Alexey Retinsky. Rex Tremendae, music Aeterna, Ekaterina Dondukova, Fedor Lednev

Rex Tremendae by Alexey Retinsky for voice, piano, cello, electric guitar and percussion. In this work, the resident of Dom Radio reinterprets the requiem: in contrast to the austerely lapidary compositions by Mozart and Verdi, addressed to God on behalf of all mankind, he builds an intimate monologue of the soul. Retinsky works with a Latin text in the best tradition of the 20th century vocal music: he splits it into syllables and phonemes, thereby appealing to living, direct pronunciation of words. Rex Tremendae is contextured of pauses, sounds and sidetones of instruments (from broken cello passages to buzzing electronics), and a voice that seems to appear out of nowhere and disappear into the blue. All of this gives rise to a kind of memory song, timeless and familiar to everyone. Video: Tikhon Pendurin Recording producer: Maximilien Ciup Recording assistant: Ivan Borissov Producer: Maria Sagadieva Musicians: Fedor Lednev, conductor Ekaterina Dondukova