About the Orchestra
Pratum Integrum, a Russian orchestra on period instruments, was founded in Moscow in 2003. The Latin name translates as ‘unmown meadow’ and refers to fresh sounding but still obscure baroque and classical compositions which form the core of the orchestra’s repertoire. Musicological research undertaken by Pavel Serbin, the Artistic Director, enabled Pratum Integrum to give Russian premiere performances of more than two hundred compositions (the list includes works by such composers as Theodor Schwartzkopf, Anton Ferdinand Tietz, Antonio Rosetti and Joseph Wölfl, to name just a few). Among the most memorable projects were the premieres of Georg Gebel’s Johannes Passion, Lully’s Les Saisons and Yevstigney Fomin’s Orfeo ed Euridice (the latter with the Russian Horn Orchestra).
The orchestra has had the great honour to perform with Trevor Pinnock, Peter Neumann, Sigiswald and Wieland Kuijkens, Alfredo Bernardini, Paolo Grazzi, Simone Kermes, Sara Mingardo, Mireille Delunsch, Paul Esswood, Philippe Jaroussky, Christophe Rousset, Winfried Bönig and others. It was also a genuine pleasure to appear at prominent international festivals including Tage Alter Musik (Regensburg), Musica Antiqua (Bruges), Nordlysfestivalen (Tromsø), the Magdeburg Telemann Festival and Early Music Festival in St. Petersburg.
Pratum Integrum has released more than fifteen recordings for the Caro Mitis label. Among them are monographic albums featuring names known only by music scholars until recently: Tietz, Rosetti, Wölfl and Platti. Most of these albums have been highly rated by important foreign music magazines (Diapason, Toccata, Le Monde de la Musique, Positive Feedback Online and others). One of the albums comprising Orchestral suites by Telemann (CM 0022010-2) was awarded Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 2011.
Artistic Director
Pavel Serbin
Pavel Serbin is a performer on the cello and viola da gamba, a teacher at the Moscow Conservatoire, a founder of the ensemble A la Russe and both soloist and Artistic Director of the orchestra Pratum Integrum. Born in Moscow in 1978, he graduated from the Gnessin Music School where he studied with Honoured Culture Worker Vera Birina, and the Moscow Conservatoire, where among his teachers were professors Dmitry Miller (violoncello), Alexander Rudin (chamber music) and Alexander Galkovsky (quartet). He has also attended classes at the Royal Academy of Music in The Hague taught by Jaap ter Linden (baroque cello) and Wieland Kuijken (viola da gamba). Serbin has won prizes at the Bruges Early Music Competition (1999, as part of the Gassenhauer Trio) and the competitions Premio Bonporti and Van Wassenaar (2000, in a duet with Olga Martynova). His has written a Ph.D. thesis on cello music composed in Russia from the late 18th to early 19th centuries.
In 2003 he was among the founders of the orchestra Pratum Integrum, which performs on period instruments. At his initiative the Pratum Integrum has performed some two hundred compositions never heard before in Russia. As a soloist Serbin has presented to the Russian public chamber cello pieces by Jan Bohumir Práč, Johann Heinrich Facius, Gottfried Rieger and Jacob Klein. Serbin has played with the Academy of Ancient Music (London) led by Christopher Hogwood and Paul Goodwin, the orchestra Moderntimes_1800, the Bergen Barokk ensemble, and others. Since 2008 he has taken the role of conductor. Under his direction Pratum Integrum has performed symphonies by Haydn, Antonio Rosetti and Johann Baptist Vanhal, as well as Yevstigney Fomin’s melodrama Orfeo ed Euridice.
Instruments
- Cello, Amsterdam school, 1760–1780
- Cello, Germany, anonymous, ca. 1710
- Viola da gamba, François Bodart, 2010; after Barbey, ca. 1706
- Violone in G, Saxony, early 18th c.
