitential Psalms for mixed a cappella choir were created in 1988. They are beautifully performed here by the choristers of the RIAS Berlin Chamber Choir, conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann. It’s evident that he multifaceted composer Schnittke, who grew up in Orthodox Russia, the son of a Catholic mother and a German-speaking Jewish father, cared little for cultural barriers, styles and genres. This masterpiece, free of any mannerism, is both dense and mysterious. Pure music!
Latest 360 Content
Album review Classical/classique 2026
Quatuor Voxpopuli – Novák, Schulhoff, Liatochynskyï
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview Jazz
Montreal Chamber Music Festival 2026 | Jens Lindemann, former Canadian Brass, is going Big for Sinatra, Ellington and Gershwin with Montreal Band
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview classique/Jazz
FMCM 2026 | Yoanna Prodanova Returns to One of Her Former Homes
By Alain Brunet
Interview Jazz
Life is a fragrance: conclusion of the Trilogy of Scents by Jacques Kuba Seguin
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview Jazz
L’Entracte Cabaret Jazz: A brand new 100% Jazz Club opens its doors in Montreal
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview Pop
Classica 2026 | Supertramp Symphonic: ALL the British Band’s Classics Performed
By Ariel Rutherford
Interview classique/Classical
FMCM 2026 | Cameron Crozman: Chamber Music Straight to the Heart
By Pietro Freiburger
Concert review Electronic
SAT – Futurs Antérieurs | “Lueurs quantiques”, a Suspended Space of Perception
By Félicité Couëlle-Brunet
Concert review
SAT – Futurs Antérieurs | Jacques Greene & Martyn Bootyspon, in The Post-Club Tradition
By Félicité Couëlle-Brunet
Album review classic rock/Americana/Rock 2026
Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane
By Stephan Boissonneault
Concert review Classical/classique
Caprice & Art Choral | Three Eras Overlap and Culminate in the Magnificat
By Alain Brunet
Album review Classical/classique/latino 2026
Juan Sebastian Delgado – Tangos imaginarios
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview Classical/classique
Montreal Chamber Music Festival 2026 | All Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas at lunchtime with Sirena Huang
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview Eastern European
Classica 2026 | Jorane & Oktopus, “Rêvances sans paroles”… and the words of Gabriel Paquin Buki
By Ariel Rutherford
Interview Classical/classique
Classica 2026 | The Sublime Length of Schubert’s Piano Trios
By Frédéric Cardin
Interview Classical/classique/Jazz
Classica 2026 | Michel Legrand, Opera, Symphony, Jazz… Lorraine Desmarais Tells All!
By Alain Brunet
Concert review classique/Classical
CMIM 2026 | Japan Triumphs with Russian and Hungarian Music!
By Julie Thériault
Interview Electronic/Soul/R&B/Pop
SAT | Johnny Jewel back in MTL for a live set of his vast and impressive work
By Alain Brunet
Interview classique/Jazz