Turetsky Choir Art Group


The Turetsky Choir is a Russian men's a cappella ensemble and musical collective under the direction of Mikhail Turetsky. Their voices range from tenore contraltino to basso profundo.

History

The Turetsky Men's Choir was established in 1989. With financial support from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the choir made its debut in 1990 at the Moscow Choral Synagogue with Jewish liturgical and folk music in the philharmonic halls of Tallinn, Kaliningrad, Moscow and other cities.

Performances

From 1991–1992, they performed in Washington, D.C., for Congress at the Chanukah celebration, the Park East Synagogue in New York, and at Carnegie and Merkin Halls. They were invited to sing in Spain at the Por Me Espiritu international festival, commemorating the 500th year since the Spanish expulsion of the Jews. They also toured England, Israel and Poland. In 1993, the American Cantor Association awarded Mikhail Turetsky the Golden Crown of the Cantors of the World Award.
In 1995, the choir split into two segments. One group stayed in Moscow; the other went to Miami to work at Temple Emmanu-El Synagogue. The choir performed together alongside Julio Iglesias. In 1997, the group took part in over 100 concerts in Iosif Kobzon's Russian farewell tour. The next year, the choir toured the Commonwealth of Independent States. In 2000–2001, they joint toured with Iosif Kobzon on the Moscow State Variety Theatre.
In 2002, Mikhail Turetsky received the title "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" for his achievements in the arts. Their first performance under the name Turetsky Choir Art Group took place in January 2004. Later, the choir presented the program "When Men Are Singing" in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of Emma Shapplin and Gloria Gaynor. In January 2005, they performed in American concert halls in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Boston and Chicago. Their 2005–2006 anniversary tour "Born to Sing" visited cities in Russia and the CIS.
In 2007, the choir received the Russian Music Award "Record 2007" for the best classical album of the year. In 2007, "Hallelujah to Love" toured Russia and the CIS. The choir performed four times at the Kremlin and had another concert at State Concert Hall "Rossiya" in Luzhniki. In 2008–2009, they toured Russia, the CIS and the US with the program "And the Show Goes On...." Their anniversary tour, titled "20 years: 10 voices," took place between 2010–2011.

Soloists

  • 1989: Mikhail Turetsky – tenor voice
  • 1990: Alex Alexandrov – dramatic baritone
  • 1991: Evgeny Kulmis – basso profundo, director of the choir in the past, poet
  • 1991: Evgeny Tulinov – dramatic tenor
  • 1992: Mikhail Kuznetsov – tenor altino, Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation
  • 1996: Oleg Blyahorchuk, lyric tenor, instrumentalist
  • 2003: Igor Zverev – bass
  • 2003: Boris Goryachev – lyric baritone
  • 2007: Konstantin Kabo – baritone tenor
  • 2009: Vyacheslav Fresh – counter-tenor

    Discography

High Holidays (Jewish religious songs)

  1. Ma Tovu
  2. Hashkivenu
  3. Torah Service
  4. Ki Lekach Tov
  5. B’rosh Ha Sho No
  6. Hayom Haras Olom
  7. Shehecheyonu
  8. V’al Yde Avodecho
  9. Hajjom T’ammezenu
  10. Kol Nidrei
  11. L’chu N’ranenoh
  12. Eil' Melech Yosheiv
  13. Himmoze Lonu
  14. Kionu Ammecho
  15. Classidic Kaddish

    Bravissimo

  16. Shiru Shalom
  17. Ismechu
  18. Ich Hob Dir
  19. Russian Mood
  20. Memory
  21. A Byssele Mazl
  22. Подмосковные Вечера
  23. Sunrise, Sunset
  24. To Life
  25. Be My Love
  26. Let my people go
  27. Hava Nagila

    Jewish songs

  28. Ma Tovu
  29. Hashkivenu
  30. Torah Service
  31. Ki Lekach Tov
  32. B’rosh Ha Sho No
  33. Hayom Haras Olom
  34. Shehecheyonu
  35. V’al Yde Avodecho
  36. Hajjom T’ammezenu
  37. Kol Nidrei
  38. L’chu N’ranenoh
  39. Eil' Melech Yosheiv
  40. Himmoze Lonu
  41. Kionu Ammecho
  42. Classidic Kaddish

    Star Duets (Russian: Звёздные дуэты)

