The Music Will Play In Your House But You Won't Hear It 35:24
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Maybe this is nothing more than a strange combination of coincidences. Perhaps we’re dealing with delusions – or my own personal illusions! Nonetheless, when I first played this CD, something magical happened. I had long been asked to give it a spin, but never got around to it. It seems that a faint beam has appeared in these twilight years, when – we’re informed – an age of composers is concluding. A breath of air transpires in an otherwise stuffy atmosphere of modern music. I couldn’t believe my ears or first impressions. So I got ready to play the disk again in order to confirm – or deny – my suspicions. Then I said to myself ”Stop! I won’t listen to this again!” I recalled something from my early childhood. I always admired little stones collected from the bottom of the Moscow River. They always looked so beautiful… but, once they dried out in my hands they became colorless and dull. And so a question arose: which were the true stones? The ones on the river bed or the ones in my hand? I don’t want to repeat those mistakes of my childhood. I don’t want to remove the stones from the water. I don’t want to ruin a first impression; I just hope it wasn’t incorrect. I hope somebody will feel something similar, if they play this same CD. Enjoy listening!
Vladimir Martynov
released April 3, 2015
The Band:
Nikita Samarin – drums & percussion
Andrey Silin – keyboards, theremin
Artem Litvakoskiy – cello
Nick Samarin – keyboards, bass
Alexandra Ramazanova – cello
Ksenia Pluzhnikova – violin
Ramil Mulikov – trumpet, trombone
Ekaterina Voronkova – french horn
Anton Ponomarev – saxophones
Konstantin Podgorbunskiy – tuba
Gnesin State Musical College Choir:
Alexandra Zotova
Pavel Zotov
Evgenia Mazur
Vera Nikeshicheva
Recorded in Moscow and Kiev. 2013-2014
Recorded by Denis Yambor, Yuriy Vodolzhanskiy, Nick Samarin
Mixed and mastered by Vladislav Ponomarenko
Translated by David MacFadyen
Special thanks to David MacFadyen, Boris Smirnov, Anton Ponomarev, Lyudmila Dmitrieva, Vladimir Martynov, friends, parents, DOM Cultural Center:
