CD Details: Lamentations; Orthodox Chants of Holy Week
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Cat. no. I-90 Date Listed 08/01/2009 |
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Title: | Lamentations; Orthodox Chants of Holy Week |
| Performers: | Archangel Voices | ||
| Conductor: | Vladimir Morosan | ||
| Recording Type / Total Time: | / 77:39:00 | ||
| Label and Number: | Archangel Voices AV-105 | ||
| Issue Date: | October 2009 | ||
| Price: |
$18.98
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| Rating: | NR |
REVIEW
The best-loved hymns of Holy Week, drawing from Byzantine, (Greek, Antiochian, and Romanian traditions), Serbian, Russian, and Bulgarian repertories, are sung by a professional-level ensemble in the glorious acoustics of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange. Connecticut. Some initial reviews include: "...[the singers] launched out into deep waters of choral beauty that I have really never heard. It was really stunning!" "This project took my breath away!" "...beautiful blend and unified ensemble on a high level of artistry."
TRACK LISTING
| No. | Composer | Title | Transliterated Title | Audio Clip | Sheet Music |
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| 1. | Kievan Chant Anonymous 18th c. harmonization | Alleluia...Behold the Bridegroom | Listen | ||
| 2. | Byzantine Chant (ed. A. Khalil, V. Morosan) | Alleluia...Behold the Bridegroom | Listen | ||
| 3. | Kievan, Chant, arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov | Alleluia...Behold the Bridegroom | Listen | ||
| 4. | Byzantine Chant, arr. A. Khalil | Exaposteilarion: "Thy Bridal Chamber" | Listen | ||
| 5. | Lesser Znamenny Chant, arr. Klimov/Lebedev | Come, O Faithful | Listen | ||
| 6. | Dcn. Sergius Trubachov | Antiphon XV; Great and Holy Friday Matins | Listen | ||
| 7. | Common Russian Chant, arr. A. Kastalsky | Kontakion "Come, Let Us All Sing" | Listen | ||
| 8. | Maia Aprahamian | Exaposteilarion: "The Wise Thief" | Listen | ||
| 9. | Maia Aprahamian | Exaposteilarion: "The Wise Thief" | Listen | ||
| 10. | Alexander Kastalsky | Exaposteilarion: "The Wise Thief" | Listen | ||
| 11. | Optino Monastery Melody (Automelon) | Holy Friday Aposticha | Listen | ||
| 12 . | Pskov Melody, arr. H. Benigsen | Holy Friday Aposticha, Doxastichon | Listen | ||
| 13. | Byzantine Chant (Modern Greek harmonization) | The Noble Joseph; When Thou Didst Descend; The Angel Came | Listen | ||
| 14. | Zaitsev; Byzantine (Hristov;Romanian) | Lamentations, Stasis 1 | Listen | ||
| 15. | Byzantine (Antiochian;Romanian);Serbian;Zaitsev | Lamentations, Stasis 2 | Listen | ||
| 16. | Byzantine (Antiochian,Romanian;Greek) | Lamentations, Stasis 3 | Listen | ||
| 17. | Byzantine (Long version), P. Peloponnesios | Resurrectional Troparia (Evlogetaria) | Listen | ||
| 18. | Lesser Znamenny Chant | Canon of Holy Saturday, Ode 1 | Listen | ||
| 19. | Lesser Znamenny Chant | Canon of Holy Saturday, Ode 3 | Listen | ||
| 20. | Lesser Znamenny Chant | Canon of Holy Saturday, Ode 5 | Listen | ||
| 21. | Lesser Znamenny Chant | Canon of Holy Saturday, Ode 8 | Listen | ||
| 22. | Lesser Znamenny Chant | Canon of Holy Saturday, Ode 9 | Listen | ||
| 23. | Bulgarian Chant | The Noble Joseph | Listen | ||
| 24. | Dmitri Bortniansky | Come, Let Us Bless Joseph | Listen |