Concertmaster
Sergei Filchenko
Sergei Filchenko – violinist, viola player, soloist in the Musica Petropolitana and Playel Trio ensembles, concertmaster of the Pratum Integrum. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatoire and also studied with Mariе Leonhardt (Amsterdam). Prizewinner with the ensemble Musica Petropolitana at the Early Music Competition in Manchester (1990) and the Van Wassenaer Competition in the Netherlands (1993). In 1995 he received an award for the Best Interpretation at the Pietro Locatelli Competition (Amsterdam). In 2001–2002 Sergei Filchenko regularly collaborated with Pavel Serbin on a number of musical projects and he later agreed to become a soloist and concertmaster for the Pratum Integrum orchestra. It is Sergei Filchenko who takes much credit for the orchestra’s impressive string group.
Instruments
- Violin, “In Memory of Great Stainer”, A. Rabinovich, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1996 / after J.Stainer
- Violin, J.Stainer, Austria, 1672 (?)
- Viola, anonym, South Germany, 1680
Musicians
Permanent members
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Alexander Gulin (cello)
Alexander Gulin
Instruments
- Cello, E. Meinel Meisterwerkstatten Musima, Germany, 1970s / after A. Stradivari, Italy, 18th century
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Pavel Filchenko (violin)
Pavel Filchenko
Instruments
- Violin, anonym, late XVIII century
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Michael Shilenkov (bassoon)
Michael Shilenkov
Instruments
- Bassoon, G. Wolf, Kronach, Germany, 2005/ after H. Grenser, Dresden, late 1700 (430')
- Bassoon, G. Wolf, Kronach, Germany, 1997 / after «HKICW», ca.1700
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Sergei Tischenko (viola)
Sergei Tischenko
Instruments
- Viola, T. Podgornyi, Moscow, 1956 / after A. Stradivari, Italy, early 17th century
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Olga Ivusheikova (transverse flute)
Olga Ivusheikova
Instruments
- Transverse flute, R. Tutz, Innsbruk, Austria, 1991 / after W. Rottenburg, Germany, 1750
- Flute, R. Tutz, Innsbruk, Austria / after H. Grenser, 1765
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Natalia Kossareva (violin)
Natalia Kossareva
Instruments
- Violin, anonym, Germany, 1791
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Dmitry Lepekhov (violin, viola d'amore)
Dmitry Lepekhov
Instruments
- Violin, anonym, XVIII century
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Olga Martynova (harpsichord, hammer clavier)
Olga Martynova
Instruments
- Harpsichord, William Dowd (french model), Paris, 1970-s
- Harpsichord, Cembalobau Merzdorf, Germany, 1997 / after J. Ruckers, Antwerpen, 1640
- Pianoforte, Neupert, Bamberg-Nurnberg, 1979/after J.A. Stein, 1788
Also performing with the orchestra
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Juri Vdovitchenko (viola)
Juri Vdovitchenko
Instruments
- Viola, anonym, Tirol, 1792
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Alexei Raiev (natural horn)
Alexei Raiev
Instruments
- Horn, Patterson Hornwork, USA, 2002 / after A. Cortois, France, 1841
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Elizaveta Miller (harpsichord)
Elizaveta Miller (harpsichord)
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Boris Begelman (violin)
Boris Begelman (violin)
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Anastasia Lesovichenko (oboe)
Anastasia Lesovichenko (oboe)
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Alexei Strelnikov (violin)
Alexei Strelnikov
Instruments
- Violin, E. Germain, France, 1909
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Alexander Kolomiets (bassoon)
Alexander Kolomiets
Instruments
- Bassoon, Ph. Levin & L. Ross, NY, 1990s/ after Buhner & Keller, late XVIII century (430')
- Bassoon, Laurent Verjat, Paris, 2004, after Prudent, mid XVIII century (415')
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Polina Babinkova (violin)
Polina Babinkova (violin)
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Igor Solokhin (double bass)
Igor Solokhin (double bass)
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Alexander Dogadaev (violin)
Alexander Dogadaev
Instruments
- Violin, anonym, Germany, XIX century
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Vladimir Kern (natural trumpet)
