About the composer
Georgi Dmitriev was born
in 1942 in Krasnodar, South West Russia. He was educated at the Moscow
Conservatory and he
took a post-graduate course under professor D.
Kabalevsky. Dmitriev composed various works from various resources such as: folk songs,
byzantic liturgies in combination with modern music as twelve tone. He uses
themes from "Old Russia", from J.S. Bach and refers to works of literature
by Herman
Hesse. He uses percussion in particular in his works.
| Date | ca. 1988 |
| Performers | Mezzo-soprano, two chorusses, organ, guitar and drums |
| Length | 17.04 minutes |
| Particulars |
Although the work is titled Stabat Mater Dolorosa, the Stabat Mater text is not used. Dmitriev used the cycle of poems “Requiem” by the Russian poet Anna Achmatova (1889-1966) for his Stabat Mater.The arrest and exile in 1935 of her son Lev Goemiljov, who didn’t return from Siberia until 1956, led Achmatova to write the cycle of poems Requiem; an indictment of the Stalin regime. |
| Textual variations | There are no textual
variations, as the Stabat Mater text has not been used.
From the requiem by Anna
Achmatova: For seventeen months I cried And called you home I beseeched and implored the tormentors You are my son and cross All is confused forever I am no longer sure; does The beast still differ from man? And Will he get extinguished soon? Now just the censer sounds Only pale flowers, and a trace That should not lead to anywhere A menacing, enormous star Shines straight in my face: not far Is death away from here. |
No Colorbar, as the Stabat Mater poem has not been used.
| CD | Melodya SUCD 10-00272 |
| About this CD | A copy of the cd was sent to me by Mr. Eric Wobma. |
| Performers | Margarita Sukhankina, mezzo-soprano, Yunost (youth) group of the USSR TV and radio Large Children Chorus, and Boys chorus of the Sveshnikov Moscow Choral School, Lubov Kiseleva, organ, Alexander Martynov, guitar, Maxim Mankovsky, drums |
| Conductor | Victor Popov |
| Other works | From "The Russian Primary Chronicle", Oratorio for Soloists, Chorus and chamber orchestra |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl