Kyiv Chamber Choir, Valentyn Sylvestrov. Sacred Works. Volume Two.

Just incredible music – simple and wonderful at the same time.. And simple not because it does not contain delicate nuances – it does contain, and a lot of them – but because it succeeds, having rounded all sophistications of intellectual perception, to slightly open the door – right into the heart.. And for this reason it is so difficult to speak about it – because it seems to be woven from that force, authenticity of clear, authentic things that are not subject to any descriptions. In fact, when you say "sky", in this word there is always something more than a few kilometers of the atmosphere – even when we speak about these very kilometers. The multidimensional character of real Names – this is what you remember when listening to this disc. And, presumably, it would be not quite exact to say that there is a soul in this music. Rather – its harmony is the soul of the music. So you feel it, so it comes to life in you – as somewhere inside a warm, fragile but strikingly resistant flower unfolds.. So transparent and almost elusive that at a certain instant you want to cover it, protect, but – it, in actual fact, does not require any protection or hiding. The other way round. In this music – in its own way, but, it seems to me, obviously – the initial sound can be heard, which reflects, reveals the essence of the whole our world. Transparent for light – at least sometimes..