Russian Orthodox Choral Music PRAVOSLAVNÉ DUCHOVNÍ ZPĚVY (6CD)

Compact Disc1                                                                                                                                                             65’28

DMITRY BORTNIANSKY 1751–1825

1 Cherubic Hymn                                                                                                                                                           5’28

2 Sacred Concerto No.104 for two choirs (Psalm 137)                                                                                                 8’57

3 Sacred Concerto No.105 for two choirs (Psalm 112)                                                                                                 6’13

4 Sacred Concerto No.106 for two choirs (Psalm 45)                                                                                                   9’25

ANON. MONODY 17th century

5 Easter Sticheron                                                                                                                                                         6’19

VASILY TITOV c.1650–c.1715

6 Cherubic Hymn                                                                                                                                                           5’47

STEPAN DEGTYAREV 1766–1813

7 Let all the peoples                                                                                                                                                      2’10

8 Cherubic Hymn                                                                                                                                                           5’18

ARTEMY VEDEL c.1767–1808

9 Peaceful Light                                                                                                                                                             4’15

10 By the waters of Babylon (Psalm 136)                                                                                                                     10’55

Yurlov Academic Choir / Stanislav Gusev

Recording: October 1991, Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia

Compact Disc 2                                                                                                                                                             55’30

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840–1893

Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op.41

1 Lord, have mercy                                                                                                                                                        3’12

2 Glory be to the Father                                                                                                                                                4’10

3 O come, let us worship                                                                                                                                               4’16

4 Alleluia                                                                                                                                                                        1’10

5 Glory be to Thee                                                                                                                                                         3’52

6 Hymn of the Cherubim                                                                                                                                               7’51

7 Lord, have mercy                                                                                                                                                        2’04

8 The Creed                                                                                                                                                                   4’27

9 The mercy of peace                                                                                                                                                    3’16

10 We sing Thee                                                                                                                                                            3’18

11 It is meet                                                                                                                                                                   4’07

12 Amen, and with Thy spirit                                                                                                                                        1’42

13 Our Father                                                                                                                                                                3’53

14 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens                                                                                                                       3’14

15 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord                                                                                               4’58

National Choir of Ukraine ‘Dumka’ / Yevhen Savchuk

Recording: October 2001, Kiev Cathedral, Ukraine

Compact Disc 3                                                                                                                                                             57’77

ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV 1864–1956

1 Come, let us bow before the Lord                                                                                                                             1’01

2 Praise the Lord                                                                                                                                                           2’13

MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV 1859–1935

3 This day all peoples bless the name of the Lord                                                                                                        4’01

4 My soul, bless the Lord                                                                                                                                              1’35

ALEXANDER KASTALSKY 1856–1926

5 The Only-Begotten Son                                                                                                                                              1’44

6 Appeal of the Patriarch Hermogenes to the Insurgents in 1609                                                                               2’40

Soloist:Vladimir Surjenko

7 Tropary to the Holy Martyr Hermogenes                                                                                                                  1’32

ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV

8 Trisagion (Thrice Holy)                                                                                                                                               2’43

PAVEL CHESNOKOV 1877–1944

9 The Good Thief                                                                                                                                                           1’36

10 Since my youth                                                                                                                                                         3’43

Soloist:Vladimir Silayev

11 Mother of God                                                                                                                                                          3’14

12 Arise, O God                                                                                                                                                             4’00

Soloists:Alexey Fokin, Vladimir Makarov, Yuri Zykov

ALEXANDER NIKOLSKY 1874–1943

13 Praise the Name of the Lord                                                                                                                                    2’05

NIKOLAI GOLOVANOV 1891–1953

14 Cherubic Hymn                                                                                                                                                         5’42

KONSTANTIN SHVEDOV 1886–1954

15 The Great Litany                                                                                                                                                       5’10

Soloist:Sergei Kaznacheyev

16 The Beatitudes                                                                                                                                                         4’21

Soloists:Vassily Larin, Vladimir Silayev

17 The Creed                                                                                                                                                                 3’01

18 It is meet                                                                                                                                                                   2’06

NIKOLAI KEDROV SR 1871–1940

19 Our Father                                                                                                                                                                2’51

ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV

20 Multos annos                                                                                                                                                            1’19

Rybin Male Choir / Valery Rybin

Recording: May 1992, Moscow Conservatory, Russia

Compact Disc 4                                                                                                                                                             60’11

DOBRI HRISTOV 1875–1941

1 Praise the Name of the Lord                                                                                                                                      4’31

ALEXEY KOSOLAPOV

2 Confirm, O Lord                                                                                                                                                          2’31

PAVEL CHESNOKOV

3 Let my prayer be set forth in Thy sight Op.24/6                                                                                                        6’12

