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This CD features 28 tracks, taken from Vespers, Matins, and Divine Liturgy of the great feast of the Elevation (or Exaltation) of the Holy Cross. All the selections are sung in English, but they draw upon a broad variety of traditional Orthodox melodies and hymn styles, ranging from Byzantine and Carpatho-Rusyn chant, to Russian-style harmonizations; several new compositions by American Orthodox composers are also included. Especially prominent are numerous "pattern melodies" (prosomoia, podobny) that greatly enrich the hymnography of this feast. As the musical directors of this CD have clearly recognized, much of the Orthodox Church's musical and hymnographic richness lies in the music of the feasts. This CD will not only provide an enjoyable spiritual listening experience, but will serve to broaden the horizons of musical repertoire.
TRACK LISTING
| No. | Composer | Title | Sheet Music | Listen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Model Melody "Having Set All Your Hope" | Stichera - The Cross is raised on high | |||
| 2 | Bulgarian Chant | Litya - The tree of true life | |||
| 3 | Model Melody | Aposticha - Hail, O life bearing cross | |||
| 4 | Greek Chant | God is the Lord; Troparion | |||
| 5 | Chant Of New Skete | We bow low | |||
| 6 | Kievan Chant | No sooner was the wood | |||
| 7 | Nikolai Bakhmetev | Magnification | |||
| 8 | Model Melody "That Which Was Commanded" | In times past | |||
| 9 | Znamenny Chant | Prokeimenon | |||
| 10 | Kievan Chant | O Cross of Christ | |||
| 11 | Kievan Chant | Canon Ode 1 and 3 | |||
| 12 | Model Melody "That Which Was Commanded" | In paradise of old | |||
| 13 | Kievan Chant | Canon Ode 4,5,6 | |||
| 14 | Byzantine Chant | Kontakion, Oikos | |||
| 15 | Kievan Chant | Canon Ode 7, 8, 9 | |||
| 16 | Johann von Gardner, arr. | Exapostilarion; The Cross is the guardian | |||
| 17 | Model Melody | Exapostilarion Today the Cross is exalted | |||
| 18 | Model Melody | Stichara at the Praises | |||
| 19 | Grigory Lvovsky | Lord, have mercy | |||
| 20 | Nikolai Bakhmetev | Before Your Cross | |||
| 21 | Model Melody | Stichera for the Veneration | |||
| 22 | Znamenny Chant | First Antiphon | |||
| 23 | Znamenny Chant | Second Antiphon | |||
| 24 | Byzantine Chant | Troparion | |||
| 25 | James Meena, arr. | Before Your Cross | |||
| 26 | Fredrick Karam | Megalynarion | |||
| 27 | Schoepp, Anne | Koinonikon; The Light of Your Countenance | |||
| 28 | Vladimir Morosan | Koinonikon for Friday; God is Our King |
