“ …when we listen to the same music repeating itself, do we remain one and the same? And what is this 'one and the same?' Тhis particular mystery of 'one and the same' is what minimalism is preoccupied with”.
Vladimir Martynov

Avantfolk vocal and instrumental composition of Vladimir Martynov with lyrics of Velimir Khlebnikov. ONLY FOR RUSSIA

New sacred music of famous Russian composer Vladimir Martynov.

The work for two pianos of two friends-composers was created 'in correspondence'. Composers live in different cities (and even different countries after falling dawn of the USSR) and they sent each other letters with scores of the new parts of the work, which developed and added the initial musical idea.

Two new works for the strings and voices - 'Requiem' and 'Stabat Mater' of Vladimir Martynov, which follows his aspiration for the creation of the new sacred space.
The title connecting these two works - TEMENOS - means 'the territory around the temple'.
On that territory Vladimir Martynov creates this new sacred space.

I selected this madrigal as the starting point for our imagined joint composition, our imagined dialogue. It can scarcely be called a work in the full sense, but is rather an attempt to hear the sound of the oncoming waves of time, to hold in the memory a fading image…   Vladimir Martynov

Kind of conceptual composed work for two pianos in style of Russian minimalism with fragments of early works of 7 years old composer.