Vladimir Kern
Instruments
- Trumpet, A. Egger, Basel, Switzerland, 2002 / after J.L. Ehe II, Nuremberg, 1746
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Alexandra Nepomnyaschaya (harpsichord, organ)
Alexandra Nepomnyaschaya (harpsichord, organ)
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Andrei Piskunov (oboe)
Andrei Piskunov
Instruments
- Oboe, G. Wolf, Cronah, Germany / after J.F.Grundmann, 1788
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Ekaterina Katanova (violin)
Ekaterina Katanova
Instruments
- Violin, anonym, Germany, XIX century
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Oleg Beliaiev (cello)
Oleg Beliaiev (cello)
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Tatiana Fedyakova (violin)
Tatiana Fedyakova (violin)
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Anton Izgagin (double bass)
Anton Izgagin (double bass)
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Maria Kaluzhskikh (violin)
Maria Kaluzhskikh (violin)
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Jaroslav Kovaliov (cello, double bass)
Jaroslav Kovaliov
Instruments
- Cello, I. Frolov, Moscow, Russia, 1950
- Double-bass piccolo, anonym, Germany, XIX century
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Anna Zhuravleva (viola)
Anna Zhuravleva (viola)
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Ekaterina Driazzhina (transverse flute)
Ekaterina Driazzhina
Instruments
- R. Tutz, Innsbruk, Austria, 1991 / after W. Rottenburg, Germany, 1750
- Flute, R. Tutz, Innsbruk, Austria / after H. Grenser, 1765
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Elena Davydova (violin)
Elena Davydova
Instruments
- Violin, K. Grimm, Berlin, 1841
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Fyodor Yarovoy (natural horn)
Fyodor Yarovoy (natural horn)
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Ivan Bushuev (transverse flute)
Ivan Bushuev (transverse flute)
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Sergei Kryukovtsev (natural horn)
Sergei Kryukovtsev (natural horn)
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Philipp Nodel (oboe)
Philipp Nodel
Instruments
- Oboe, M. & F. Ponseele, Damme, Belgium, 2003 / after T. Stanesby Junior, England, ca 1720
- Oboe, M & F Ponseele, Damme , Belgique / after J.F. Grundmann, ca. 1775
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Alexei Ikov (natural trumpet)
Alexei Ikov
Instruments
- Trumpet, A. Egger, Basel, Switzerland, 2002 / after J.L. Ehe II, Nuremberg, 1746
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Dmitry Schchelkin (timpani, drums)
Dmitry Schchelkin
Instruments
- Timpani, anonym, Russia, late XIX century
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Regina Shteinman (viola)
Regina Shteinman (viola)
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Elena Kaidanovskaya (violin)
Elena Kaidanovskaya (violin)
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Marina Volkova (flute)
Marina Volkova (flute)
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Marina Katarzhnova (violin)
Marina Katarzhnova
Instruments
- Violin, L. Kerchenko, Moscow, Russia, 1996 / after A. Stradivari, 1707
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Lisa Goldberg (bassoon)
Lisa Goldberg
Instruments
- Bassoon, Peter de Koningh, Netherlands, late 1900s / after H. Grenser, Dresden, Germany, late 1700
- Bassoon, Peter de Koningh, Netherlands, late 1900s / after J.H. Eichentopf, Leipzig, Germany, 1686-1769
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Vlad Pessin (violin)
Vlad Pessin
Instruments
- Violin, A. Rabinovich, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001 / after J.Stainer
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Nikolai Dolzhnikov (violin)
Nikolai Dolzhnikov
Instruments
- Violin, A. Danielo, Venezia, Italy, 1704
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Michael Khokhlov (double bass)
Michael Khokhlov
Instruments
- Double bass, E. Meinel Meisterwerkstatten Musima, Germany, 1970s / after anonym, Italy, XVIII century
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Miroslav Maksimyuk (violone)
Miroslav Maksimyuk
Instruments
- Double-bass piccolo, anonym, Germany, XIX century
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Ivan Titov (violin)
Ivan Titov
Instruments
- Violin, J. Stainer in Absam prope Oenipontum, Austria, 1679 (?)