4 Eternal Counsel Op.40/2                                                                                                                                            3’03

5 Let us pray to the Holy Virgin Op.43/5                                                                                                                      3’20

6 On the bed of suffering Op.45/1                                                                                                                                2’39

7 Make haste to intercede Op.45/4                                                                                                                              2’05

NIKOLAI GOLOVANOV

Six Chants Op.1

8 Cherubic Hymn                                                                                                                                                           5’12

9 The Peace of the World                                                                                                                                              6’19

10 We hymn Thee                                                                                                                                                         2’48

11 It is meet (Hymn to the Holy Virgin)                                                                                                                        2’29

12 Holy Virgin ever vigilant in prayer                                                                                                                            2’46

13 Kontakion to St Nicolas                                                                                                                                            2’47

GEORGY IZVEKOV 1874–1937

arr. GEORGY SMIRNOV

14 Relieve my suffering, Mother of God                                                                                                                       3’51

APOSTOL NIKOLAEV-STRUMSKY 1886–1971

arr. GEORGY SMIRNOV

15 Great Doxology                                                                                                                                                         8’44

Irina Arkhipovamezzo-soprano (1–7, 14, 15)

‘The Orthodox Singers’ Male Choir / Georgy Smirnov

Recording: May–October 1996, Moscow Conservatory, Russia

Compact Disc 5                                                                                                                                                             61’18

ALEXANDER KASTALSKY

1 Thou who wert announced in the psalms 2                                                                                                              ’00

2 Nunc dimittis                                                                                                                                                              2’31

3 Since my youth many passions assail me                                                                                                                  2’01

4 Tropary for the Feast of the Christianization of Russia                                                                                             1’22

5 Multos annos                                                                                                                                                              3’20

Soloist:Andrey Yuravlev baritone

6 Christ is risen                                                                                                                                                              1’08

VIKTOR KALINNIKOV 1870–1927

7 We sing unto thee                                                                                                                                                      2’31

PAVEL CHESNOKOV

8 Praise the Lord, O my soul (Psalm 103)                                                                                                                     2’38

9 Lord, save thy people                                                                                                                                                 3’17

Soloist:Vladimir Matorinbass

10 The Good Thief                                                                                                                                                         1’40

ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV

11 Let all the earth praise the Lord                                                                                                                               2’27

12 Praise the name of the Lord                                                                                                                                     3’42

YAN BURAKOVSKY 1965–1982

13 Ave Maria                                                                                                                                                                 2’18

VALERY KALISTRATOV b.1942

14 Lord, cleanse me of my sins                                                                                                                                     3’38

Soloist:Valery Rybin tenor

NIKOLAI KARETNIKOV 1930–1994

Eight Sacred Choruses in Memory of Boris Pasternak

15 For the taking of the veil                                                                                                                                          2’58

16 Excerpt from the Prophet Zephaniah                                                                                                                      2’36

17 Prayer for Salvation                                                                                                                                                  3’52

Soloist:Yuli Khomenko baritone

18 Extreme Unction                                                                                                                                                      3’36

19 God is with us                                                                                                                                                           3’06

20 Excerpt from the Gospel according to Matthew                                                                                                     2’46

21 Praise the Name of the Lord                                                                                                                                    2’16

22 The Lord’s Prayer                                                                                                                                                     4’12

Rybin Male Choir

Valery Rybin (1–13) · Valery Kalistratov (14) · Nikolai Karetnikov (15–22)

Recording: October 1990 & February 1991, Moscow Conservatory, Russia

Compact Disc 6                                                                                                                                                             61’50

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF 1873–1943

Vespers Op.37

1 Come, let us worship                                                                                                                                                  1’46

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul                                                                                                                                           4’52

3 Blessed be the man                                                                                                                                                    5’40

4 O serene light                                                                                                                                                             3’29

5 Now let Thy servant depart                                                                                                                                        3’59

6 Rejoice, O Virgin                                                                                                                                                         2’26

7 Glory to God in the highest                                                                                                                                        2’50

8 Praise the Name of the Lord                                                                                                                                      2’33

9 Blessed art Thou, O Lord                                                                                                                                            6’02

10 Having seen the Resurrection of the Lord                                                                                                               3’16

11 My soul magnifies the Lord                                                                                                                                      9’45

12 Glory to God in the highest                                                                                                                                      7’47

13 Troparia of the day of salvation                                                                                                                               1’58

14 Christ is risen from the grave                                                                                                                                   3’31

15 Thanksgiving to the Mother of God                                                                                                                         1’48

Olga Borusenesoprano · Yuri Korinnyktenor ·Mykhaylo Tyshchenkotenor

National Academic Choir of Ukraine ‘Dumka’ / Yevhen Savchuk

Recording: December 2000, Kiev Cathedral, Ukraine