In any case, the composers on this CD, Schnittke and Gorecki, have in common that many of their works were not tolerated in their native country. Alfred Schnittke's "Requiem" dates from 1974 - 1975 and could only be performed regularly after the fall of the Soviet regime. The Polish composer Henryk Mikolay Gorecki also struggled with party politics. 1981's "Miserere" didn't sound in public until a
… few years later. Both works are on a beautiful CD by the Swedish Radio Choir and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir conducted by Tonu Kaljuste.more