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Yuri Tashtamirov (clarinet, basset horn)
Yuri Tashtamirov (clarinet, basset horn)
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Konstantin Semenov (timpani, drums)
Konstantin Semenov
Instruments
- Kettledrum, Russia, early 1900-s
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Andrey Kantorin (natural horn)
Andrey Kantorin (natural horn)
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Asia Safikhanova (flute)
Asia Safikhanova (flute)
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Valentin Azarenkov (clarinet, basset horn)
Valentin Azarenkov (clarinet, basset horn)
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Svetlana Ussacheva (oboe)
Svetlana Ussacheva
Instruments
- Oboe, M. & F. Ponseele, Damme, Belgium / after J.F. Grundmann, ca. 1775
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Anna Kondrashina (flute)
Anna Kondrashina (flute)
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Alexey Shanin (natural horn)
Alexey Shanin (natural horn)
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Alexei Ivanenko (cello)
Alexei Ivanenko (cello)
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Peter Bugrimenko (bassoon)
Peter Bugrimenko
Instruments
- Bassoon, G. Wolf, Kronach, Germany, 2005/ after H. Grenser, Dresden, late 1700
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Daria Spiridonova (violin)
Daria Spiridonova (violin)
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Alexander Andrusik (natural horn)
Alexander Andrusik
Instruments
- Natural horn, Patterson Hornworks, USA, 2002 / after A. Cortois, 1841
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Lyudmila Frayonova (violin)
Lyudmila Frayonova (violin)
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Philipp Korolkov (natural horn)
Philipp Korolkov (natural horn)
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Helen MacDougall (natural horn)
Helen MacDougall
Instruments
- Natural horn, Ferdinand Kron, Mainz, Germany, 1820
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Dennis Golubev (oboe)
Dennis Golubev
Instruments
- Oboe. M. & F. Ponseele, Damme, Belgium, 2003 / after T. Stanesby Junior, England, ca 1720
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Leonid Guriev (natural trumpet)
Leonid Guriev (natural trumpet)
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August Krepak (cello)
August Krepak (cello)
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Ekaterina Krasutskaya (violin)
Ekaterina Krasutskaya
Instruments
- Violin, anonym, France, early 1800-s
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Dmitry Sinkovsky (violin)
Dmitry Sinkovsky
Instruments
- Violin, J. Schweizer, Germany, 1810
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Oleg Boyko (lute)
Oleg Boyko (lute)
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Alexander Suvorov (timpani, drums)
Alexander Suvorov (timpani, drums)
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Vladimir Skvortsov (natural trumpet)
Vladimir Skvortsov (natural trumpet)
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Anna Karpenko (harpsichord, organ)
Anna Karpenko
Instruments
- Harpsicord, Cembalobau Merzdorf, Germany, 1997 / after J. Ruckers, Antwerpen, 1640
- Pianoforte, J.C. Neupert GmbH & Co, Bamberg-Nurnberg, Germany, 1979/ after J.A. Stein, Germany, 1788
- Organ
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Nikolai Sheko (oboe)
Nikolai Sheko (oboe)
Press
2013
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Critic for Pratum Performance at Early Music Festival in Utrecht 29.08.2013 02.09.201302.09.2013
2011
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Music and words... , 25.12.201125.12.2011
Music and words...
Alexey Parin, Radio "Orfeus", 99.2FM
.This concert became a beautiful episode in the Chronicles of this year "December evening Festival"..
...This orchestra develops very rapidly, very vividly, very strongly and powerfully , I might say...and what i like in this orchestra, that together with musical professionalism, because all members of this ensemble are vibrant personalities, there is a search inward....
