Don Cossacks Choir

After World War, I the Cossacks who fought for Tsar Nicolaj II were sent to the Tschillinger Camp. There they lived a miserable life. Trying to forget all misery they sang the songs of their homeland at the campfire. A 25 year old lieutenant, Sergej Jarov, with a remarkable education in music, took the lead and so a community, which was destined to become one of the famous choirs in the world, was born. The maiden concert took place in Sofia (4th July 1923) and soon after that they gave a concert in Vienna. During the following years, the Don Cossacks went to many countries all over the world and they gathered great fame.

Just before Sergej Jarov died, in Lakewood, United States, this unique choir fell apart. Most members went their own musical way. So did Michael Minsky, one of the star-soloists with an impressive musical background of the original Don Cossacks Choir. He did his utmost to restart the Don Cossacks Choir with a number of very enthusiastic singers in the The Hague region. Immediately after the restart he became the conductor of the new Don Cossacks Choir in The Netherlands.

From February 1991 on this Don Cossacks Choir has been conducted by Sergé Latychev. Nowadays the choir has 36 members. Each voice-section has a number of singers performing as soloist or presentor. The repertoire includes songs from the Russian Orthodox Church, composed by Bortnjansky, Doebjenski, Gretsjaninov, Rachmaninov, Tsjesnokov among others. Besides this the program contains many Cossack-, soldiers-, and folk-songs, from the former Russia. The choir does not only give concerts for a great number of people but also performs in front of smaller groups and special events, for instance at Russian weeks, icon display, jubilee concerts, benefit performances, special church services, festivals and TV-programs.

Conductor Sergé Latychev
Sergé was born in Moscow on the 3rd of March 1957. He studied at the school of music there , from 1967 to 1972, followed by music college for four years. After that he studied orchestral and choral conduction at the Gnessin Institute (Music Academy) in Moscow. He finished his studies in 1982 and the Gnessin Institute offered him a job as a concert leader. Here he stayed till 1986 and worked together with famous singing-educationalists like Nina Mesjko and Ljoedmila Sjamina. After that he became conductor of the orchestra of the Orenburg State Cossacks Choir and teacher at the State Institute of Culture in Moscow. In 1990 he came to The Netherlands and from then on he has conducted the Don Cossacks Choir. Besides that he is the director of several other Dutch choirs.
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Discography

Don Cossack Choir

The Anthem Of Don Cossacks And Along The St. Petersburg Rd. Snow Covered Russia Near The river Don Song Of Prince Oleg Song Of The River Kama Selections From Tchaikovsky's Opera A Live For The Czar Old Waltz Uncle Pakhom And My Shawn Borodino A Gypsy Camp Fire The Wind Is Blowing And I Go Down The River By Jordan River Kalinushka The Golden Bee Midnight In Russia Stenka Russia Don't Dance Gregory The Legend Of The 12 Robbers I Love A Girl The Hoop Has Broken Black Eyes You Lazy Gregory Oh, My Little Soul Lara's Song Mother Let Me Dig A Well My Belliflowers My Steppe Flowers Carpathian Song Have Mercy Don't Ask Me Again Narrow Path Hey Troika

The famous Don Cossack Choir under Serge Jaroff was one of Russia's best and on the first CD of this set these male singers perform a series of Russian traditional songs and arrangements of music by composers such as Tchaikovsky and Glinka. The second CD features bass-baritone Michael Minsky whose classic authentic Russian sound is bound to stir the hearts of lovers of mother Russia.

Listen to "Borodino" in Real Audio.

The Day Of The Journey You're Praiseworthy You, Kubanskij Cossack In The River Jordan Homesickness In The Light Of The Fire The Good Sea Kalinka With Troika Bless My Soul Turn On The Light The Glorious Deed Bless Me The Sound Of Bells From The Wasteland Twelve Bandits From The Cherubs Stenka Razin Kajushka With Troika Many Years

This collection is a celebration of the many regions and vastness of the Russian land with traditional songs from across the country movingly and stirringly sung by this world-class choir.

Grosse Bitt Litanei - Vater unser (Kiewer Melodie) Wir verbeugen uns vor Deinem Kreuz (Maximowitsch) Herr erbarme Dich unser (M. Lovorsky) Heiliger Gott (Kiewer Melodie) In der Kirche (Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky) Credo (Alexandr Gretschaninow) Unter Deiner Gnade (Traditionel) Gott sei mit uns (Kastalsky) Erster Psalm Davids (Fatejev) Tedeum Laudamus (Dimitrij Bortnjanskij)

The rich and emotional music of the Russian Orthodox Church is seldom heard in the Western world, making this treasure an even greater enhancement to the spectrum of the Edition. No western and few Russian ensembles can communicate the Orthodox liturgy as convincingly as the legitimate successors to Serge Jaroff‘s legendary Don Cossacks Choir. Rarely to be found on a west European release, the compositions especially selected for the liturgically conceived Musica Sacra reveal a surprising new insight into the high art of sacred Russian music and tradition.

In Dulci Jubilo

Credo Neude Freude Ist Uber Uns Gekommen Christus Ist Geboren Gott Sei Mit Uns In Dulci Jubilo Oh Kommet Ihr Glaubigen Tedeum Laudamus Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen Gospodie Pomilui Sisser Die Glocken Nie Klingen Russischer Weihnachtsgesang Die Glocken Von Jerusalem In Der Kirche Leise Rieselt Der Schnee Ich Bete An Die Macht Der Liebe

The Christmas concert, with Russian and German Christmas carols, was recorded in one of Germany's most beautiful Baroque churches. In addition to the well known sacred songs such as "In dulci jubilo" and Russian pieces like "Gospodie Pomuli", Wanja Hlibka delved deeply into the ways of both cultures. The a cappella version of "Es ist ein Ros entspungen", for example, enchanted the 1700 concert goers with the Kosaken's Russian melancholy..... a moving and grandiose experience. The church's interior, when one considers the basilica's dimensions, presents a challenge to a vocal ensemble. With a depth of over eighty meters, it requires the vocal power of the Russian operatic soloists comprising Wanja Hlibka's choir to elicit the necessary charisma from the vocally sophisticated arrangements and to captivate the audience in the way that they did. The atmosphere of the concert, dependent on the desired expression and dynamic, ranges from a peaceful, quiet, almost gentle honoring of the child in the manger to an enormous room-filling song of praise proclaiming the joy at the birth of the Redeemer.

Listen to " Neude Freude Ist Uber Uns Gekommen" in Real Audio.

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