Alexey Retinsky. Rex Tremendae | musicAeterna, Ekaterina Dondukova, Fedor Lednev

Rex Tremendae by Alexey Retinsky for voice, piano, cello, electric guitar and percussion. In this work, the resident of Dom Radio reinterprets the requiem: in contrast to the austerely lapidary compositions by Mozart and Verdi, addressed to God on behalf of all mankind, he builds an intimate monologue of the soul. Retinsky works with a Latin text in the best tradition of the 20th century vocal music: he splits it into syllables and phonemes, thereby appealing to living, direct pronunciation of words. Rex Tremendae is contextured of pauses, sounds and side-tones of instruments (from broken cello passages to buzzing electronics), and a voice that seems to appear out of nowhere and disappear into the blue. All of this gives rise to a kind of memory song, timeless and familiar to everyone. Video: Tikhon Pendurin Recording producer: Maximilien Ciup Recording assistant: Ivan Borissov Producer: Maria Sagadieva Musicians: Fedor Lednev, conductor Ekaterina Dondukova, soprano Nikolai Mazhara, piano Miriam Prandi, cello Anton Glushkin, electric guitar Andrey Volosovsky, vibraphone, percussion Alexey Amosov, crotales, bass drum __ musicAeterna Official site: Facebook: Instagram: Vk: Twitter: #AlexeyRetinsky #musicAeterna