2010
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Music and words... , 25.02.201025.02.2010
Music and words...
Alexey Parin, Radio "Orfeus", 99.2FM
...the program was performed absolutely excellently...
...the concert worthy opening only worthy festival...
2009
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Territory of Music 27.09.200927.09.2009
Territory of Music
100th - program release about festival of Early Music in Saint Petersburg on the 100TB channel.
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Grass, don't grow!" , 25.09.200925.09.2009
Grass, don't grow!"
Dmitry Renanskiy. Kommersant
Pratum Integrum Orchestra has performed "Big baroque concert" at the Earlymusic Festival in Saint Petersburg. For Dmitry Renanskiy two and a half hours of music was not enough.
....the whole evening I was trying hard, without any success, to remember the time when such wise and delicate performance has ever been heard from either of two Philharmonic stages.... Seven year old Orchestra, Pratum Integrum, already today sounds way more intelligent and cultural than all, without exceptions, big academic orchestras in both capitals...
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Lev Malhazov, "Radio Russia" 16.12.200916.12.2009
Lev Malhazov, "Radio Russia"
...I would like to say that the orchestra had on me much bigger impression than soloists...
...there were many bright, interesting surprises during concert... Telemann orchestra Suit A minor and Telemann concert E minor for violin and flute - are absolutely masterpieces...this music seemed like was playing from opera stage, because a completely amazing images were coming to life in that music...and I might say that the biggest impression from the whole concert had on me the performance of those two pieces...
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Storslagent (‘Magnificent’) , 02.02.200902.02.2009
Storslagent (‘Magnificent’)
Eivin Bonen ‘Nordlys’, 02.02.2009 review of Pratum Integrum concert at the Northern Lights classical music festival (Nordlysfestivalen) in Tromso, Norway, 31.01.09.
World-class ensemble Pratum Integrum played a fabulous concert with talented flautist Paul Wahlberg. We waited a long time to hear these musicians, but their performance showed our anticipation was fully justified. From the opening notes of Maxim Berezovsky’s first Russian symphony the orchestra played with electrifying energy and suspense. Pratum Integrum presents a contemporary, up-to-date interpretation of baroque music that is fascinating to hear. All the musicians have achieved a high level of technical mastery and revel in appearing on the concert stage.
2008
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‘Telemann in Major’, ‘Telemann in Minor’ , February 2008February 2008
‘Telemann in Major’, ‘Telemann in Minor’
Giancarlo Bernacchi, ‘Musica’ magazine, Italy
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Telemann at Polenovo , 21.08.200821.08.2008
Telemann at Polenovo
Pyotr Pospelov, OpenSpace.ru site
Summer brings musical impressions too: I recently had the opportunity to attend the Pratum Integrum orchestra’s concert at Polenovo. You might think 18th-century German baroque and the Russian country estate as we usually perceive it had little in common. But this Telemann sounded like something Polenov himself might have listened to with a large company of friends and family, since the concert was played in the drawing room of the family mansion.
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Bach explained in pantomime10.04.2008
Bach explained in pantomime
‘St. John Passion’ at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Sergei Khodnev, KOMMERSANT # 60(3877), 10.04.2008
Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’ was played on three successive evenings at the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. It was performed by the Moscow orchestra Pratum Integrum and the cathedral’s own chamber choir, but the conductor and leading soloists were guest artists from Germany and the event had all the appearance of a stage spectacle. For this reason SERGEI KHODNEV had difficulty retaining his impassivity.
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Resurrection of ‘Requiem’10.04.2008
Resurrection of ‘Requiem’
Sergei Khodnev, KOMMERSANT # 204(4021), 11.11.2008
One and the same composition was performed in three concerts held at the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow – Mozart’s ‘Requiem’. Three times the celebrated mass for the dead was played in a rather unexpected form: instead of the more familiar ‘Requiem’ the musicians used various alternative interpretations devised at different periods. Their aim was to recreate the initial concept of Mozart’s final chef d’oeuvre, left unfinished at his death. Pavel Serbin and his orchestra Pratum Integrum’s presentation of the ‘Requiem’ was attended by SERGEI KHODNEV.
