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Beautiful spiritual music for the Lenten and Paschal seasons.

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Lenten Hymns: Melodies of the Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra	A Helper and a Protector: Great Compline with the Penitential Canon of St Andrew of Crete (5 CDs)	Let My Prayer Be Set Forth: The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (2 CDs); Choir of the Moscow Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St Sergius Monastery	Forgiveness Sunday (2 CDs). A splendid concert by the Choir of the Moscow Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery
Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (Carpathian Plainchant)	Akathist to the Divine Passions of Christ (2CDs). Choir of the Moscow Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery	Holy Russia: Hymns of Great Lent and Pascha (2 CDs); Church Choir of "Joy To All Afflicted" Church Choir of "Joy To All Afflicted" Moscow	In the Bond of Love. Hymns for Nativity, Lent, and Pascha. Choir of the Moscow Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery
St. Matthew Passion (2 CD set); Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev; Choir of the State Tretyakov Gallery; Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio. Rating ****	Ivan Moody: "Passion and Resurrection"	Lamentations; Orthodox Chants of Holy Week ; Archangel Voices. The best-loved hymns of Holy Week from multiple traditions (sung in English)	GRAMMY AWARD WINNER! Gretchaninoff: Passion Week, op. 58, Phoenix Bach Choir; Kansas City Chorale; Charles Bruffy, cond. Rating ***1/2
Today He Is Hung Upon the Cross - Matins of Holy and Great Friday (4 CDs); Arr. by Archimandrite Matthew (Mormyl); Male Choir of the Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery in Moscow	REISSUED: Antiphons of Great and Holy Friday sung in an other-worldly medieval Russian chant style	With the Voice of the Archangel: Liturgical Solos, Duets, and Trios: Archangel Voices (in English)	Chants of Great Lent and Pascha; Choir of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Minsk; Irina Denisova, cond.
Lamentation of Holy and Great Saturday; Joy of All Who Sorrow Orthodox Church Choir, Los Angeles	Choral Settings of Kassiani; English Chamber Choir; Cappella Romana	Matins of the Resurrection: Carpatho-Rusyn Chant	Resurrection! Chants & Hymns of Holy Pascha: Archangel Voices (in English)
This Is the Day: St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington DC	Ukrainian Easter: The "Vydubychi" Chorus (in Ukrainian)	Ukrainian Easter: "Kyiv" Chamber Choir (in Church Slavonic)	Don Cossacks: Paschal Matins (Recordings of 1950-1952)
Thy Resurrection; Byzantine Chant of Pascha; Boston Byzantine Choir. Charles Marge, cond. (sung in English)	Christ Is Risen: Paschal Hymns; Choir of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Budapest	Russian Easter; St. Petersburg State Capella Choir; Vladislav Chernushenko, cond.	The Day of Resurrection; Choir of the Valaam Monastery
The Day of Resurrection: Paschal Hymns; Women's Choir of the Choir Directors School at the Moscow Theological Academy	Chants of Holy Pascha; The Choir of the Sisters of the St Elizabeth Convent, Minsk, Belarus	We Have Seen the True Light; Male Choir of the Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery; Vladimir Gorbik	A superb Paschal concert by the Choir of the Moscow Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery
Byzantine Paschal chants sung in Slavonic by the St John of Damascus Choir, St. Petersburg	Paschal hymns sung in English in the style of Byzantine Chant	Hymns of Great and Holy Week sung by the Monks of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos	Christ Is Risen: Divna Ljubojevic sings chants of Holy Week and Pascha
Paschal Matins sung by the Monks of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos

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Pavel Chesnokov
The Choir and How to Direct It

Translated from Russian by John C. Rommereim
Foreword by Kenneth L. Jennings

Musica Russica, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9701767-3-8
Cn-CHD -- lxiv + 266 pp.

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From Russia's leading choral musician of his day, a unique view into the famed Russian a cappella style. Conceived in the 1910s, completed in 1930, and first published in Russian in 1940, Chesnokov's pioneering treatise on the choral art is both a significant historical document and a valuable resource for choral musicians today. Recommended for all choral conductors and church choir directors!

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The World-Wide Source for Russian Choral Music

Beautiful spiritual music for the Lenten and Paschal seasons.

To listen, click on the images below.