CD Details: Russian Orthodox Passion; Antiphons of Great and Holy Friday 16th century
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Cat. no. D080b Date Listed 03/22/2010 |
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Title: | Russian Orthodox Passion; Antiphons of Great and Holy Friday 16th century |
| Performers: | Choir of St. Daniel’s Monastery, Moscow | ||
| Conductor: | Georgy Safonov | ||
| Recording Type / Total Time: | DDD / 73:04:00 | ||
| Label and Number: | Christophorus 77322 | ||
| Issue Date: | 2010 | ||
| Price: |
$20.98
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| Rating: | *** |
REVIEW
This recording presents selections from the fifteen antiphons of Great and Holy Friday in the hauntingly beautiful 16th-century chant style of the Suprasl’ Monastery, as reconstructed by Russian musicologist Anatoly Konotop. (The present CD is a re-release of an earlier Russian release that is no longer available.) The solemn unison chants have been supplied here with a Byzantine-style ison (or drone), which serves to remind the listener of the fundamental aesthetic connection between Russian znamenny and Byzantine chant. The liner notes are by +Hilarion (Alfeyev), himself an ecclesiastical composer (see his St Matthew Passion, our cat. No. A122) and scholar, who is now Head of External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
TRACK LISTING
| No. | Composer | Title | Transliterated Title | Audio Clip | Sheet Music |
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| 1. | Ilarion (Alfeyev), Hieromonk | Sermon on Great and Holy Friday | |||
| 2. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 1, Tone 8 | Listen | ||
| 3. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 2, Tone 6 | |||
| 4. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 3, Tone 2 | |||
| 5. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 4, Tones 5, 1 | |||
| 6. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 5, Tone 6 | |||
| 7. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 6, Tone 7 | |||
| 8. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 7, Tone 8 | Listen | ||
| 9. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 8, Tone 2 | |||
| 10. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 9, Tone 3 | |||
| 11. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant, | Antiphon 10, Tone 6 | Listen | ||
| 12. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 11, Tone 6 | |||
| 13. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 12, Tone 8 | |||
| 14. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 13, Tone 6 | Listen | ||
| 15. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 14, Tone 8 | |||
| 16. | Suprasl’ Monastery Chant | Antiphon 15, Tone 6 | Listen |