Baritone : Vladimir Matorin Conductor : Gennady Cherkasov Choir Directors : Klavdyi Ptitza & Lyumilla Ermakova Iosif Andriasov - "To the Mother-Earth," Cantata for Baritone Solo, Four Trombones, Two (or more) Harps, and Mixed Choir, Op. 25 The music of "To the Mother-Earth" is connected with the traditions of Russian epic music. What comes to mind is the folk music such as bylina (Russian epic), songs of glory, as well as some classical compositions: the first song of Bayan from "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Mikhail Glinka ("Dela davno minuvshikh dnej"), the slow movement of the Second Symphony by Alexander Borodin, "About Olden Times" by Anatoly Lyadov, - to name a few. The second source of the composition is Armenian and Russian church music. The brilliant sonority of the Trombones (Brass instruments) invokes the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Alexander Scriabin. Therefore, in "To the Mother-Earth," one can say about the amalgamation of secular and sacred, Armenian and Russian musical traditions. Iosif Andriasov showed himself as a great master of orchestration and a composer who understood the choral style. excerpt from "Essays on the Music of Iosif Andriasov" by Marta Andriasova (Marina Kudryashova) Copyright 2010. Video by Arshak Andriasov
