Erik Steighner

Salvation is Created was one of Chesnokov's final sacred choral compositions before he was forced to only write secular music by the Soviet government. The haunting melody and harmonies have made it C...

A perennial favorite in opera houses since its premiere in 1821, Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischutz ('The Free-Shooter') was written in collaboration with librettist Johann Friedrich Kind. A landma...