CD Details: O Marvellous Wonder: Hymns from the All-Night Vigil and Liturgy
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Cat. no. C053 Date Listed ? |
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Title: | O Marvellous Wonder: Hymns from the All-Night Vigil and Liturgy |
| Performers: | Novodevichy Monastery Vocal School Choir | ||
| Conductor: | Ludmila Arshavskaya | ||
| Recording Type / Total Time: | DDD / 68:34:00 | ||
| Label and Number: | RCD RCD 15022 | ||
| Issue Date: | 1997 | ||
| Price: |
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| Rating: | *** |
REVIEW
The youthful-sounding Novodevichy Vocal School Choir presents a well-sung and interesting collection of harmonized chants which tend be associated with, but certainly are not limited to, the Slavic monastic tradition. The ensemble uses excellent interpretive judgment for works that are, in most cases, staples of the Russian Orthodox church repertoire; the renditions are all evenly-paced, flowing, projected, tender, in tune, and well-supported--an excellent model for church choirs. Liner notes appear in E,F,G and R, but no text translations are given. The harmonizations of the chants are unattributed, although the chants themselves are identified.
TRACK LISTING
| No. | Composer | Title | Transliterated Title | Audio Clip | Sheet Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | RUSSIAN 'GREEK' CHANT | Let us hasten to the Mother of God (Troparion to the Smolensk Icon) | |||
| 2. | RUSSIAN 'GREEK' CHANT | Bless the Lord, O my soul (Vespers) | Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda | Listen | |
| 3. | POCHAEV MONASTERY CHANT | Blessed is the man | Blazhen muzh | ||
| 4. | KIEVAN CHANT | O most glorious wonder | Listen | ||
| 5. | KIEVAN CHANT | Gladsome Light | Svete tihiy | ||
| 6. | KIEVAN CHANT | Vouchsafe, O Lord | |||
| 7. | BULGARIAN CHANT | Augmented Litany | Sugubaya yekteniya | ||
| 8. | KIEVAN CHANT | Lord, now lettest Thou | Nïne otpushchayeshï | Listen | |
| 9. | RUSSIAN 'GREEK' CHANT | Rejoice, O Virgin | Bogoroditse Devo | Listen | |
| 10. | KIEVAN CHANT | Praise the name of the Lord | Hvalite imia Ghospodne | ||
| 11. | RUSSIAN 'GREEK' CHANT | From my youth | Ot yunosti moyeya | ||
| 12. | COMMON CHANT | My soul magnifies the Lord | Velichit dusha moya Ghospoda | ||
| 13. | KIEVAN CHANT | Great Doxology | Velikoye slavosloviye | ||
| 14. | RUSSIAN 'GREEK' CHANT | Thee, the victorious Leader | |||
| 15. | RUSSIAN 'GREEK' CHANT | In Thy kingdom | Vo tsarstvii Tvoyem | ||
| 16. | BULGARIAN CHANT | Holy God | Sviatïy Bozhe | ||
| 17. | OLD CHANT | Cherubic Hymn | Heruvimskaya pesn' | Listen | |
| 18. | KIEVAN CHANT | The Creed | |||
| 19. | KIEVAN CHANT | A mercy of peace | Milost' mira | ||
| 20. | KIEVAN CHANT | We hymn Thee | Tebe poyem | ||
| 21. | OPTINA MONASTERY CHANT | It is truly fitting | Dostoyno yest' | Listen | |
| 22. | KIEVO-PECHERSK MONASTERY CHANT- | O Land of Russia |