The Sealed Angel (Shchedrin)

The Sealed Angel (Zapechatlennyi angel) is a Russian-language composition by Rodion Shchedrin in the form of liturgical music based on the story "The Sealed Angel" by Nikolay Leskov. The plot concerns a rural community which protects a religious icon that has been confiscated by officials and sealed with wax. The work is written for soprano, mezzo or alto, tenor, choir boy soloists, flute or oboe, and choir.[1]

The work has nine continuous movements.[2][3] Performances typically last just under an hour.[2][3]

Recordings
  • State Academic Russian Choir & The Moscow Chamber Choir, Vladimir Minin; Melodiya
  • State Choir Latvija, Maris Sirmais; Wergo
  • Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge & The Choir of King's College London, Geoffrey Webber & David Trendell; Delphian[3]
  • Soloists Berlin Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman; Coviello
  • Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen; Self-published

References
  1. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture 1136787852 Smorodinskaya, - 2013- Page 556 "16 December 1932, Moscow Composer Shchedrin graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1955 and taught ... Zapechatlennyi angel (The Sealed Angel, 1988, from text by Nikolai Leskov) for mixed choir and reed pipe...
  2. "Rodion Shchedrin's The Sealed Angel". Through the Night. 6 August 2018. BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. Rickards, Guy (June 2009). "Shchedrin (The) Sealed Angel". Gramophone. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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