Alexander Raskatov, Song Circle I (1984)

Alexander Raskatov (Александр Михайлович Раскатов, 1953--), Song Circle I / Cercle de chant I (1984), to poems by Vasily Zhukovsky, for mezzo-soprano, cello, piano, celesta and harpsichord Еlena Goldova, soprano Ensemble of the Association for Contemporary Music (ACM/ASM) of Moscow Alexei Vinogradov, conducting “In this work Raskatov strove to re-create the atmosphere of a scene of ’domestic music’, a very popular pastime of the Russian intelligentsia during the last century. Hence the imitations of the u