The Chamber choir 'Ivan Filipovic', 'A cappella', A Classic
Outstanding recordings
Released this year, the CD of the Chamber choir 'Ivan Filipovic' is the compilation of live recordings taken at the choir's concerts in Varazdin and Zagreb during the season 2001/2002. The Chamber choir 'Ivan Filipovic' was established in 1998 by its present conductor and artistic director Goran Jerkovic in 1998. Goran Jerkovic takes the most credit for the ensemble's high artistic level recognised at many concerts, national and international competitions at which the choir has regularly won the highest prizes... Numerous concerts throughout Croatia could have convinced the audience that the high appreciation the choir has achieved since its founding has substantial grounds in the high quality of their cultivated musicianship. Under the baton of Goran Jerkovic the choir has set the criteria of the highest artistic standards as something to aim at.
Vocal miniatures
Simply titled 'A cappella', this CD proves it... In each of their live recordings, the choir demonstrates very cultivated singing – powerful yet never aggressive in forte dynamics; their pianos sustain full power; their well-balanced voices contribute to the high glow of their compact sonority. As I have already once written, this choir is one of the few existing music ensembles in Zagreb really able to rival choirs at international level. This can be easily recognised by any competent listener. The CD itself deserves high praise. The quality of music performance corresponds to the quality of production at all levels. Very good recordings are the result of Vinko Sincek, sound engineer, and Goran Jerkovic, producer; the attractive design is the work of Daniel Ille, the CD was issued by A Classic. The CD is accompanied by a bilingual, Croatian-English booklet, which includes an excellent and informative text by our musicologist Hana Breko, the biography of the choir and its conductor, as well as excerpts from both Croatian and international reviews.
This splendid CD stands out from standard Croatian discography of classical music and deserves to be labelled as an outstanding release of highest quality. Bosiljka Peric Kempf, ‘Vijenac’, 11th December 2003 The Chamber choir 'Ivan Filipovic' has released a CD, 'A cappella', A Classic, Zagreb. Fourteen selected compositions from the opus of Arcadelt, Monteverdi, Palestrina, Duruflé, Thompson, Tchaikovsky, Busto, Zajc, Matetic Ronjgov and Lescan are recordings from their concerts. They are a proof of the high quality of the ensemble, successfully performing for five years now, with a series of concerts and several prizes won at competitions, both in Croatia and abroad. The new CD was presented at the hall of the Croatian association of composers. Goran Jerkovic, conductor, Igor Grguric, president of the choir, Vinko Sincek, sound engineer and Zlatko Madzar, presenter, gave short speeches about the choir, which were accompanied by musical illustrations from the CD and a short live performance by the choir. Visnja Pozgaj, 'Vjesnik', 3rd November 2003 |