От Баха до Шостаковича. Истории великих музыкантов

"Ot Bakha do Shostakovicha" - novai͡a kniga mitropolita Ilariona (Alfeeva), gde pokazana ėvoli͡ut͡sii͡a muzyki na proti͡azhenii bolee dvukh stoletiĭ i raskryty chelovecheskie dramy, stoi͡ashchie za velikimi kompozit͡sii͡ami. Smertelʹnai͡a boleznʹ Pergolezi, glukhota Betkhovena, sumasshestvie Shumana, ti͡azheleĭshiĭ tvorcheskiĭkrizis Rakhmaninova - ėti i drugie zhiznennye obstoi͡atelʹstva ne pomeshali velikim kompozitoram zhitʹ i tvoritʹ, a ikh proizvedenii͡a do sikh por i͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a neprevzoĭdennymi shedevrami i po pravu schitai͡utsi͡a klassikoĭ.V kakom smysle Bakha mozhno nazvatʹ pravoslavnym kompozitorom? Kak svi͡ashchennyĭ san skazalsi͡a na tvorchestve Vivalʹdi? Pochemu Betkhoven pomyshli͡al o samoubiĭstve, i kak Khristos pomog emu preodoletʹ ėti mysli? Chto pobudilo Chaĭkovskogo i Rakhmaninova vzi͡atʹsi͡a za sochinenie dukhovnoĭ muzyki? Pochemu Stravinskiĭ napisal "Simfonii͡u psalmov"? Kak na Khindemita povlii͡ali smertʹ angliĭskogo koroli͡a i freski Dzhotto? Ob ėtom i o mnogom drugom idet rechʹ v knige.Pered vami uvlekatelʹnoe puteshestvie po ėpokham, stranam i partituram: ot Ioganna Sebastʹi͡ana Bakha, chʹi͡a muzyka - i dukhovnai͡a, i svetskai͡a - posvi͡ashchena Bogu, do Dmitrii͡a Shostakovicha, chʹi proizvedenii͡a stali letopisʹi͡u ėpokhi i svidetelʹstvom togo, chto nikakimi ispytanii͡ami nevozmozhno slomitʹ chelovecheskiĭ dukh.

"From Bach to Shostakovich" is a new book by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev), which shows the evolution of music over more than two centuries and reveals the human dramas behind the great compositions. Pergolesi's fatal illness, Beethoven's deafness, Schumann's madness, Rachmaninov's severe creative crisis — these and other life circumstances did not prevent great composers from living and creating, and their works are still unsurpassed masterpieces and are rightfully considered classics.In what sense can Bach be called an Orthodox composer? How did holy orders affect Vivaldi's work? Why did Beethoven think about suicide, and how did Christ help him overcome these thoughts? What prompted Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff to start composing sacred music? Why did Stravinsky write the Symphony of Psalms? How did the death of the English king and Giotto's frescoes affect Hindemith? This and many other things are discussed in the book.Here is a fascinating journey through epochs, countries and scores: from Johann Sebastian Bach, whose music — both spiritual and secular — is dedicated to God, to Dmitry Shostakovich, whose works have become a chronicle of the era and evidence that no trials can break the human spirit.