ALFRED SCHNITTKE

Stikhi Pokayanniye (Penitential Psalms)

45:58

1

I

'Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise'

2:19

2

II

'O wilderness, gather me to your silent and gentle lap'

4:03

3

III

'That is why I live in poverty'

2:48

4

IV

'My soul, why are you in a state of sin?'

2:27

5

V

'O Man, doomed and wretched'

3:23

6

VI

'When they beheld the ship that suddenly came'

2:12

7

VII

'Oh my soul, why are you not afraid?'

5:49

8

VIII

'If you wish to overcome unending sorrow'

1:58

9

IX

'I have reflected on my life as a monk'

6:56

10

X

'Christian people, gather together!'

4:13

11

XI

'I entered this life of tears a naked infant'

3:16

12

XII

wordless humming

6:09

13

Golosa Prirodï (Voices of Nature)

4:23

Gert Sorensen vibraphone

Stefan Parkman

26, 29-31 January 1996