Taneyev: Suite de concert; Cantata 'Ioann Damaskin'
Taneyev: Suite de concert; Cantata 'Ioann Damaskin'
Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev' cantata John of Damascus was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an opus number, its sublime music drawing on an ancient sacred chant woven into rich passages of expr