Title: Friedensgebet
Artist: Margarita Gritskova
Label: Gramola
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 9003643993594
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-01-30
Number of Discs: 1

Pianist and composer Eduard Kiprsky, a native of St. Petersburg and winner of countless international composition awards, has long been involved with writing song cycles. On this album, titled "Friedensgebet" (Prayer for Peace), mezzo-soprano Margarita Gritskova-a beloved ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera-and Alexander Mikhailov, tenor at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, join Kiprsky at the piano to perform a selection of his songs. These settings of poems by Heinrich Heine, Eduard Morike, Hermann Hesse, Joseph von Eichendorff, and Clemens Brentano, among others, explore doubt, loss, and suffering, yet also love, hope, and resilience. Framing the vocal works are two instrumental pieces: the Arioso for Piano, Violin, and Cello and the award-winning "Friedensgebet" String Quartet, which lends the album it's title.

Tracks:
1.1 Arioso FÜR Klavier, Geige Und Cello
1.2 Junge Leiden-Gebet
1.3 Junge Leiden-Gebet
1.4 Mysterium-Sehnsucht
1.5 Mysterium-Der Einsiedler
1.6 Mysterium-Trost
1.7 Mysterium-Winterstraum
1.8 Sie Liebten Sich Beide, Doch Keiner...-Sie Liebten Sich Beide, Doch Keiner
1.9 Sie Liebten Sich Beide, Doch Keiner...-Ich Grolle Nicht
1.10 Sie Liebten Sich Beide, Doch Keiner...-Die Sinnestäuschung
1.11 Du Schlank Und Rein Wie Eine Flamme
1.12 Wiegenlied
1.13 Intermezzo
1.14 Wiegenlied
1.15 Friedensgebet, Chaconne FÜR Streichquartett