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CD Details: Behold Your God
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Cat. no.
I-79
Date Listed
02/01/2008
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Title:
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Behold Your God
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Performers:
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St. Seraphim/Protection of the Holy Virgin Choir, Santa Rosa, California
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Conductor:
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Recording Type / Total Time:
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/ 73:52:00
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Label and Number:
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Private
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Issue Date:
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Price:
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$17.98

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Rating:
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NR
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REVIEW
This CD offers a veritable panoply of "Orthodox sounds" -- bell-ringing, scripture readings, singing, alternately by choirs of men's, women's, and mixed voices, chants of Russian Znamenny and Kievan, Serbian, Carpatho-Russian, and Byzantine Chants. All this is representative of the incredibly rich liturgical musical life practiced at the Protection of the Holy Virgin/St. Seraphim Parish in Santa Rosa, California, inspired and guided by its pastor, Fr. Lawrence Margitich. The musical selections are punctuated by readings, resembling a type of "lessons and carols" format, which, though not strictly liturgical, serves to illustrate the intimate link between Holy Scripture and Orthodox hymnography. The scope and variety of repertoire are truly "encyclopedic," showing how chants of many cultures and time periods can be adapted to the needs of Orthodoxy in the English-speaking world. Both inspirational and educational, this CD will provide an enjoyable listening experience, whether during the festal period of the "Winter Pascha" that it encompasses, or at any other time of the year.--V.M.
TRACK LISTING
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Transliterated Title |
Audio Clip |
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Bell-Ringing
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2.
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Znamenny chant
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O House of Ephratha
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Listen
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3.
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Reading from Luke 2:1-7
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4.
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Znamenny chant
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When Augustus Reigned Alone
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Listen
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5.
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Reading from Luke 2:8-20
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6.
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Lesser Znamenny chant
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Glory to God in the Highest Post-Gospel Nativity
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7.
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Matthew 1:18-25
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8.
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Carpatho Russian Chant
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God is with Us
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Listen
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9.
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Reading from Matthew 2:1-12
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10.
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Znamenny chant
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Thou Wast Born Secretly Paramia I
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Listen
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11.
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Byzantine Chant
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Nativity Kontakion
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12.
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Serbian Melody
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Nativity Troparion
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Listen
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13.
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Patristic Reading, St. Gregory the Theologian
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14.
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Carpatho Russian Chant
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Nativity Canon
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15.
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Patristic Reading, St. Gregory the Theologian
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16.
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Carpatho Russian Chant
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Nativity Troparion
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17.
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Znamenny Chant
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Nativity Exapostelarion
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Listen
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18.
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Znamenny chant
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Nativity Troparion
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19.
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Reading from John 1:1-18
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20.
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Znamenny chant
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Today He Who Holds
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21.
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Great Blessing of the Water Bell-Ringing
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22.
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Reading from Mark 1:1-11
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Thou Who Hast Created the World
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24.
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Byzantine chant
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Theophany Troparion
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Listen
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25.
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Znamenny chant
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2nd Antiphon of Theophany
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26.
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Prayer for the blessing of Water
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27.
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Carpatho Russian Chant
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Three Hymns from the Blessing of Water
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28.
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Znamenny chant
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Prokeimenon
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29.
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Znamenny chant
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Today Christ has Come
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30.
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Byzantine chant
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The Grace of God
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31.
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Reading from Luke 2:22-40
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32.
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Ascension Monastery melody
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Rejoice, O Virgin
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33.
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Russian Chant
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O Virgin Theotokos, thou Hope of Christians
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34.
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Znamenny chant
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He Who Was Born on High
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35.
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Kievan Chant
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Lord Now Lettest
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36.
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O My Most Blessed Queen
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Listen
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37.
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Processional Bell-Ringing
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