Schnittke Faust Cantata

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Cantata for contralto, counter-tenor, tenor, bass, mixed choir and orchestra in Three actions with prologue and epilogue.Based on "Peopel's book" by Johann Spitz (1587), Schnittke used last chapters (67 and 68), Doctor's Faust confession and death.You can learn more in Valentina Holopova's book "Alfred Schnittke, the composer".

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