2007
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Handel mezza voce06.06.2007
Handel mezza voce
Paul Esswood closes the ‘Antiquarium’ festival
Sergei Khodnev, KOMMERSANT # 97 (# 3673), 06.06.2007
The final event of the ‘Antiquarium’ early music festival was held at the School of Dramatic Art theatre. Moscow orchestra Pratum Integrum played with legendary English countertenor Paul Esswood as singer and conductor. SERGEI KHODNEV listened to Georg Friedrich Handel’s music.
2006
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“Rebel” , September 2006September 2006
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Ein Gesamtkunstwerk – Die 22. TAGE ALTER MUSIK Regensburg 2006 , July 2006July 2006
Ein Gesamtkunstwerk – Die 22. TAGE ALTER MUSIK Regensburg 2006
Robert Strobl, ‘Toccata-Alte Musik aktuell’ magazine, Germany
The orchestra participated in the Tage Alter Music festival (Regensburg, Germany)
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Der böhmische Meuterer , January 2006January 2006
Der böhmische Meuterer
Robert Strobl, "Toccata-Alte Musik aktuell", Germany
Review of the disc "A. Rosetti. Bohemian Mutineer".
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Walks in “unmown meadow” , January 2006January 2006
Walks in “unmown meadow”
Filipp Lebed, “Russian Bulletin”
This orchestra revives glory of Russian music with professionalism and love for their work.
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Novelties in early music , 25.07.200625.07.2006
Novelties in early music
Sergei Khodnev, Kommersant
"True value enthusiasm, each musician's distinguishable individual talents
- all that definitely created the very best impression"
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Opera “Orfeo ed Euridice” in Moscow again , 25.07.200625.07.2006
Opera “Orfeo ed Euridice” in Moscow again
Marina Gaikovich, «Nezavisimaya Gazeta»
The charm of Gluck’s opera acquire new colors past Sunday: the performance surprisingly was very successful. In fact, a very successful team got together: Pratum Integrum orchestra, Moscow Conservatory Chamber Choir, amazing soloists (Deborah York, Anna Bonitatibus, Lydia Teuscher) lead by conductor Theodor Curentzis.
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Discovering Euridice , 17.01.200617.01.2006
17.01.06 ### Discovering Euridice
Dmitryia Abaulin, Russian Newspaper
The conclusive input to the success of the project belongs to Pratum Integrum orchestra. A little bit subdued sound of historical instruments determined aesthetics of the performance. Intensity of feelings instead of noisiness, precision of inflexions – these best features of authentic style were wonderfully handled by native orchestra.
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The time before Mozart edited his work , 01.03.200601.03.2006
The time before Mozart edited his work
Leonid Gvozdev, Moskovskaya Pravda
"Believe me, it is hard to find the words that can describe the effect that this
music leaves... all I know is that it was uncommon and marvelous!"
2005
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"Die Russen sind da" , May 2005May 2005
"Die Russen sind da"
Robert Strobl, "Toccata-Alte Musik aktuell", Germany
"Telemann in Minor" is rated as "CD des Monats" (CD of the Month).
Full text is available in German
"Classics Today" published review on "Dmitry Bortnyansky. The Russian Album"
We've got 8/9 (artistic/sound quality) of 10/10 possible!
Reviews of our SACDs on the "Audiophile Audition" site
Dmitry Bortnaynsky. The Italian Album
Dmitry Bortnaynsky. The Russian Album
MAXIM BEREZOVSKY. SECULAR MUSIC
Anton Ferdinand Tietz. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN. "Telemann in Minor"
Reviews (in German) of our SACDs on the "Musik an sich" site
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Pratum Integrum has closed the season , April 19, 2005April 19, 2005
Pratum Integrum has closed the season
Sergei Khodnev, "Kommersant"
While performing Georg Muffat, splendidly sounding orchestra has perfectly created the etalon proportions of the Suite in French style. And Brandenburg Concerto has once more demonstrated that there are no common places and routine when these musicians are playing popular hits.
