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Good selections but a thin, hyper sound by eledkovsky@hotmail.com
Posted on March 26, 2015 15:23
This, the eighth volume in the series "Chants of the Russian Emigres," marks another high point in this remarkable project, in which Russian Orthodox choirs in Russia and Belarus have been making premier recordings of many hundreds works composed by Russian church musicians forced to emigrate from their homeland during the 75 years of atheistic Communism. Coming eight years after the release of the first volume, this volume features the same conductor as the first--Irina Denisova, a prominent choral conductor and composer in Belarus, now a nun at the St Elizabeth Monastery in Minsk. Many of the singers of the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral followed their conductor to form the Festal Choir of the Monastery, having grown in the quality and maturity of their choral sound in the intervening years. There is some inspired and highly artistic singing on this CD, premiering wonderful repertoire, which is destined to become better known and take its rightful place among the masterpieces of the New Russian Choral School. As with previous volumes, the booklet is entirely bi-lingual (Russian and English) and features biographies and rare photos of these undeservedly neglected composers. Highly recommended!--V.M.
TRACK LISTING
| No. | Composer | Title | Sheet Music | Time | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johann Von Gardner | Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent | 04:54 | |||
| 2 | Nikolai Kedroff Jr. | Cherubic Hymn | 05:25 | |||
| 3 | Mikhail Konstantinov, arr. | Dogmatikon, Tone 2 | 02:03 | |||
| 4 | Maxime Kovalevsky | Lord, Have Mercy At Exaltation Of The Cross | 01:56 | |||
| 5 | Johann von Gardner, arr. | Small Doxology | 02:19 | |||
| 6 | Alexander Chesnokov | Troparia Of The Resurrection "Blessed Art Thou O Lord" | 04:48 | |||
| 7 | Johann von Gardner, arr. | Thou Art Most Blessed, O Virgin Theotokos | 00:57 | |||
| 8 | Boris Ledkovsky | The Beatitudes | 01:33 | |||
| 9 | Mikhail Konstantinov, arr. | O Come Let Us Worship | 01:06 | |||
| 10 | Johann von Gardner, arr. | Trisagion | 02:10 | |||
| 11 | Boris Ledkovsky | Cherubic Hymn | 04:38 | |||
| 12 | Alexander Chesnokov | A Mercy Of Peace | 07:27 | |||
| 13 | Shilyaev, arr., Archpriest Pavel | It Is Truly Meet | 02:14 | |||
| 14 | Zhavoronkov, arr., A. | Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord | 00:45 | |||
| 15 | Boris Ledkovsky | Many Years | 01:03 | |||
| 16 | Johann Von Gardner | The Wise Thief | 01:56 | |||
| 17 | Boris Ledkovsky, arr. | The Praises (Holy Saturday) | 12:01 | |||
| 18 | Maxime Kovalevsky, arr. | Nativity Troparion, Tone 4 | 01:31 | |||
| 19 | Maxime Kovalevsky, arr. | Nativity Kontakion, Tone 3 | 00:50 | |||
| 20 | Boris Ledkovsky, arr. | Nativity Exapostilation | 01:13 | |||
| 21 | Mikhail Konstantinov | The Angel Cried | 02:33 |
