follows on much of the CD here is that of Russian ballet, and this new release contains two further suites drawn from his ballet 'Sola Fide' ('Only by Faith'), based on Tolstoi's novel The Road to Calvary, and therefore naturally sharing the ethos and music of Artyomov's Requiem — the first Requiem (1985–88) to be written by a Russian, let alone a Soviet, composer." – (from: Robert Matthew-Walker. Musical Opinion, April – June 2018) "Vyacheslav Artyomov prefers not to call his music 'contemporary', but uses a special term to denote its inclusion in the Tradition – 'musica perennis' ('eternal music'). A distinctive feature of the composer's works is their spirituality and loftiness, deep religiousness. According to the author 'Music is the greatest achievement of human genius. And it is the only cultural phenomenon that promotes the development of high moral qualities in people.' " – (from: iskusstvo.pro 2018/03/01) "Vyacheslav Artyomov is regarded as Russia's greatest living composer. Artyomov's warm, expressive compositions reflect his interest in the archaic, Christian motifs and Eastern meditation. He prefers not to call his music 'contemporary', using instead a specific term for including it into the Tradition 'musica perennis' (eternal music). As he says, 'music is the only way for the cognition of the sense of existence'. Since the fall of the Soviet regime his deep, spiritual and brilliantly crafted music has travelled the world to great acclaim." – (from: John Pitt. New Classics. new-classics.co.uk) "The Symphony (In Spe) is superb, wonderful. But Latin Hymns is divine truly: it is the best choral work I have heard since Mahler's 8th Symphony." – (Stephen Sutton, CEO, Divine Art Recordings Group, 24 January 2019) Bibliography Artëmov, Vjačeslav; V. Mud'jugina (2004): Vjačeslav Artëmov. Muzyka, Moskau. . [Booklet, Russian and English] Notes Sources Gerard McBurney, "Vyacheslav Artyomov" in Contemporary Composers (Chicago & London: St. James Press, 1992) Further reading The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 2. London 2001 The International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003. Europa Publications. London 2003 Andreas Kloth (2009): Der russische Komponist Vjačeslav Artëmov: Ein Beispiel für die politisch und gesellschaftlich bedingte Rezeption nonkonformistischer sowjetischer Komponisten. Die Blaue Eule, Essen. M. John. Auf dem Wege zu einer neuen Geistigkeit. Verlag Ernst Kuhn. Berlin 1996 M. Lobanova. Vyacheslav Artyomov: Tempo costante. Konzert fǖr Orchester. In Das Orchester, December 1993. Robert Matthew-Walker (1997): The music of Vyacheslav Artyomov: an introduction. St Austell. M. Tarakanov. Vyacheslav