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“Measuring with bows” , 27.09.200527.09.2005
“Measuring with bows”
Sergei Khodnev, "Kommersant"
(Author comparing performance of Kremlin orchestra and Pratum Integrum orchestra)
Pratum Integrum had much more clearer, sharper and intense sound. Further features are easy to spot: more detailed and studied observation of phrasing, more vivid and strong feel of orchestra, live and fascinating energy. Pratum Integrum presented their best –there is no one else who can perform instrumental baroque music so infatuated, fiery, sparkling, craftly and wittily like Pratum Integrum orchestra.
2004
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Discography : Maxim Berezovsky's Secular MusicMay 16, 2004
Discography : Maxim Berezovsky's Secular Music
Natalia Solovieva, Russia Musical Newspaper # 44, 2004
…The manuscripts by Maxim Berezovsky, one of the first Russian professional composers, kept abroad in private and state archives have been performed and recorded at last. Thus, new unknown pages of Berezovsky's creative work were discovered thanks to the initiative of Pratum Integrum Orchestra and, particularly of its' artistic director Pavel Serbin…
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Classical Recitals of the Week , March 26, 2004March 26, 2004
Classical Recitals of the Week
Kommersant "Weekend" #54(2893)
… March 27 within the bounds of the same festival another A.F. Tietz chamber music will be performed by Moscow Pratum Integrum Orchestra (Artistic Director Pavel Serbin, cello), an ambitious, promising team of young musicians. Their approach to the programme (music by the Russian composer Tietz and Italian-French Boccherini to be compared) makes a forthcoming concert a peculiar and even a dramatic one…
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Pavel Serbin: "The Struggle for the Opera Was the Struggle for the State Contract" , March 16, 2004March 16, 2004
Pavel Serbin: "The Struggle for the Opera Was the Struggle for the State Contract"
Ekaterina Biryukova, "Izvestia"
Two new Pratum Integrun albums burnt just now are above the vanguard. First of all they were recorded in a very new format for Russia - SACD. And they contain the works of the first Russian professional composers - Maxim Berezovsky and Dmitry Bortnyansky…
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Three centuries in One Week , March 15, 2004March 15, 2004
Three centuries in One Week
Pyotr Pospelov, "Vedomosti"
…Let's speak about Pratum Integrum Orchestra first of all. Young musicians, Early music enthusiasts have gathered together in a team promoted by patrons of art who had studied music and who haven't stopped loving it. Now Pratum Integrum ("unmown medow" in Latin) has a permanent staff of a dozen players and a financial support by Essential Music company…
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"Dmitry Bortnyansky. The Italian Album". Pratum Integrum (Caro Mitis) , March 12, 2004March 12, 2004
"Dmitry Bortnyansky. The Italian Album". Pratum Integrum (Caro Mitis)
Kommersant Weekend # 44
Dmity Bortnyansky (1751 - 1825) wrote a lot of magnificent ecclesiastic works… But before he was appointed the Director of the Court Capella, Bortnyansky had spent 10 years in Italy adopting the style of the best European composers...
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Prophets Are Being Delivered to the Motherland , June 16, 2004June 16, 2004
Prophets Are Being Delivered to the Motherland
Pyotr Pospelov, "Vedomosti", #102 (1142)
…The young Moscow Pratum Integrum Orchestra impetuously turns out a leader in the field of Early Music authentic performance. The musicians finished their 2003/2004 season by the joint recital performed together with Trevor Pinnock , the celebrated British conductor and harpsichordist, a Baroque specialist of international distinction…
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Trevor Pinnock: Music should not be a kind of something dusty… , June 16, 2004June 16, 2004
Trevor Pinnock: Music should not be a kind of something dusty…
Ilya Kukharenko, "Izvestia"
A famous Englishman Trevor Pinnock played in a recital in Rachmaninov's Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory. Pinnock, a leading exponent of Early Music performing on historical instruments, accepted the offer to conduct a Russian team - Pratum Integrum Orchestra.
