Offertorium

Album by Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina & Gidon Kremer & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Dutoit

Offertorium is a violin concerto by Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina, composed in 1980. The work blends late-20th-century modernist techniques with religious and serial-influenced structures, featuring a contemplative, rigorously developed solo violin line against an orchestral backdrop and marking a significant step in Gubaidulina's exploration of spiritual themes within contemporary classical music.

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  1. 1.
    Offertorium
    35:41
  2. 2.
    Hommage à T.S. Eliot: I.
    6:58
  3. 3.
    Hommage à T.S. Eliot: II.
    2:23
  4. 4.
    Hommage à T.S. Eliot: III. “Time and the bell have buried the day”
    2:29
  5. 5.
    Hommage à T.S. Eliot: IV.
    1:27
  6. 6.
    Hommage à T.S. Eliot: V. “The chill ascends from feet to knees”
    7:20
  7. 7.
    Hommage à T.S. Eliot: VI.
    5:01
  8. 8.
    Hommage à T.S. Eliot: VII. “Sin is behovely, but”
    8:06

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