For several years, the Kizhi open-air museum has organized bell-ringing festivals where on light-weight wooden bell-towers, under wide northern skies, leading Russian bell-ringers demonstrate their art.

The Bells of the Northern Skies is available in Stereo and 5 Channel DSD (up to DSD 256) and DXD plus Stereo DSD 512.  It is also available in 12 Channel Discrete DXD Immersive Surround Sound (for 12 Channel Digital to Analog Converter Owners).

Olesya Rostovskaya – Bell Ringer
Andrey Vasilyev – Bell Ringer
Arseniy Bykadorov – Bell Ringer
Kirill Gureev – Bell Ringer

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What Peter the great heard from the carillon tower

“Tsar and Great Prince of Moscow arrived incognito on the morning of August 8th last”.
Extract from the Church records of the Zaandam Evangelical Society.

While travelling in the Netherlands last years of the 17th century, Tsar Peter I was enchanted by the sound of the carillon.  When he returned to Russia he brought several instruments with him and so began the Russian tradition of the carillon.No historical account is known which would provide us with a detailed description of music that Tsar Peter would have heard from the bell-tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg where the first Russian carillon was mounted. According to the fashion of the time it would have included well-known melodies, ecclesiastical music, military music (which Peter encouraged in every possible way), music played during court assemblées and popular (folk) music.

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Isaac Albéniz most vividly represents Renacimiento, the New Spanish Renaissance, a time when the Spanish school of composers became aware of their national identity a trend which was further developed by Fernando Obradors.

Federico Garcia Lorca, most well-known as a poet, also worked in the field of music.  In particular, he collected and wrote down a number of folk songs, arranging piano accompaniments for them which he frequently played himself.

Tañido Español also includes Serenade, an original piece for carillon by Olesya Rostovskaya written in the old Spanish genre which over time has transformed from everyday music into a distinct artistic style.

The album ends with two extracts from Carmen by Georges Bizet, itself probably one of the most familiar musical evocations of Spain.

Olesya Rostovskaya – Bell Ringer

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