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Title: Music 5 stars/performance 2 stars
Review: Schnittke requires onlya 5 star performance...sadly this recording lacks the skills to bring out the complete potential of this moving music..I had the cd and sold it yrs ago, in the hopes Polyanski would record...but it has not materialized..i am tempted to buy this one again or the other *so-so* recording by Parkman...another reviewer mentioned he heard the score live bya russian chorus and said parkman's attempt fell far short of the glory in this music.I can not believe that 15+ yrs after schnittke penned this supreme masterpiece, as yet no russian chorus has recorded.....will I geta russian recording before I leave this earth?...I agree with the other 1 star review, chorus' not up to the task.Buy the cd only to get to know the score, but do not expect the score's full blossom.
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