  43. The Show Must Go On
  44. Memory from Cats
  45. Venus
  46. Feelings
  47. Играл скрипач
  48. L`chaim
  49. Дорогие москвичи
  50. Ой, мороз, мороз
  51. Captain
  52. Letka-enka
  53. O sole mio

    Une vie d’amour (Russian: Такая великая любовь)

  54. Une vie d’amour
  55. Composition "Money"
  56. Medley "USSR"
  57. Un amore cosi grande
  58. Прощальная песня
  59. Увезу тебя я в тундру
  60. Medley "Паровоз"
  61. Sports Medley
  62. Мы, друзья, перелетные птицы
  63. Yerushala’im Shel Zahav
  64. Песня старого извозчика
  65. Мишка-одессит
  66. Nessun Dorma
  67. Notre Dame de Paris
  68. Bonus

    When the Men Sing (Russian: Когда поют мужчины)

A concert in Haifa, DVD, in 2004. It was performed without Gloria Gaynor and Emma Shapplin.
  1. Va pensiero from Nabucco
  2. Opera Medley
  3. Memory
  4. Un amore cosi grande
  5. Une vie d’amour
  6. Money by ABBA
  7. Vedi, Maria/Emma Chapplin-Carmin Meo
  8. Zug
  9. Песня старого извозчика
  10. Мы, друзья, перелётные птицы
  11. Meley «Паровоз»
  12. Мишка-одессит
  13. Medley USSR
  14. Hava Nagila
  15. Ki mi Tzion, Shma Isroel
  16. Yerushalaim Shel Zahav
  17. Sim Shalom
  18. Let my people go
  19. Can't take my eyes
  20. Hit the road Jack
  21. I will survive – Gloria Gaynor
  22. Notre Dame de Paris
  23. Medley San Remo
  24. Caruso
  25. Russian Medley
  26. Letka-enka
  27. Мурка
  28. O sole mio
  29. Diva
  30. Финал. Прощальная песня

    Born to Sing (Russian: Рожденные петь)

First part

  1. Aria of Loris from «Fedra»
  2. The second aria of Calaf from «Turandot»
  3. В горнице моей светло
  4. Opera Medley
  5. Ariozo of Phantom from «The Phantom of the Opera»
  6. Увезу тебя я в тундру
  7. Liric scenes from Pushkin
  8. Liric scenes from Pushkin
  9. Liric scenes from Pushkin
  10. Полёт шмеля
  11. Medley «Паровоз»
  12. Голуби летят над нашей зоной
  13. Мишка-одессит
  14. Can't Buy Me Love
  15. Back in the U.S.S.R.

    Second part

  16. Va pensiero from Nabucco
  17. Ma tovu
  18. Requiem movement 7 of Mozart
  19. Отче наш
  20. Choir of Apostles from Jesus Christ Superstar
  21. Sim shalom
  22. Окрасился месяц багрянцем
  23. Папиросы
  24. Two Guitars
  25. Шар голубой
  26. Beigelach
  27. Куплеты Бони из оперетты «Королева чардаша»
  28. Мурка
  29. Песня о дружбе
  30. Прощальная песня из к/ф «Обыкновенное чудо»

    Great Music (2 CD + DVD) (Russian: Великая музыка)

  31. Loris's Aria
  32. Nessun Dorma. Calaf's Aria
  33. V gornitse moey svetlo
  34. Opera potpourri
  35. The Music Of The Night
  36. Une vie d'amour
  37. Uvezu tebya ya v tundru
  38. Pushkin's lyric scenes
  39. The Flight of the Bumblebee
  40. Parovoz
  41. Golubi letyat nad nashey zonoy
  42. Mishka Odessit
  43. Can't Buy Me Love
  44. USSR
  45. Va pensiero
  46. Ma tovu
  47. Lacrymosa
  48. Otche nash / Pater noster
  49. Jesus Christ Superstar
  50. Sim Shalom / Lodochka
  51. Go Down Moses
  52. Okrasilsya mesyaz bagryantsem
  53. Papirosy
  54. Dve guitary
  55. Shar Goluboy
  56. Bubliki
  57. Boni's Song. The Czardas Princess
  58. Letka-Enka
  59. Murka
  60. Money, money, money
  61. Odnozvuchno gremit kolokoltchik
  62. Pesnya o druzhbe
  63. Presentation of Turetsky Choir
  64. Davaite negromko