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"Great Baroque Concert" , June 10, 2004June 10, 2004
"Great Baroque Concert"
Michael Fikhtengoltz, "Afisha" site
If you have to explain to a man unfamiliar with a term "authentic music" what it means, you'd better get him acquainted with Mr. Trevor Pinnock…
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The New OrchestraJanuary 2004
The New Orchestra
"Philharmonik" # 4/2003
The new Early Music orchestra was set up this year in Moscow. The new group unites Russia's best performers of Early music who play on authentic historical instruments…
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Classical Recitals of the Week , April 09, 2004April 09, 2004
Classical Recitals of the Week
Kommersant "Weekend" #64 (2903)
…April 15 in MIPAC Chamber Hall one more A.F. Tietz recital will be performed…
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Harmony of "Sturm und Drung" , April 08, 2004April 08, 2004
Harmony of "Sturm und Drung"
Irina Muravieva, "Russia" #685
The Fifth International Festival of chamber music was carried out by Alexander Rudin in State Tretyakov Gallery. This festival has already become one of the most curious and fascinating in Moscow concert life…
2003
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A New Symphony from the Eighteenth CenturySeptember 09, 2003
A New Symphony from the Eighteenth Century
Eugeniya Krivitzkaya, "Kultura" #35 2003
Within the festival "Sheremetev's Seasons" unknown works by Maxim Berezovsky were presented in the recital in Ostankino memorial estate. This composer of the 18th century is noted due to his magnificent ecclesiastical music…
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We and the Culture , August 20, 2003August 20, 2003
We and the Culture
Tatiana Lomidze, "NewsInfo.ru" site
The life of Berezovsky was as interesting and thrilling as his creative work. He died in his early thirties but he had time to feel joy of triumph and to suffer bitterness of a loss…
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To Perform Everything , August 19, 2003August 19, 2003
To Perform Everything
Sergei Khachaturov, "grammy.ru" site
This memorable event happened … in the ancient theater of Ostankino memorial estate belonged to Count Nikolai Sheremetev… Berezovsky's secular heritage is rather small and the recital lasted less than two hours...
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The Student From Bologna , August 17, 2003August 17, 2003
The Student From Bologna
Ekaterina Biryukova, "Izvestia"
The First Russian Symphony was played in Ostankino.
Within the bounds of the " Sheremetiev's Seasons in Ostankino" festival Moscow Pratum Integrum Orchestra (Artistic Director Pavel Serbin) performed the works by Maxim Berezovsky, one of the first professional Russian composers…
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The music by the forgotten composer was played in Ostankino , August 16, 2003August 16, 2003
The music by the forgotten composer was played in Ostankino
TV-channel "Kultura"
The name of Maxim Berezovsky, a brilliant Russian composer of the XVIII century, was known abroad mush better than in his Motherland...
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Secular Works by Maxim Berezovsky (1745 - 1777) , August 16, 2003August 16, 2003
Secular Works by Maxim Berezovsky (1745 - 1777)
Ekaterina Biryukova, "Afisha.ru" site
During the annual festival "Sheremetiev's Seasons in Ostankino" the ensemble of young talented authentists - Pratum Integrum Orchestra - gave the concert of secular works by Maxim Berezovsky, one of the first Russian professional composers.
Pratum Integrum came to popularity be performing refined masterly music and rapidly gained a reputation for the repertoire…
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"Maxim Berezovsky's Secular Works". , August 04, 2003August 04, 2003
"Maxim Berezovsky's Secular Works".
"Afisha.ru" site
The conductor Teodor Currentzis and Pratum Integrum Orchestra on historical instruments are to perform on August 16 the works by one of the famous professional Russian composer…