    Moscow – Jerusalem (Russian: Москва-Иерусалим) (2 CD + DVD)

Moscow – Jerusalem CD 1

  1. Hu Elokeynu
  2. B’rosh ha Shono
  3. Hodo al Eretz
  4. Hajjom T'ammezeynu
  5. Shehecheyonu
  6. Al Naharos Bovel
  7. Kadsheynu B’mitsvosecho
  8. Areshes S'foseynu
  9. Ma Tovu
  10. Ahavas Olam
  11. Ki mi Tziyon
  12. Torah Service
  13. Kol Nidrey
  14. Kionu Ammecho
  15. Shma Isroel
  16. Hayom Haras Olom
  17. Ki Lekach Tov
  18. Hasidic Kaddish
  19. Havdola
  20. Hine Ma Tov
  21. Ismechu
  22. Sabbath Prayer

    Moscow – Jerusalem CD 2

  23. Hava Nagila
  24. Bubliki
  25. A bissele mazl
  26. Shiru Shalom
  27. Sholom, Sholom
  28. Abi Gesund
  29. 7/40
  30. A Glesele L' chaim
  31. Shar goluboy
  32. Ba mir bistu sheyn
  33. Erev shel Shoshanim
  34. Hallelujah
  35. L'chaim chaveyrim
  36. L'chaim
  37. Mamele
  38. Od Yishama
  39. Yerushalaim
  40. Zug
  41. Ich Hob Dir
  42. Israel, Israel
  43. Tum Balalayka – featuring I. Kobzon

    Moscow – Jerusalem DVD

  44. Ma Tovu
  45. Ki Lekach Tov
  46. Ismechu
  47. Areshes S'foseynu
  48. Hine Ma Tov
  49. Sim Shalom
  50. A Glesele l'chaim
  51. Velirushalaim Ircho

    Music of all times (Russian: Музыка всех времен) (CD + 2 DVD)

CD: Music of all time

  1. Ах, Этот Вечер
  2. Ave Maria
  3. Almirena's Aria
  4. Flight Of The Bumblebee
  5. Song Of The Old Cab
  6. Black Eyebrows
  7. There Is Only A Moment
  8. Looking At The Lake Blue
  9. Fantasy on the Theme of "Poljushko-Pole"
  10. Letkajenkka
  11. Verdimania: Rigoletto, Aida, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino
  12. Tango Ostap
  13. How Young We Were
  14. Тайна / Twilight
  15. The Show Must Go On
  16. Hello, Dolly
  17. We Are The Champions
  18. Farewell Song
  19. Bamir Bistu Sheyn

    DVD 1: Music of all times (The Kremlin, 2006, live)

  20. Oh, This Evening
  21. Ave Maria
  22. Almirenas Aria
  23. Lacrymosa
  24. Our Father
  25. Yerushala'im Shel Zahav
  26. The Choir Of The Apostles
  27. Hallelujah From Messiah
  28. God Forbid
  29. The Opera Medley
  30. Flight Of The Bumblebee
  31. Song Of The Old Cab
  32. Mishka-Odessit
  33. Black Eyebrows
  34. There Is Only A Moment
  35. Aria Herman
  36. Looking At The Lake Blue
  37. Oy, Moroz-Moroz
  38. Coloured Hues Of The Month
  39. Walking Horses
  40. Fantasy on the Theme of "Poljushko-Pole"
  41. Lizaveta
  42. Letkajenkka
  43. Historia De Un Amor
  44. Honestly
  45. Sole Mio
  46. Song About Friendship

    DVD 2: Hallelujah to Love (Russian: Аллилуйя любви) Kremlin, live DVD, 2008

  47. Alliluya lyubvi
  48. O Fortuna!
  49. Verdimania: Rigoletto, Aida, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino
  50. Ukrainian Motives
  51. Tango Ostap
  52. Kak molody my byli
  53. Charlie
  54. Тайна / Twilight
  55. The Show Must Go On
  56. Scorpions' Fantasy
  57. Et si tu n'existais pas
  58. Aspekty lyubvi
  59. Winter Medley "Tundra"
  60. Hello, Dolly
  61. Storie di tutti i giorni
  62. Vivo Per Lei
  63. Ba Mir Bistu Sheyn
  64. Hava Nagila
  65. Boni's Song. The Czardas Princess
  66. Blue Fog
  67. We Are The Champions
  68. Farewell Song